Education

Ukrainian Students Arriving In California Find Warm Welcome At Schools

California schools — including in L.A. — are extending a warm welcome to Ukrainians who've fled the fighting in their homeland. At least 60,000 Ukrainian immigrants live in California, the second-highest population in the U.S.

Reading 9-5: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Is One Step Closer To Arriving In California

The program, which Parton launched in 1995, now has outposts in the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland.

A Years-Long Struggle To Unionize A Charter Network Takes To The Streets

Educators from four Los Angeles charter schools walked off the job Thursday for a one-day strike, hoping to force recognition of their attempts to form a teachers union.

Adults in red clothing hold signs that say "Stand with educators for a better alliance." They are walking down a sidewalk.

Man Found Dead At LAUSD School Was Val Broeksmit, Who Blew Whistle On Deutsche Bank

Val Broeksmit helped journalists and federal authorities investigating the financial institution — and its links to Donald Trump — by sharing a trove of sensitive documents.

A man in a baseball cap reading "Alice's Restaurant," a black leather jacket and blue collared button-up shirt faces the camera for a portrait while standing outside.

LAUSD Adds Extra Week Of School Next Year, Hoping To Make Up For Lost Learning

“Every single day outside of school … is a lost opportunity," the superintendent argued, though LAUSD still has to figure out how to use the extra time.