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Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles County, California, United States.It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in the United States, with only the New York City Department of Education having a larger student population.
1932 (age 91–92) San Antonio, Texas, United States. Ramón Curtis Cortines (born 1932) [1] is an American educator who has served as the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, and the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles, California. Cortines returned as Los Angeles superintendent in ...
Collocated schools: Andrew Jackson High School (Queens) (closed 1994) Humanities and the Arts Magnet High School – Q498. Mathematics, Science Research and Technology Magnet High School – Q492. Institute for Health Professions at Cambria Heights – Q243. Benjamin Franklin High School for Finance & Information Technology - Q313.
John F. Kennedy High School was a four-year comprehensive New York City public high school, opened in 1972 and graduating its final class in 2014. The building and associated facilities currently operates as John F. Kennedy Educational Campus, housing five public high schools and two charter high schools. [2]
Boys Academic Leadership Academy ( BALA) is a grade 6–12 [ 1] public school for boys located in Westmont, California, with a Los Angeles postal address. [ 2] A part of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), BALA is on the property of George Washington Preparatory High School (Washington Prep). The school has a STEAM focus.
The great school wars: A history of the New York City public schools (1975), a standard scholarly history online; Ravitch, Diane, and Joseph P. Viteritti, eds. City Schools: Lessons from New York (2000) Ravitch, Diane, ed. NYC schools under Bloomberg and Klein what parents, teachers and policymakers need to know (2009) essays by experts online
Alberto M. Carvalho MedM (born 1965) [1] is a Portuguese-American educator and the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.He previously served as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), the fourth-largest school district in the United States, [2] with over 346,000 students and 52,000 employees. [3]
The High School of Music & Art was founded by Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia in 1936. He wanted to establish a public school in which students could hone their talents in music, art and the performing arts. In 1948, a similar institution – the High School of Performing Arts – was created in an effort to harness students' talents in dance.