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The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties was created within the Department of Homeland Security in 2002. The office's mission is to advise the department and prevent civil rights violations. But some insiders say the unit has always lacked teeth.

Homeland Security agents attempted to enter 2 LAUSD schools. Here's what families should know

Federal agents were turned away from two South Los Angeles elementary schools this week, the district’s superintendent says.

Young people of varying gender presentations and skin tones stand near colorful floor cushions.

LAUSD adopts land acknowledgment. What comes next?

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board voted Tuesday to amplify the role of the region’s Indigenous communities.

Four adult men hold three pairs of giant scissors poised to cut a red ribbon in front of a crowd that includes several high school students and a mariachi guitar player.

LAUSD relies on thousands of portable classrooms. What does it take to replace them?

A high school in the San Fernando Valley is in the midst of a $274 million renovation that demonstrates the longevity of school bonds.

A brick wall with a sign of a white silhouette of a bird with a rainbow in the background with the words "Marquez School." The brick wall is surrounded by a collapsed building, debris and trees showing signs of having been burnt and caught on fire.

When will Palisades students return to burned-down campuses?

Palisades Charter High School plans to temporarily move students to a former Santa Monica department store while elementary students share campuses.

A teen girl with shoulder length dark hair and light skin tone wearing a black hoodie looks down at white iPhone she holds in one hand.

What LAUSD students with disabilities need to know about the ban on cellphones in class

There are at least 63,000 students with disabilities in the Los Angeles Unified School District, and many may be exempted from the district’s restrictive cellphone policy.

LAUSD approves new academic calendar, so start planning for child care now

The Los Angeles Unified school board voted Tuesday on a three-year school calendar that maintains longer breaks.

A teen boy with medium light skin tone and short curly dark hair wearing a black hoodie hands a phone to an person standing near a blue bench with a box with slits for phones.

LAUSD’s ‘really, really annoying’ cellphone ban may be working

All Los Angeles Unified campuses are now 'phone free' during the school day, and students say they’re seeing fewer devices.

A girl with medium-light skintone scrolls through a smartphone.

LAUSD's cellphone ban begins today. Here's what you need to know

The school district’s ban on cellphones and social media is months in the making. Whether it works remains to be determined, but here's what we do know.

A student holds a cellphone that displays a folder of social media apps.

LAUSD cellphone ban begins Tuesday, bringing hope and frustration

The ban on student cellphone use in the country’s second largest school district starts Tuesday.

Pandemic recovery continues, but students still lag behind 2019 test scores

But education researchers at Harvard and Stanford say there are bright spots — some individual school districts have surpassed pre-pandemic achievements.

A playground for children is seen charred as vegetation smolders on the ground.

LAUSD announces plans to rebuild schools wrecked by Palisades Fire

Los Angeles Unified will spend $725 million to rebuild Palisades Charter High School, Palisades Charter Elementary and Marquez Charter Elementary.

Four teenage girls with medium-light skin tone stand together for a portrait. Two of them, left, hold a sign that says "this is a movement NOT a moment." Another, in the middle, holds the flag of El Salvador, while the last student, on the right, holds a sign that says "Nobody is illegal on $tolen land."

Immigration activism and fear deflate attendance at LA schools

Top schools official pleaded with parents to send their children to class: "Schools are safe."