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A settlement was recently reached in a class-action case, requiring LAUSD to offer intensive “high-dose” tutoring to 100,000 students for three years.
Teachers are striking for better pay, benefits and class size. But school districts say their budgets are extremely tight and they’re contemplating layoffs.
At Antioch High School, peer advocates mentor freshmen, meet with students who’ve been found with alcohol or drugs, and facilitate conflict resolution.
Arizona State University wants Cal Grants for its California-based students, but California officials say its not eligible.
California’s Assembly Bill 218 made it possible for childhood abuse victims to sue public agencies up to their 40th birthday or five years after discovering the abuse.
Fresno Unified invested $30 million in services that go beyond traditional academics, from housing assistance to music production and lunchtime sports.
In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music.
Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college – all while inside juvenile detention.
We visited Heather Povinelli in her Monrovia classroom, where we spoke about how she got back into teaching, how she creates an inclusive classroom, and what she learned conducting research about other teachers with dwarfism.
It’s time for John Fensterwald’s annual predictions for what’s in store for education in 2026.
