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LA Schools Face Stiff Headwinds From Wildfires and Trump, Report Says

Ben Chapman

鈥楴ot In The Playbook:鈥� How a Palisades Principal is Saving a School That Burned

Shruthi Narayanan

Los Angeles Wildfires Destroy an Armenian School 鈥� and a Lifeline to Families鈥� Homeland聽

Araz Madatian

‘Priceless’: Palisades HS Student Choir Performed at Grammys After School Burned

Alex Gross

Q&A: LA鈥檚 New Principal Union President Says Her Members Are Overworked

Matthew Royer

Q&A: Kendrick Lamar 鈥楿sed His Platform鈥� at Super Bowl as 鈥楽alute to Black History鈥�

Trinity Alicia

After LAUSD Enrollment Falls by 11,000, Board President Says Schools May Close

Ben Chapman

How a South Central Los Angeles Elementary School Built a Culture of 鈥楩amily鈥�

Katie VanArnam

Kept in the Dark: Inside a Trio of Los Angeles School 四虎影院s

Mark Keierleber

鈥楢larming鈥� National Data: Teens Use Cellphones for Quarter of School Day

Marianna McMurdock

The Story Behind the Story: How I Investigated More Than 300 四虎影院s

Mark Keierleber

Will New Bond Funds Be Enough to Rebuild LA Schools?

Carolyn Jones

For Childcare Providers, Wildfires Are Just One More Crisis

Libby Rainey

Teens Provide Sense of Normalcy in the Face of the L.A. Fires

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LA Fires in Photos: How the Crisis Destroyed Schools, Uprooted Students' Lives

Meghan Gallagher

After Altadena School Burns to the Ground, Community Wonders What’s Next

Gabrielle Birkner

School Closings in LA: LAUSD’s Plan to Reopen

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LA Schools Struggle To Reopen As Fires Still Rage

Balin Schneider & Ben Chapman

LA Schools to Remain Closed As Fires Rage

Balin Schneider & Ben Chapman

California DOE Raising Funds for Students, Educators Impacted by Wildfires

Diana Lambert

LAUSD, Other Districts Keep Schools Closed Thursday as Fires Spread

Mariana Dale & Ross Brenneman

Los Angeles Schools Prepare for Trump鈥檚 Immigration Crackdown

Ben Chapman

At Least 22 School Districts Totally Or Partially Closed As Fires Spread Around LA County

Mariana Dale & Ross Brenneman

New Los Angeles School Board President Targets District鈥檚 Shrinking Enrollment

Ben Chapman

Reading Crisis in LAUSD: 鈥楾his Is鈥� a Problem With a Responsibility That Falls on All of Us鈥�

Shruthi Narayanan

Don鈥檛 Want to Close Underenrolled Schools? Here鈥檚 How to Make the Math Work

Marguerite Roza

Best Stories by USC Student Journalists of 2024

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In Los Angeles, a Teacher Residency Program Creates Bilingual Teachers

Conor P. Williams

Q&A: Teacher of the Year on STEM Success in South Central LA Despite Odds

Jinge Li

Feds Charge Once-Lauded AllHere AI Founder in $10M Scheme to Defraud Investors

Mark Keierleber

LA Voters Overwhelmingly Approve $9 Billion School Bond

Ben Chapman

Union-Backed Incumbent Prevails in High-Stakes LA School Board Race

Ben Chapman

LAUSD Overhauls $120 Million Black Students Program After Activists File Complaint

Ben Chapman

LA Housing Crisis Hits LAUSD as Number of Homeless Students Continues to Grow

Katie VanArnam

LA School Board Race Could Change the Nation鈥檚 Second-Largest District

Ben Chapman

I鈥檓 a Tutor in South Central LA. Here鈥檚 What Kids There Need to Learn to Read

Janette Fu

Feds Zero in on Maker of LAUSD's Failed AI Chatbot, Hint at Criminal Charges

Mark Keierleber

LAUSD to Enforce a District-Wide Cell Phone Ban. Here鈥檚 What You Need to Know

Katie VanArnam

鈥淭hey’re Going to Get a Lot of Backlash鈥� 鈥� Families, Teachers React to LA Unified鈥檚 Looming Cell Phone Ban

Daniella Lake & Jinge Li

Aprendizaje en dos idiomas en el desierto: Las escuelas de California exploran el potencial de nuevas oportunidades biling眉es

Conor P. Williams

Dual Language in the Desert: California Schools Explore the Potential of New Bilingual Opportunities

Conor P. Williams

10 LAUSD Schools Get a Chance to Opt Out of Standardized Testing

Mallika Seshadri

LAUSD Struggling with Chronic Absenteeism Years After the Pandemic

Ben Chapman

Los bastiones de la inmersi贸n en dos idiomas reconstruyen la educaci贸n biling眉e en California

Conor P. Williams

In California, Rebuilding Bilingual Education in Schools After an 18-Year Ban

Conor P. Williams

So Your School Wants to Ban Cellphones. Now What?

Linda Jacobson

The Key Investors Who Once Touted L.A. Schools鈥� Failed $6M AI Chatbot Go Silent

Mark Keierleber

LA Unified Faces Criticism After Collapse of Splashy AI tool 鈥淓d鈥澛�

Ben Chapman

Parents of Children with Special Needs Charge LAUSD Limiting Services, Holding Back Information

Katie VanArnam

An LA School Battles Chronic Absenteeism With Washers and Dryers

Jinge Li

Los Angeles Failed Students With Disabilities During COVID. How to Help Them Now

Rebecca Katz

L.A. Schools Probe Charges its Hyped, Now-Defunct AI Chatbot Misused Student Data

Mark Keierleber

Was Los Angeles Schools鈥� $6 Million AI Venture a Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Greg Toppo

Turmoil Surrounds Los Angeles鈥� New AI Student Chatbot; Tech Firm Furloughs Staff

Ben Chapman

All About LAUSD鈥檚 Iconic Coffee Cake: A Sweet Tradition Dating back to the 1950s

Jinge Li

School (in)Security Newsletter: Selling Stolen LAUSD Data; Parkland HS Leveled

Mark Keierleber

LA Parents Concerned Over School Safety as Violence Spikes on Campuses

Jinge Li

L.A. Schools Investigates Data Breach as FCC Approves $200M Cybersecurity Pilot

Mark Keierleber

Los Angeles Schools Chief: Student Homelessness Across City Worse Than Data Show

Ben Chapman

LAUSD Rolls Out Science of Reading and Training As California Lawmakers Reject Curriculum Mandate

Ben Chapman

The Los Angeles Charter School Wars Are Headed To Court. Here鈥檚 What鈥檚 At Stake

Ben Chapman

New Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for More Trade Classes in L.A. High Schools

Sierra Lyons

The Nation鈥檚 Biggest Charter School System Is Under Fire in Los Angeles

Ben Chapman

Gas, Food, Lodging for Homeless Students in Jeopardy as Funding Deadline Looms

Linda Jacobson

Los Angeles to Bar Charter Schools from Many Public Campuses; Lawsuit Threatened

Ben Chapman

In New Book, Diverse Families Find Broken Schools, Broken Dreams in the 鈥楤urbs

Greg Toppo

Los Angeles Schools Eyeing Hiring Freeze as Federal COVID Funds Expire

Ben Chapman

Inside Los Angeles鈥檚 Plan to Open 300 Parent Centers at Public Schools

Charles Hastings

One Teacher鈥檚 Struggle with Chronically Absent Students in Los Angeles

Jinge Li

30% of Our Alumni Experienced Housing Instability 鈥� How They Succeeded Here

Naomi Lara & Erin Whalen

The Fight Over Charters in LAUSD School Buildings: What鈥檚 Really Happening

Ben Chapman

Q&A: LA School Board Member Nick Melvoin Talks About His Congressional Run

Katie VanArnam

聽LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Visits Homes of Chronically Absent Students

Erick Trevino

In Los Angeles, a Tiny School Lets Young People Direct Their Own Education

Kerry McDonald

California Student Test Scores Change Little from Last Year鈥檚 Low

Erica Yee

LAUSD School Bus GPS Tracking a Great Idea but Not Always Accurate, Parents and Drivers Say

Corinne Smith

Los Angeles Board Votes to Restrict Charters鈥� Access to Some District Schools

Linda Jacobson

It鈥檚 Back to School for Cyber Gangs, Too

Mark Keierleber

Enrollment Continues to Decline in LAUSD, a Trend Many Large Public School Districts are Also Experiencing

Nova Blanco-Rico & Balin Schneider

In Los Angeles and New York, Fights Escalate Over Sharing Schools with Charters

Linda Jacobson

White House Takes On Urgent K-12 Cybersecurity Threat at First-Ever Summit

Mark Keierleber

Schools Are Now the Leading Target for Cyber Gangs as Ransom Payments Encourage Attacks

Mark Keierleber

LAUSD Moves Forward With Revamped Math and Reading Intervention Program

Will Callan

What Los Angeles鈥� Latino Parents Really Think About the City鈥檚 Public Schools

Nicholas Dinh

George Clooney Champions a Los Angeles HS Connecting Classes to Hollywood Jobs

Linda Jacobson

Carvalho Wants 30 LAUSD High Schools to Offer Online College Courses in Fall

Cari Spencer

LA Looks to Expand Popular Math Program Without Clear Evidence of Effectiveness

Will Callan

Q&A: LAUSD Student鈥檚 Journey to 2023 California Student Journalist of the Year

Bryan Sarabia

Los Angeles Pays a Steep Price for Labor Peace. Will the War Continue Anyway?

Mike Antonucci

Los Angeles Schools Have a College Enrollment Problem 鈥� But There Are Solutions

Sara Kahn

Los Angeles Schools Look to Confront Dire Chronic Absenteeism Numbers

LeeAnna Villarreal

Here We Go Again: L.A. Adds Instructional Days to Fight Learning Loss, Union Balks

Mike Antonucci

Settling L.A. Strike Causes Future Problems While Trying to Solve Past Ones

Mike Antonucci

LA Parent Poll Shows Learning Recovery, Classroom Time Top Education Priority

Bryan Sarabia

鈥業 Just Hope It Doesn鈥檛 Go Longer鈥� 鈥� Scenes from Day 1 of the L.A. Strike

Will Callan

Photos From the L.A. School Shutdown: Picket Lines, Meal Pickups & Lots of Rain

Meghan Gallagher

Why LA School Workers Deserve More & the City鈥檚 420,000 Students Deserve Better

Yolie Flores

As Schools Close for 3-Day Walkout, Could L.A. Strike Accelerate Learning Loss?

Mike Antonucci

Carvalho Faces 鈥楧efining Moment鈥� as L.A.鈥檚 Largest Unions Prepare to Strike

Linda Jacobson

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files鈥� Whereabouts a Mystery

Mark Keierleber
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