RSS FeedsProsecutors criticize L.A. schools chief for allowing officials who allegedly failed to report a molestation claim to return to their campus jobs.
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Police patrol the halls and specialists counsel students on the first school day following Friday's campus melee. >>
Highly intelligent, talented students need special programs to keep them engaged and challenged. But experts say too often they aren't even identified -- especially in low-income and minority schools. >>
The success of the Student Empowerment Academy, which provides discipline and personalized attention, could mean more children will get such opportunities. >>
Group expresses a desire to work toward improving the school and community, and ending the ethnic rivalries and violent clashes that plague South L.A. campuses. >>
The potential loss of talented instructors prompts parents to gather near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to protest. >>
The Altadena Democrat is being forced out by term limits. He will assume oversight of the 109 two-year schools Jan. 1. >>
The school district will discuss ideas on handling such cases Thursday. >>
The additional allegations against teacher Thomas Arthur Beltran may date as far back as 1998. An official blames lack of a school board inquiry into an earlier complaint on miscommunication. >>
The Altadena Democrat is being forced out by term limits. He will assume oversight of the 109 two-year schools Jan. 1. >>
He is under investigation for keeping photos, notes and a scrapbook that documented a colleague's relationship with a female student. >>
The educator was not charged at the time because of insufficient evidence, officials say. >>
Attorney for youth facing arraignment on murder charges says officials failed to defuse tensions. >>
He was moved to a desk job and later transferred to another school. >>
OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE | SANTA CRUZ
The state beach is close enough for day trips to UC Santa Cruz but far from the sights and sounds of civilization. >>
The grade-schoolers learned their p's and q's, then took them to dinner in Beverly Hills. >>
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Cal State system ousts another instructor who objects on religious grounds to a pledge adopted by California in 1952 to root out communists. >>
The administrator, told of her affair with Steve Rooney, advised her to recant her statement to police, she testifies. She admits having used a fake ID to appear older. >>
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With the inflation rate at 100,000%, educators simply can't afford to teach. They are fleeing to take menial, but better-paying jobs -- leaving students behind. >>
Religious and secular families unite over legal battle on credentials >>
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An arts school is an oasis for children who keep culture alive despite war and threats from extremists. >>
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