Education

Study Of LAUSD Confirms Benefits Of Four Years Of Math; Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Embraces Findings

UCLA researchers found that high school seniors who took math, whether statistics or calculus, were significantly more likely to enroll in a four-year college and return the following year.

A man in a navy suit and bright blue tie stands in the middle of the frame with a woman in the background holding up a cell phone for a picture.

‘It’s A Big Removal Of A Barrier’: What Housing At California’s Community Colleges Looks Like

Demand is growing for community colleges in California with housing. Two completed projects give a glimpse of what's ahead.

When Is It OK For University Administrators To Intervene With A Student Publication?

School administrators and faculty have limited ability to step in and change the content of student publications. To do so is censorship, but a recent case at Cal State Dominguez Hills is not so clear cut.

A Parent Complained About A Digital Book. Then An Orange County School Board Suspended The Whole Library

One parent opposed to the move called it "the equivalent of finding a spider in your basement and taking a flamethrower to your entire home."

College Board's Revised AP African American Studies Course Draws New Criticism

The organization released the new curriculum for the Advanced Placement course after Florida rejected the pilot. The revisions removed units on Black feminist literary thought and Black Lives Matter.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration rejected the original curriculum for the African American studies course in January.

All This Trauma Is Adding Up. How A New Generation Is Finding Ways To Persevere And Find Hope

Students at East Los Angeles College held a vigil this week to honor the victims of a mass shooting in Monterey Park. They're focused on how to convert the trauma into a wake-up call.

A group gathers around a tree in a campus quad holding candles. The trees are uplit as it is evening and a brick column with a large E on it

Food, Shelter, Gas: How Long Beach City College Is Addressing Basic Needs For Students

The college's basic needs services started small in 2019 but is growing rapidly, setting an example for others in Southern California.

Two men and one young woman stand in the canned foods section of a food pantry, all wearing LBCC black sweatshirts and smiling.

How 4 Words Upended A University's Journalism Program, And Stirred A Reckoning Over Race

Anti-Latino slurs were published on the cover of a CSU student newspaper in October. The painful incident led to protests and soul searching at the mostly Latino campus.

Words in a white font, and black highlight that read "Mexican-American, Latinx, Indigenous, Boricua, D.R.E.A.M.E.R, Chicano/A, Hispanic" are placed in a spiral formation leading to four words that are illegible because they're covered by red blocks, as the spiral narrows towards the center the words "unsafe, defeated, mad, racist, and shocked" in red lettering lead to the end of the spiral which is becomes sharp like an arrow and pierces through the gray silhouette of student set against a red newspaper page that reads "Bulletin." The entire illustration is set against a dark gray background.

Critics Say Newsom's Proposal For Low-Performing Students Fails Most Black Students

“It’s almost the opposite of what we were asking for,” said Debra Watkins, the founder and executive director of the California-based A Black Education Network.

Four students sit at long tables lined with black tablecloths and gaze toward a screen that's out of frame behind the photographer. They have serious expressions on their faces. A television news camera points over the photographer's head in the direction of the screen.

Jackie Goldberg Chosen As Next LA Unified Board President

Goldberg takes over for Kelly Gonez.

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