Kyle Stokes
Former Senior Reporter, K-12 Education
(he/him)
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Some schools offer to connect families with immigration attorneys — an offer that's taken on new salience after President Trump's DACA decision Tuesday. -
California schools are stepping up their legal and counseling teams in the wake of the decision to end Obama-era protections for young immigrants who lack documentation.
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The La Tuna Fire continues to burn near Burbank, Glendale and Sun Valley, scorching at least 5,800 acres of brush. The fire was about 10% contained, authorities said late Saturday.
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Behind the numbers in a KPCC data analysis that found students in public charter schools were less likely to be vaccinated than their peers in district-run schools.
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The escalation draws fresh attention to a fundamental disagreement about how the state's five-year-old school funding law ought to work.
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"We're not going to take a risk," one Los Angeles school's principal said — of a child wearing faulty glasses, or of a child refusing to wear them.
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The last of 131 new schools meant to relieve overcrowding in LAUSD finally opened Tuesday, allowing another LAUSD school to drop its year-round calendar.
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To mark the first day of school in L.A. Unified, KPCC is sharing the stories of three educators breaking new ground or breaking routine in the 2017-18 school year.
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More LAUSD students are finishing all college-prerequisite courses — but not always with high gradesL.A. Unified requires students to finish all courses needed to enroll in a UC or CSU school. This year, more students finished — but not always with the best grades.
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KPCC found seventh graders in charter schools were less likely to be up-to-date on their shots. A follow-up analysis of kindergarten numbers shows a similar pattern.
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