Education

Educators rally for release of LA student held in immigration detention for three months

The Reseda high schooler has been in federal immigration detention since August.

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A group of people with varying skin tones. Many of them wear olive green shirts. Several people hold signs. One reads Free Benjamin Now/ ICE Out Of LA.

LAUSD will offer dinners to students as government shutdown delays SNAP benefits

Hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District schools will start serving supper to anyone 18 and under.

Lockdown drills are a fact of life in US schools. What does that mean for students?

Schools are grappling with how to prepare students for the possibility of gun violence without traumatizing them.

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After court forces release of Trump's billion-dollar settlement demands, UC opposition groups turn to next goals

Faculty filed a public records lawsuit to get details of a negotiation that has mostly taken place behind closed doors.

A person with with short hair and reading glasses speaks while gesturing at the crowd. Behind him, people wearing sunglasses hold up a large blue sign that reads: "UCLA Faculty Association" in gold letters. They are on a college campus, with brick steps and grassy hills.

California sued over bond program that sends more money to fix facilities in wealthy school districts

Districts like Lynwood Unified with the smallest tax bases per student — and generally the most low-income students — have gotten less state money for school upgrades.

A young girl wearing a black pants and a black long sleeved sweater stands at an acryclic podium. She is speaking into a microphone. Behind her are a line of people, listening to her with their hands folded in front of them

School enrollment keeps going down. Here's what that means for LAUSD funding

Fewer students are enrolling at schools throughout the state, particularly in areas with high costs of living like Los Angeles, which means a future with even less money.