Los Angeles Education Partnership

Through its transform schools program, Los Angeles Education Partnership laep works with school administrators, teachers, students, families and community partners to provide services that reduce barriers to learning, address opportunity gaps, and foster high-quality instruction. The program promotes whole-school transformation based on six core elements that include 1. High quality instruction, 2. Teacher leadership and collaboration, 3. College and career preparedness, 4. Parents as partners, 5. Youth empowerment and 6. Educational equity. To implement the program model, laeps work is divided into teaching learning, community schools and college career pathways subprograms. In 2022-2023, laep supported approximately 13,238 students and 858 teachers at designated partner schools in the Los Angeles unified school district through transform schools.

In 2023, laep announced a new pilot program, ready2teach, that will reduce barriers to entry to the early childhood workforce as well as support partner family childcare homes and early childcare centers. Participants in the year-long program will engage in coursework, paid apprenticeships, and training - all at no cost to them. Partner childcare providers will receive an intern as well as business coaching.

Laeps early childhood family engagement program build school readiness in children ages to 5, their families and neighboring schools. Approximately 300 children participated in the program in 2022-2023, with parents. This program fosters catalytic change by working with families and leading community initiatives that improve early childhood systems and access to resources. The early headstart programs enrich parental skills starting with prenatal development, and empower parents to be early childhood and educational advocates. Laep offers home visits, social and health services, prenatal Education and support.