Stories matching tag 'Los Angeles Times'

A City of Muted Color

Erin Aubry Kaplan talks about her book, "Black Talk, Blue Thoughts and Walking the Color Line." [...]

Festival of Books changes location, honors professor’s son

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is changing locations and, for one author, the new home is bringing him a little bit closer to family. [...]

Community colleges come under fire after revealing Los Angeles Times article

The Los Angeles Community College District will be closely watched after a Los Angeles Times article reported the board was mismanaging construction bonds. [...]

Recent poll finds Democrats not enthusiastic about this year’s election

Darry Sragow, the director of the poll, discusses the source of voter frustration and the hopes for a new wave of positive changes. [...]

Proposition 19 lacks funds, not buzz

Proposition 19 supporters have been focusing more on social media than television advertisements. [...]

Los Angeles Times receives death records of children in child and family services

After repeated requests, the Los Angeles Times received death records from county child and family services. [...]

OPINION: Standardized tests provoke students to fail

Manual Arts teacher John Hankey explains how testing undermines students and wastes valuable teaching time. [...]

High stakes teaching and the “value added” sham

A recent LA Times article stamped LAUSD educators “ineffective” or “effective” based solely on their students’ standardized test scores. [...]