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Trump Administration Sues California in Policy Battle over Transgender Athletes

Lasherica Thornton

She Was a Rising Senior on the Honor Roll. ICE Just Upended Her Life

Nadra Nittle

Teachers Union, Activists Dissatisfied With Los Angeles Unified Budget

Jacob Matthews & Ben Chapman

Building Sustainable STEM Pathways Requires Trust, Collaboration

Bianca Alvarado

California Retires RICA; New Teacher Test to Focus on Phonics

Diana Lambert

How Early Adopter Districts Are Moving Ahead Fast With AI — and Getting It Right

Nathan Kriha, Michael Beradino & Bree Dusseault

Pandemic Grads Had No Prom, No Pomp and Circumstance, & Started College on Zoom

Deborah Brennan

Transitional Kindergarten Participation Declines Despite Expansion, Report Finds

Vani Sanganeria

Looming California Budget Changes Threaten Black Students, Study Says

Ben Chapman

Students Showed Resilience as Schools Recovered from L.A. Fires

Mallika Seshadri

L.A. Families Are Mostly Satisfied With Their Schools, Survey Says

Ben Chapman

Trump Wants to Cut Funding for California Schools Over One Trans Athlete. It’s Not So Easy

Adam Echelman

The Feds Are Coming for Immigrant Kids

Mark Keierleber

L.A. Unified Sees ‘Major Gains’ in Fight Against Chronic Absenteeism – But Problem Persists

Jacob Matthews

How My California Middle School Uses Glyphs to Teach English Learners to Read

Gerrett Suárez

The California Mom at the Center of Trump’s Crackdown on School Gender Policies

Linda Jacobson

It’s Expensive to Become a Teacher in California. This Bill Would Pay Those Who Try

Carolyn Jones

Students Weigh Safety, Politics in College Plans as Trump Targets Immigration

Lauren DeLaunay Miller

California Schools See 9% Surge in Homeless Students as Funds Decrease

Betty Márquez Rosales

Another Casualty of Trump Research Cuts? California Students Who Want To Be Scientists

Mikhail Zinshteyn

Across the U.S., Unions Are Seeking Big Boosts to Paraprofessional Pay

Lauren Wagner

San Jose Middle School Offers College Class to 13-Year-Olds

Adam Echelman

Heat, Floods, Storms Limit Outdoor Play for Young Children, Surveys Show

K.C. Compton

RAPID Celebrates Five Years of Surveys

K.C. Compton

Untangling Who Should Take Algebra — And When

Lauren Camera

How Head Start Dodged Trump’s Budget Cuts

Carolyn Jones

Thoroughly Modern: LA Principal Uses Instagram to Build School Spirit, Win Awards

Jinge Li

Fraud in California Community Colleges Triggers Call for Trump Investigation

Adam Echelman

A New Tool Shows How California Students Really Fare After High School

Adam Echelman

LAUSD’s Oscar Winning ‘Last Repair Shop’ Gets $1 Million and Yo Yo Ma Visit

Jacob Matthews

How L.A.’s Gabriella Charter School Founder Turned Family Tragedy Into a Legacy

Jinge Li

‘I’m Capable of Doing … This’: L.A. Students Career and Tech Success

Jacob Matthews

As More High Schoolers Earn College Credit, Some Miss Out

Delilah Brumer

College Athletes Can Now Make Millions Off Sponsorship Deals

Adam Echelman & Erica Yee

From Blacktop to Green Space: LAUSD Brings Outdoor Classrooms to Life

Enzo Luna

Asian Students’ Test Scores Are Often High. Our Success Is Complicated

Janette Fu

Fight Over Phonics: Will California Require the ‘Science of Reading’ in Schools?

Carolyn Jones

How an All-Girls Charter School in LA Is Tackling the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Vanessa Garza

Texas Outshines California in its Approach to Teaching English Learners

Conor P. Williams

Schools In This California Town Won Praise for Their Pandemic Comeback. Here’s How

Carolyn Jones

Cal State Is Automatically Admitting High School Students With Good Grades

Mikhail Zinshteyn

L.A. High School Teacher and Author Rebuilds Classroom Libraries After Fires

Trinity Alicia

UC Riverside Hopes Early Exposure to College Boosts IE Grad Rates

Deborah Brennan

Los Angeles Wildfires Destroy an Armenian School — and a Lifeline to Families’ Homeland 

Araz Madatian

New Report: How Districts in 7 States Are Helping Chronically Absent Homeless Kids

Barbara Duffield & Cecelia Leong

DOGE Education Cuts Hit Students with Disabilities, Literacy Research

Kayln Belsha & Erica Meltzer

‘Priceless’: Palisades HS Student Choir Performed at Grammys After School Burned

Alex Gross

AI Chatbots Can Cushion the High School Counselor Shortage — But Are They Bad for Students?

Tara García Mathewson

California, Texas and D.C. Are Tops in Teacher Diversity, Report Finds

Lauren Wagner

Why California Still Doesn’t Mandate Dyslexia Screening

Joe Hong

California Schools Respond to Trump’s Crackdown on Diversity

Carolyn Jones

‘As Inclusive as We’ve Always Been’: Districts Resist Ed Dept’s Warning on Race

Linda Jacobson

Q&A: Kendrick Lamar ‘Used His Platform’ at Super Bowl as ‘Salute to Black History’

Trinity Alicia

Kendrick Lamar’s Former Teacher on the Power of Platform and Expression

The 74

After LAUSD Enrollment Falls by 11,000, Board President Says Schools May Close

Ben Chapman

Fewer CA Students Are Completing FAFSA. Some Blame Trump’s Deportation Plan

Mikhail Zinshteyn

Kept in the Dark: Inside a Trio of Los Angeles School Cyberattacks

Mark Keierleber

Which States Have the Fastest-Growing Achievement Gaps in 8th-Grade Math?

Chad Aldeman

Will New Bond Funds Be Enough to Rebuild LA Schools?

Carolyn Jones

Charter School Destroyed in Los Angeles Fires Struggles to Rebuild

Carolyn Jones

Iowa Lawmakers Consider Bill to Outlaw Margarine, Food Dyes in Schools

Cami Koons

For Childcare Providers, Wildfires Are Just One More Crisis

Libby Rainey

Online Censorship in Schools Is ‘More Pervasive’ than Expected, New Data Shows

Tara García Mathewson

California Rural Schools Battle for Funding Congress Cut

Carolyn Jones

LA Schools Reopen, But Recovery Will Be Long & Painful

Balin Schneider & Ben Chapman

Trump’s Deportation Plans Threaten Millions of Families. Who Is Protecting Them?

Marianna McMurdock

After Altadena School Burns to the Ground, Community Wonders What’s Next

Gabrielle Birkner

RFK Jr. Could Pull Many Levers to Hinder Childhood Immunization as HHS Head

Amanda Geduld

LA Schools to Remain Closed As Fires Rage

Balin Schneider & Ben Chapman

Tutoring Program in Oakland, Calif. Recruits Parents and Neighbors to Teach Math

Kate Rix

At Least 22 School Districts Totally Or Partially Closed As Fires Spread Around LA County

Mariana Dale & Ross Brenneman

New Los Angeles School Board President Targets District’s Shrinking Enrollment

Ben Chapman

California Trying to Protect Schools from Deportation Efforts

Carolyn Jones

California Banned Bilingual Education for Almost 20 Years. It Still Hasn’t Recovered

Tara García Mathewson

California School Dashboard Shows Some Student Improvements

Carolyn Jones

Don’t Want to Close Underenrolled Schools? Here’s How to Make the Math Work

Marguerite Roza

High Schools Moved On From College For All. Will Trump Come Through For Job Training?

Carolyn Jones

Controversial Temecula School Board Member Joseph Komrosky Elected Again

Nadra Nittle

Best Stories by USC Student Journalists of 2024

The 74

In Los Angeles, a Teacher Residency Program Creates Bilingual Teachers

Conor P. Williams

Will Filling Out Student Aid Form Target Undocumented Parents for Trump’s Mass Deportations?

Mikhail Zinshteyn

Q&A: Teacher of the Year on STEM Success in South Central LA Despite Odds

Jinge Li

Q&A: Nation’s First School Counselor Residency Launches in Rural CA

Marianna McMurdock

Feds Charge Once-Lauded AllHere AI Founder in $10M Scheme to Defraud Investors

Mark Keierleber

California Braces for Trump’s Education Policy Changes

Carolyn Jones

Union-Backed Incumbent Prevails in High-Stakes LA School Board Race

Ben Chapman

Shifting the Narrative From Chronic Absenteeism to Chronic Attendance

Devin Gross & Terence Johnson

School Choice Questions Dominate November Ballot Propositions

Linda Jacobson

Vomiting, Cramps, Lethargy: As Heat Rises, California Kids Swelter in Schools

Alejandra Reyes-Velarde

I’m a Tutor in South Central LA. Here’s What Kids There Need to Learn to Read

Janette Fu

When Educators Team Up With Tech Makers, AI Doesn’t Have to be Scary for Schools

Edward Montalvo

Career Education in California High Schools Gets a $450 Million Boost

Carolyn Jones

LAUSD to Enforce a District-Wide Cell Phone Ban. Here’s What You Need to Know

Katie VanArnam

“They’re Going to Get a Lot of Backlash” – Families, Teachers React to LA Unified’s Looming Cell Phone Ban

Daniella Lake & Jinge Li

Aprendizaje en dos idiomas en el desierto: Las escuelas de California exploran el potencial de nuevas oportunidades bilingües

Conor P. Williams

Dual Language in the Desert: California Schools Explore the Potential of New Bilingual Opportunities

Conor P. Williams

10 LAUSD Schools Get a Chance to Opt Out of Standardized Testing

Mallika Seshadri

When Should Teachers Call the Police?

Jenna Peterson

Poverty Wages, Staffing Crisis: New Federal Rule Looks to Sustain Head Start

Amanda Geduld

Report: Parental ‘Apathy’ Blamed for Rise in Chronic Absenteeism

Linda Jacobson
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