The path to Congress will not be easy for Nick Melvoin. Candidates who have declared or established fundraising committees include: former City Atty Mike Feuer and state legislators Laura Friedman and Anthony Portantino. Also speculation around WeHo Mayor Sepi Shyne.

In declaring for Congress, Nick Melvoin has the advantage of running from a safe seat. If he loses, he'll be able to remain on the school board. But rising public officials don't want to be known for losing races.

Teachers/nurses/counselors: What is the state of LAUSD & your school? How are things evolving for better & worse? What are your higher & lower priorities for a new teachers contract? How is UTLA doing in general? Most helpful if you respond to [email protected]

Cecily Myart-Cruz has been reelected as the president of United Teachers Los Angeles in results announced Tuesday morning.

ASAP Callout to LAUSD: How is your school preparing for the strike? How are you preparing? Send to [email protected]. Comments are on the record unless you tell me otherwise.

LAUSD parents, workers: Email me asap thoughts about new calendar, which shortens winter break from 3 weeks to 2? Send to: [email protected]. Please ID yourself. All comments on the record because all are allowed to have opinions about the calendar.

Qs for the L.A. Unified universe: When did Thanksgiving become a weeklong break in LAUSD? When did winter break become three weeks long in LAUSD?

District parents, UTLA members and other employees: Please send in thoughts on tentative pact between LAUSD/UTLA. Please ID yourself for piublication purposes: [email protected]. latimes.com/california/sto…

The debate over Black history rages on in Florida. Meanwhile, take a look at what's actually happening in a classroom in L.A. latimes.com/california/sto…

This piece by John Fensterwald raises important First Amendment & academic freedom issues regarding research on students in California: edsource.org/2023/californi…

Take your pick or read both. Stanford-based researchers tout success of charter schools: credo.stanford.edu/wp-content/upl…. Then, critics call that research into question: networkforpubliceducation.org/wp-content/upl…

L.A. Unified is about to repeal its COVID-vaccine mandate for employees based on the board discussion.

Hi. I'd like to hear asap, for possible publication, from lower-paid Cal State faculty what they like about the tentative agreement that just ended the strike. Best to email: [email protected]

Call out: What is your rain+school experience for the day? Should there be rain days? How have things changed with post-pandemic tech? Send thoughts to [email protected]. Please ID yourself. Need input asap.

Adding to call out topic: What was attendance like today among staff and students in the rainy Southland? Were a lot of students working remotely from home or did they tend to take the day off if not in school?

What do you think of a proposed California high school requirement for a financial literacy course -- with topics such as balancing a check book and managing credit cards? Send thoughts to [email protected]

If you worked for AllHere, I'd like to hear from you: [email protected].

Hi, looking for LAUSD teacher with asap input on what's going on academically in the district, at their school, in their classroom? What is helping students learn more effectively? Best to send email w name, grade & school to: [email protected]