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This nearly 100-year-old ballad tells the story of mass deportations. Is history repeating itself?

Indiscriminate raids. Removal of U.S. citizens. Pressure to leave the country. For UC Irvine professor and evolutionary biologist Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe, the answer is yes.

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Inland Empire confronts obstacles to sending students to college

Local and state leaders are targeting the region of 4.6 million people for economic growth

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Schoolyard greening projects hit milestone as advocates see the 'most impact ever'

The efforts are funded largely by a 2022 state allocation and other grants. The goal: protect students from pollution and heat, and teach ecology.

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LAUSD’s charter school co-location policy violates state law, judge rules

Charter advocates had sued the district over a recent policy that discourages co-locations on some kinds of campuses.

California students with immigrant parents seek financial aid despite deportation risks

Despite fears the federal government will use personal information from financial aid applications to identify immigrant parents who lack legal status, the number of high school senior applicants from mixed-status families has not decreased as much as some thought it would, according to the California Student Aid Commission.

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Trump wants to cut college access programs for low-income students. California educators are pushing back

Federal programs like Upward Bound and Talent Search enroll about 100,000 Californians. Can funding survive the bitter partisan divide?

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What the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' will change for students, schools and colleges

School vouchers are going national and the federal student loan system is getting an overhaul. Here's what to know.

As ICE arrests persist in Greater LA, how are colleges helping students in crisis?

Most schools are relying on existing policies that allow for individual accommodations. But some are also tapping into lessons from the pandemic.

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¿Qué son las escuelas chárter y cómo funcionan en L.A.?

Dependiendo a quién se le pregunte, las escuelas chárter representan o bien una amenaza existencial a las escuelas públicas, o un modelo innovador para el aprendizaje.

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AI is helping students be more independent, but the isolation could be career poison

Chatbots may give students quick answers when they have questions, but they won’t help students form relationships that matter for college and life success.

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