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Nearly Half Century After Genocide Targeted College Graduates, Cambodians In Long Beach See Education 'Rebirth'

A Cambodian graduation ceremony at California State University, Long Beach became a moment to honor the ancestors and help heal the still-fresh pain of genocide.

A young Cambodian woman with wavy black hair stands among a crowd of graduates posing on indoor bleachers. She is holding a certificate that reads "Cambodian Graduation Celebration" and her name, "Ariya Tok." She has no cap and gown but wears a blue dress or tunic with a pink sash decorated with a flower. A formal red graduation sash is draped over that, hanging from from both shoulders.

University Of California Takes Step Toward Allowing Undocumented Students To Have Campus Jobs

UC Regents created a working group that will determine how best to open campus jobs to students without work authorization.

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Incarcerated Californians Depended On Community Colleges. What Happens When Their Prisons Close?

Gov. Gavin Newsom is closing and downsizing prisons across the state, putting the future of over 1,000 incarcerated students at risk. College administrators say they have few resources to help.

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An LA Teen Is Suing LAUSD — And The USDA — To Promote Nondairy Milk

A growing number of students nationwide are fighting the government's mandate to serve cow's milk in public schools.

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Despite Decades Of Calls To Action, California Community College Students Face Roadblocks To Transfer

The California dream of going to community college and transferring to a UC or CSU is broken, experts and researchers say. Few students transfer in two years. Most take six years with many more courses than needed. Others drop out.

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Mandatory Dyslexia Screening Clears Major Hurdle In Newsom Budget

The budget is subject to final approval by the Legislature by mid-June, but the governor seemed confident that dyslexia screening would survive last-minute political wrangling. California is one of only 10 states nationwide that does not screen students for dyslexia.

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Embattled By Conflict Over Enrollment And Revenue Issues, Whittier College President Resigns

President Linda Oubré had more than three years left on her contract. Enrollment and funding problems threaten the future of the storied Southern California college.

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Up-And-Coming Chefs Get Chance To Show Their Chops In Culinary Face-Off

Students from three community college campuses cooked, baked, sautéed and displayed their very best dishes at the third annual Culinary Cup.

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This Trade Tech College Is Cooking Up LA's Next Chefs

L.A. Trade-Tech College has the longest continuously running culinary arts program in the country, a resource for California's growing restaurant industry.

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LAUSD Ratifies Contract With Teachers, Bringing Higher Wages And Smaller Classes

About 35,000 educators approved a deal reached after almost a year of negotiations and a March strike.

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