Stories matching tag 'Education'
A second arrest of a member of the elementary school's teaching staff prompts a drastic response from its Superintendent.
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Social Justice Educator Jose Lara feels the LAUSD has left a trail of broken promises that affects the community in several ways.
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In this week of focus on harsh school discipline, Maisie Chin of Cadre-LA talks about how it unfairly affects students in some communities.
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After Fremont High School was restructured last year and all its teachers were asked to reapply for their jobs, many teachers looked for alternative school options.
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Upward Bound makes college a reality for low-income South Los Angeles high school students by giving them the skills they need to survive in higher education.
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An estimated 200,000 immigrants in Los Angeles are illiterate. The Centro Latino for Literacy is working to change that, and the challenges those immigrants face everyday.
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Intersections South LA mentors work with students at Manual Arts High School and help produce the student newspaper The Toiler Times.
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The Manual Arts Debate Team has found success thanks to the hard work and dedication of its members.
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa issued his sixth State of the City address in South Los Angeles Wednesday. Listen to highlights from the speech.
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discusses education reform, jobs and unemployment rates at the annual State of the City address on Wednesday.
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A collection of the most commonly used words during Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's sixth State of the City address from Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles.
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Protesters gathered to protest the budget cuts that potentially could lead to the layoffs of over half of the Inglewood Unified School District's employees.
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Manual Arts High School is one of the year-round high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, and its teachers and administrators argue the track system has several problems.
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Incumbent Marguerite LaMotte had the backing of UTLA, the SEIU and the majority of teachers going into the Board of Education election.
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LAUSD teacher David Lyell spoke to future Superintendent John Deasy about value-added assessments, budget cuts and non-mandated testing.
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