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Financial aid applications from undocumented California students plunged this year

As the deadline for undocumented community college students to apply for financial aid approaches, advocates are doubling down on their summer outreach.

On a recent Monday afternoon, six students are seen walking, some in pairs, to their next class on the ELAC campus.

This high school has produced Olympians for every Summer Games since 1952

Water polo player Max Irving and track athlete Rachel Glenn are among the more than 30 Olympians that have graduated from Wilson High School in Long Beach.

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How to get a high school education or learn English as an adult in California

California’s adult school system steps in to help adults who might have slipped through the cracks — or are newcomers to the country.

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Frustrated by school web filters, one teenager created his own

During early COVID lockdowns, a teen worked with his family to raise $1.8 million in venture funding and built a web filter with a team of data scientists and psychologists that he now hopes will help students safely surf the web.

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Education has been a significant interest of Kamala Harris since early in her career

Likely Democratic presidential candidate made fighting school truancy a priority starting long ago.

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California forges ahead with social media rules despite legal barriers

The tech industry has argued successfully that imposing rules regulating how social media operate violates free speech rights.

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Lawmakers order Cal State to fix how schools investigate sexual assault and harassment

The law comes two years after a mishandling of sexual harassment allegations brought down California State University's former chancellor.

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These 6 people wanted a career change. Community colleges offered a path

Changing your career can feel like a leap of faith, but there are questions you can ask yourself to help weigh your decision.

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Cal State Fullerton promised a big space for Native American repatriation, then removed the leaders planning it

Part of a university library was to be used to house Native American cultural artifacts and human remains. Now they're in the basement of an academic building.

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Family-friendly field trips to learn more about LA’s original, Indigenous stewards

Ideas of where you and your little ones can go to explore California’s Indigenous history and present-day culture.

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