Joe Piasecki

Washington Prep’s $8.5 million approach to student learning

Washington Prep High School and its feeder schools embark on an $8.5 million federal-local initiative to curb neighborhood violence and other problems affecting schools in the hopes that it will increase learning inside the school. [...]

Redefining education for students who need more than academics

An Inglewood high school serves as reminder of the challenges facing urban youth. But Free Los Angeles High School also offers new lessons: hope, and self-determination; the school graduates its first class next spring. [...]