Students sign petition to end domestic violence
Stephanie Guzman | 10-22-2009 | Comments |
Parents and organizations work together to teach middle schoolers about domestic violence [...]
New school breaks ground in South Los Angeles
Richie Duchon | 10-20-2009 | Comments |
The Los Angeles Unified School District breaks ground on its 81st new school building in the last 10 years./images/uploads/lausd_groundbreaking_small.jpg [...]
Student Recovery Day recruits dropouts to go back to school
Natalie Ragus | 10-19-2009 | Comments |
One hundred and sixty LAUSD administrators and counselors canvased the city on October 19 to encourage high school dropouts to return to the classroom. [...]
Undocumented students receive assistance from state, foundation
Salvador Durán | 10-19-2009 | Comments |
Despite anti-immigrant rhetoric, California's undocumented students can still go to college, thanks to a private foundation and a state law--one of the first in the nation--that makes enrollment easier in state colleges and universities.[...]
A solution to low-performing schools
Contributor | 10-16-2009 | Comments |
The staff at IDEA at UCLA offers some perspective on the equitable distribution of quality teachers. [...]
Journey to the White House
Willa Seidenberg | 10-8-2009 | Comments |
The Crenshaw High School Digital Media Team is on a quest to get an invitation to the White House to meet the President and the First Lady. [...]
Students combat obesity in South Los Angeles
Catherine Cloutier | 10-2-2009 | Comments |
Twenty students at The Accelerated School are fed up with the obesity rates in their community. [...]
L.A. High School students protest truancy proposal
Contributor | 9-29-2009 | Comments |
For many South L.A. students, truancy and tardiness tickets have lead to financial troubles. So, they took to the streets in protest. [...]
Cal State LA protest over budget cuts
Contributor | 9-24-2009 | Comments |
CSU-LA students and faculty hold a protest on the first day of classes. [...]
Beyond South LA, youth explore college, activism and the Black Panthers
Contributor | 9-21-2009 | Comments |
Several youth traveled to northern California to visit college campuses as part of the Community Coalition's youth initiative. Students wrote blogs about their road trip, including a meeting with the Black Panthers.
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