Kyle Stokes
Former Senior Reporter, K-12 Education
(he/him)
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Rebuilding the town is proving to be slow work. After the mudslide, officials found 246 structures that were unsafe to enter. Now, 210 of these remain red-tagged. -
Juniors on 29 campuses from South L.A. to San Pedro got a break from their classes to take the college prep exam — for free. -
Body scanners in L.A.'s transit stations? Metro and TSA are testing technology that could make it possible — without the need to erect an airport-style checkpoint. -
In the wake of the deadly Florida high school shooting, a blue ribbon panel will gather this spring to ask, "Are students in L.A. schools as safe as they can be?" -
Three participants in the East Los Angeles high school walkouts remember, in their own words, a pivotal moment in the history of L.A. and the Chicano movement. -
If SEIU Local 99's rank-and-file vote to strike, the union's bargaining team would have the power to call a work stoppage "as early as this school year." -
L.A. Unified says the proposed $173 million "modernization" for the Boyle Heights campus is long overdue. Some alumni worry the district is bulldozing history. -
The latest plan to turn the school around is now in its 10th year and, despite obvious improvements, skeptics say it still fails too many kids. -
A gun incident at an LAUSD middle school bears eery similarity to the death that sparked the first random searches for weapons and drugs in district schools. -
L.A. Unified board members met to take the first substantive steps in their process of finding a new superintendent — their sixth in the last decade.
Stories by Kyle Stokes
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