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A Year After Fires Scorched L.A. Schools, Difficulties Plague Reopenings

Ben Chapman

An Eighth-Grader鈥檚 Plea After the Eaton Fire Redefined Disaster Recovery for Girls

Nadra Nittle

After L.A.鈥檚 Wildfires, Reshaping Disaster Response to Address Children鈥檚 Needs

Rita Burke & Henry Meier

L.A. Fires: Schools Mourn Losses, Celebrate Progress on Anniversary

Mallika Seshadri & Betty M谩rquez Rosales

LAUSD Taps Private Funders to 鈥楲evel the Playing Field鈥� Between District Schools

Sara Randazzo

Top Los Angeles Teacher Encourages Kids To Make a Mess in Her Class

Ben Chapman

Layoffs, Cuts and Closures Are Coming to LAUSD Schools As District Confronts Budget Shortfalls

Ben Chapman

How Can Los Angeles’ Schools Have a Looming $1.6B Deficit With $19B in Revenues?

Chad Aldeman

Cities Keep Changing Who Runs Schools. Are They Just Running in Place?

Erica Meltzer

California Schools Now Offer Free Preschool for 4-Year-Olds. Here鈥檚 What They Learn

Julia Barajas, Mariana Dale & Elly Yu

Education Issues Critical in Deciding if State Will Take Over L.A. County Juvenile Halls, Advocates Argue

Betty M谩rquez Rosales

Thousands of Immigrant Students Flee L.A. Unified Schools After 鈥楥hilling Effect鈥� of ICE Raids

Ben Chapman

In Los Angeles, 45 Elementary Schools Beat the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read

Chad Aldeman

Attendance Zones Keep L.A.’s Best Schools for Wealthy Kids 鈥� & Shut Out the Rest

Tim DeRoche

In Sprawling Los Angeles, School Choice Faces its Own Kind of Gridlock

Linda Jacobson

How LAUSD School Zones Perpetuate Educational Inequality, Ignoring 鈥楻edlining鈥� Past

Ben Chapman

Historic Los Angeles Testing Gains Lift Even the Lowest-Performing Schools

Linda Jacobson

LAUSD Posts Big Gains in Reading and Math, Surpassing State and Pre-Pandemic Levels

Ben Chapman

Marquez Elementary First to Return After Palisades Fires

Mallika Seshadri

National Literacy Month Is More Than a Celebration. It Is a Call to Action

Cassandra Chase & Nick Melvoin

Enrollment Is Falling 鈥� California Leaders Must Ensure Students Don鈥檛 Lose Out

Ana Ponce

LAUSD Joins Districts Across State in Planning for Financial Literacy Education

Mallika Seshadri

Parents Sued LAUSD Over Remote Learning. How the Settlement Will Benefit Students

Carolyn Jones

LAUSD Sees Significant Increase in Students Using Mental Health Services

Vani Sanganeria

鈥榃e’ve Been Successful at Protecting Our Kids鈥�: Los Angeles Unified Claims Safety From ICE So Far

Ben Chapman

A Political & Societal Toxic Stew Makes This a Dangerous Time for K-12 Education

Tim DeRoche

From Poverty to Doctorate: Veronica Alvarez鈥檚 Journey in Arts Education

Karen D'Souza

Report: L.A. County鈥檚 Failure to Educate Incarcerated Youth is 鈥楽ystemic

Betty M谩rquez Rosales

Strong First-Day Attendance at LAUSD Schools Despite Immigration Fears

Mallika Seshadri

L.A. Schools Telehealth Vendor Waited 8 Months to Report Breach

Mark Keierleber

Ed Tech Co. That Provides Telehealth to L.A. Students Experiences Data Breach

Mark Keierleber

鈥楽o Many Threats to Kids鈥�: ICE Fear Grips Los Angeles at Start of New School Year

Ben Chapman

Public School Enrollment Is Declining 鈥� But Not Everywhere, or for All Students

Tara Moon

‘It’s a Victory’ 鈥� Behind the Charter Sector鈥檚 Big Court Win in Los Angeles

Ben Chapman

LA Preschool Teacher Closed Her Doors After Almost 20 Years. What It Says About the State of Childcare

Libby Rainey

Inside Grammy Camp, Where Teens Learn the Music Biz

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LAUSD鈥檚 Carvalho: 鈥榃e've Got More Resilience Than Taylor Swift鈥�

Ben Chapman

She Was a Rising Senior on the Honor Roll. ICE Just Upended Her Life

Nadra Nittle

Teachers Union, Activists Dissatisfied With Los Angeles Unified Budget

Jacob Matthews & Ben Chapman

Students Showed Resilience as Schools Recovered from L.A. Fires

Mallika Seshadri

L.A. Families Are Mostly Satisfied With Their Schools, Survey Says

Ben Chapman

The Feds Are Coming for Immigrant Kids

Mark Keierleber

L.A. Schools Say They鈥檒l Protect Graduates from ICE. But Will Families Show Up?

Nadra Nittle

L.A. Unified Sees 鈥楳ajor Gains鈥� in Fight Against Chronic Absenteeism – But Problem Persists

Jacob Matthews

L.A. Schools Create 鈥楶erimeters of Safety鈥� Against ICE Agents

Ben Chapman

Los Angeles School Board Moms Push for Paid Parental Leave

Ben Chapman

Q&A: Los Angeles High School Counselor On What Students Want After Graduation

Jacob Matthews

Top LAUSD Schools with Empty Seats Shut Out Needy Students, Report Says

Ben Chapman

The Power of 鈥楶recovery鈥�: Building Safer, More Resilient Schools

Marleen Wong

Q&A: LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin on the Wildfires, Trump and Smartphones

Ben Chapman

LAUSD鈥檚 Oscar Winning 鈥楲ast Repair Shop鈥� Gets $1 Million and Yo Yo Ma Visit

Jacob Matthews

How L.A.鈥檚 Gabriella Charter School Founder Turned Family Tragedy Into a Legacy

Jinge Li

鈥業鈥檓 Capable of Doing 鈥� This鈥�: L.A. Students’ Career and Tech Success

Jacob Matthews

Five Years On, COVID-Era Enrollment Declines Decimate L.A. Schools

Ben Chapman

From Blacktop to Green Space: LAUSD Brings Outdoor Classrooms to Life

Enzo Luna

Asian Students鈥� Test Scores Are Often High. Our Success Is Complicated

Janette Fu

Federal Agents Turn Up at Two L.A. Schools Seeking ‘Access’ to Young Children

Ben Chapman

LA Schools Face Stiff Headwinds From Wildfires and Trump, Report Says

Ben Chapman

鈥楴ot In The Playbook:鈥� How a Palisades Principal is Saving a School That Burned

Shruthi Narayanan

Los Angeles Wildfires Destroy an Armenian School 鈥� and a Lifeline to Families鈥� Homeland聽

Araz Madatian

‘Priceless’: Palisades HS Student Choir Performed at Grammys After School Burned

Alex Gross

Q&A: LA鈥檚 New Principal Union President Says Her Members Are Overworked

Matthew Royer

Q&A: Kendrick Lamar 鈥楿sed His Platform鈥� at Super Bowl as 鈥楽alute to Black History鈥�

Trinity Alicia

After LAUSD Enrollment Falls by 11,000, Board President Says Schools May Close

Ben Chapman

How a South Central Los Angeles Elementary School Built a Culture of 鈥楩amily鈥�

Katie VanArnam

Kept in the Dark: Inside a Trio of Los Angeles School Cyberattacks

Mark Keierleber

鈥楢larming鈥� National Data: Teens Use Cellphones for Quarter of School Day

Marianna McMurdock

The Story Behind the Story: How I Investigated More Than 300 Cyberattacks

Mark Keierleber

Will New Bond Funds Be Enough to Rebuild LA Schools?

Carolyn Jones

For Childcare Providers, Wildfires Are Just One More Crisis

Libby Rainey

Teens Provide Sense of Normalcy in the Face of the L.A. Fires

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LA Fires in Photos: How the Crisis Destroyed Schools, Uprooted Students' Lives

Meghan Gallagher

After Altadena School Burns to the Ground, Community Wonders What’s Next

Gabrielle Birkner

School Closings in LA: LAUSD’s Plan to Reopen

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LA Schools Struggle To Reopen As Fires Still Rage

Balin Schneider & Ben Chapman

LA Schools to Remain Closed As Fires Rage

Balin Schneider & Ben Chapman

California DOE Raising Funds for Students, Educators Impacted by Wildfires

Diana Lambert

LAUSD, Other Districts Keep Schools Closed Thursday as Fires Spread

Mariana Dale & Ross Brenneman

Los Angeles Schools Prepare for Trump鈥檚 Immigration Crackdown

Ben Chapman

At Least 22 School Districts Totally Or Partially Closed As Fires Spread Around LA County

Mariana Dale & Ross Brenneman

New Los Angeles School Board President Targets District鈥檚 Shrinking Enrollment

Ben Chapman

Reading Crisis in LAUSD: 鈥楾his Is鈥� a Problem With a Responsibility That Falls on All of Us鈥�

Shruthi Narayanan

Don鈥檛 Want to Close Underenrolled Schools? Here鈥檚 How to Make the Math Work

Marguerite Roza

Best Stories by USC Student Journalists of 2024

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In Los Angeles, a Teacher Residency Program Creates Bilingual Teachers

Conor P. Williams

Q&A: Teacher of the Year on STEM Success in South Central LA Despite Odds

Jinge Li

Feds Charge Once-Lauded AllHere AI Founder in $10M Scheme to Defraud Investors

Mark Keierleber

LA Voters Overwhelmingly Approve $9 Billion School Bond

Ben Chapman

Union-Backed Incumbent Prevails in High-Stakes L.A. School Board Race

Ben Chapman

LAUSD Overhauls $120 Million Black Students Program After Activists File Complaint

Ben Chapman

LA Housing Crisis Hits LAUSD as Number of Homeless Students Continues to Grow

Katie VanArnam

LA School Board Race Could Change the Nation鈥檚 Second-Largest District

Ben Chapman

I鈥檓 a Tutor in South Central LA. Here鈥檚 What Kids There Need to Learn to Read

Janette Fu

Feds Zero in on Maker of LAUSD's Failed AI Chatbot, Hint at Criminal Charges

Mark Keierleber

LAUSD to Enforce a District-Wide Cell Phone Ban. Here鈥檚 What You Need to Know

Katie VanArnam

鈥淭hey’re Going to Get a Lot of Backlash鈥� 鈥� Families, Teachers React to LA Unified鈥檚 Looming Cell Phone Ban

Daniella Lake & Jinge Li

Aprendizaje en dos idiomas en el desierto: Las escuelas de California exploran el potencial de nuevas oportunidades biling眉es

Conor P. Williams

Dual Language in the Desert: California Schools Explore the Potential of New Bilingual Opportunities

Conor P. Williams

10 LAUSD Schools Get a Chance to Opt Out of Standardized Testing

Mallika Seshadri

LAUSD Struggling with Chronic Absenteeism Years After the Pandemic

Ben Chapman
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