Education

Bank breach delays financial aid, forces California college students to choose between books or food

Thousands of California college students have been affected by a breach of the BankMobile app used by roughly 60 community college districts.

Students walk along a brick-paved pathway lined with trees and lamp posts at Los Angeles Pierce College. A red banner in the foreground reads “We are here for you,” and other campus banners hang along the path.

LBUSD is evaluating AI use in the classroom. They want parents’ and students’ opinions

Long Beach Unified has launched surveys to measure what students and families think about the use of artificial intelligence.

Concerned about school closures? LAUSD adds meetings to get community input

One district official says this is the beginning of “one of the most consequential initiatives” in decades.

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Three young boys with medium light skin tone and brown hair hand their backpacks on a chainlink fence. One is yellow and features Pikachu.

CSU faculty union seeks strike authority as contract talks stall

The union’s president said university officials negotiating with the union have “not been honest agents.”

A woman wearing jeans, purple sweatshirt and dark colored backpack rides a bicycle across a brick courtyard.

Newsom’s dilemma: Join or spurn new federal school choice program

Before he heads out the door, Gov. Gavin Newsom must decide whether California will join 31 states in a new multibillion-dollar school choice program.

Adult with medium skin tone and long dark hair sits on a wooden stool, hands raised mid-gesture, facing about 15 children in navy and plaid school uniforms seated on a colorful rug in a classroom.

LAUSD prepares schools for possible El Niño storms

The district will monitor weather patterns using information from the National Weather Service and local emergency officials.

A yellow school bus from Los Angeles Unified School District.

Can the new federal voucher program help public schools? Democrats are torn

The new scholarship tax credit program could help public school families pay for some educational services, but advocates worry it could do more harm than good.