Assemblymember Raul Bocanegra thinks we need more STEM schools. He has introduced legislation that will create a state-chartered STEM school in Los Angeles county. According to Bocanegra, in a press release that was deleted from his website, “The next Mark Zuckerburg, Mae Jemison, or person who makes a breakthrough in science could be living in Pacoima, […]
Enrollment
Enrollment in Private Schools is also Shrinking
Last week, I looked at enrollment trends in Los Angeles. Enrollment in Los Angeles Unified (including charters) has dropped by 18% since 2002. A lot of it has to do to demographic factors, but I thought that some of it might have to do with private schools. It doesn’t. When looking at private schools, we […]
Where is LAUSD enrollment shrinking?
LAUSD enrollment is declining. This is not news. But where is that happening? Is it happening all over, or just in certain places?And in what grades? Between in 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years, enrollment in traditional LAUSD schools dropped by 9,439 students. Meanwhile, charter school enrollment in LAUSD is growing. In the same time period, charter […]