Garfield Elementary pupils note broken sidewalks, speeding motorists and other hazards in hopes that Santa Ana will correct them.
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An Orange County school district has reinstated a series of fantasy vampire novels at its 12 middle schools after banning the books from campuses last week. >>
Long a fixture of the East Coast, such campuses are gaining interest in the Golden State. >>
The district abandons its preferred site for a new high school, citing heavy contamination that would cost at least $22 million to clean up. >>
It's a long way from San Bernardino to Moscow, but Matthew Leonardi, 14, is making the leap. >>
Inner City Education Foundation aims to expand from 13 campuses to 35 in eight years. >>
The South L.A. school gives troubled students a last chance. Staffers fear relocation will undermine its mission. >>
St. Louis is looking for its eighth school superintendent since 2003. Kansas City, Mo., is on its 25th superintendent in 39 years. >>
With a $13-million makeover to celebrate, the L.A. institution has big plans at home and abroad, not without opposition. >>
School district office workers whose jobs were cut must show computer competence for a shot at reemployment. For some, it's a tall order. >>
Judge says its at-large provision works against Latinos in violation of the Voting Rights Act. >>
A nationally respected expert on criminal law, the Supreme Court and juvenile law, the witty teacher had more than 1,600 fans on the Facebook group 'Charlie Whitebread Rocks My World.' >>
Students pack into dorms this weekend, eager to gain their independence. Parents are the ones having a hard time letting go. >>
Critics warn that the requirement will be bad both for students with solid math skills and the unprepared. >>
Authorities believe that the father abducted the children; also missing are their cousin and his father. >>
L.A. THEN AND NOW
Many buildings in L.A. honor the influential Latino lawmaker, whose legacy reaches far beyond his political base. >>
The school says the training is inadequate, but a letter campaign claims that community kids are shortchanged. >>
Ali, who became an international celebrity after refusing to accept her marriage to a man three times her age and winning a divorce, is now back to a semblance of a normal life in Sana. >>
The company, which has succeeded on much smaller campuses, will try to transform a large, deeply troubled school by raising scores, increasing safety and graduating more students. >>
Campuses in Glendale, Westlake Village, Moorpark, Simi Valley and other communities struggle with the deaths of teachers, students and alumni. Grief counselors were available for support. >>
Recent upheavals provide a dramatic backdrop for the launch of a U.S. Treasury program to educate children about credit. >>
Italian American organizations are working to save the recent addition to the roster of AP exams, but its fate is uncertain. >>
Because the first year of high school is considered crucial to a student's success, more campuses are sheltering freshmen in small learning communities or sometimes on separate campuses. >>
Almost half of children with special needs failed their high school exit exam this year. Legislation calls for identifying new ways to assess performance and devising new methods. >>
Principal Ann Gillinger, a dozen teachers and about 25 students were at Chatsworth Hills Academy when two trains collided. 'It was a crunching, collapsing, forceful thing,' she says. >>
A little more than half receive a high school diploma or equivalent, but 90% never enroll in college or drop out after they do, according to the California Dropout Research Project. >>
City. Atty. Rocky Delgadillo will assign the prosecutors to low-performing campuses in crime-prone areas. >>
COLUMN ONE
Culver City fifth-grader Kiana Deane tries to help her classmates understand the science behind her limited self-expression -- and struggles to come to terms with her own brand of beauty. >>
Tree-sitters are grounded after a failed fight to stop a proposed athletic center, but that isn't the only contentious issue. >>
The board broke open-meeting laws when it gave its superintendent a raise at a closed meeting, but it won't be subjected to litigation because the district is in financial turmoil. >>
Brad Johnson, a high school math teacher who was ordered to take down banners with slogans including 'God Bless America,' can proceed with a lawsuit against his school district, a federal judge rules. >>
Editorial
Is it the job of our schools to create an appreciative audience for higher culture? >>
This year's number was the lowest since passage became mandatory for students to get a diploma. Officials cite inclusion of special education students this year as a reason. >>
Enrollments surge as folks seeking retraining join first-time students. >>
The ACT has always been the underdog of college entrance exams, but its popularity is growing. In California, traditionally an SAT stronghold, many college applicants are taking both exams. >>
After appearing as a backdrop during John McCain's acceptance speech, Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood basks in the glory. >>
The L.A. cathedral plays host to young musicians learning the upbeat Mexican genre. >>
The Republican vice presidential candidate says students should be taught about condoms. Her running mate -- and the party platform -- disagree. >>
An appeals court rules that the controversial school board member and others who sued the district over his censure must pay $37,000. The suit was dismissed as meritless. >>
BERKELEY
A state appeals court Thursday cleared the way for UC Berkeley to begin construction of an athletic facility on a contested site where protesters have been occupying trees in the hope of halting the project. >>
New results show about 300 of the schools met the goals only because their marks were based on the exit exam, much less demanding than tests that help determine the state Academic Performance Index. >>
TECHNOLOGY
What's he eating for lunch? Is she showing up for class? What subjects are they weak in? Software is helping unravel the mystery. >>
The Massachusetts facility, a joint enterprise of Harvard and MIT, had already received $200 million from philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. >>
Effort to make pupils fluent in English and Spanish by fifth grade adds anxiety and hope to first day of classes at Highland Park campus. >>
He vows to double the rate of academic improvement at the 10 campuses within the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, his effort to see success at some of the city's poorest-performing facilities. >>
Two of the district's elementary campuses are predominantly Latino, while the other two are mostly white. Some parents worry their children are getting shortchanged. >>
Eastside's Murchison campus opens this week with about 100 sixth-graders. A survey finds that 70% of the city middle schools serving low-income students are failing federal education standards. >>
A call for abstinenceHere is the portion of the Republican platform that deals with abstinence and education: >>Both sides offer studies that support keeping or lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18. >>
Regarding alcohol, middle and high schools' only message is 'just say no.' That leaves alcohol education to parents and, increasingly, colleges, where newfound freedom can send students off track. >>
Tactics used by United Teachers Los Angeles are getting increasingly aggressive -- the latest, a campus sleepover to protest Anna Barraza's alleged incompetence. >>
Opinion
America's educational system is falling behind. We must find innovative leaders with a vision who can prepare children for the future they deserve. >>
The program offers students a last chance to defy the odds and succeed. >>
A professor resigns as an admissions committee member, saying the university is factoring race into acceptance decisions, a violation of state law. >>
NEIGHBORLY ADVICE: NORTHWOOD
The neighborhood places high value on scholastic achievement and abundant public parks. >>
Mostly substitute teachers are affected by the latest glitch in the district's problem-plagued payroll system. The benefits are expected to be restored without a lapse in coverage. >>
More students are taking classes to enhance college applications and boost their SAT scores. >>
The effort that has flourished among students could get cut amid the district's budget woes. >>
After a long haul, the costly campus rebuilt atop an old oil field is finally set to open. >>
BLOWBACK
Neither candidate's proposed solution can address underlying issues with the K-12 system. >>
With the help of music executive Tom Sturges, 30 students from an inner-city school performed for large -- sometimes famous -- audiences. Almost all went on to graduate from four-year colleges. >>
Using a new system for tracking dropouts, California discloses a rate considerably higher than previously reported. About 1 in 3 students in Los Angeles Unified left school. >>
MUSIC
As it turns 60, the historically black symphony is helping to develop young black musicians. Among its challenges: shrinking music programs and the lack of instrumental tradition in hip-hop. >>
ISLAM IN A NEW WORLD
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology will feature coed classes, a curriculum in English and other touches seen as dangerous liberalism by Islamic fundamentalists. >>
OUT THERE
Funded largely by West Hollywood, the racy Web show promotes safe sex at a time when diagnoses of AIDS and HIV are rising. The target is men too young to recall the disease's early devastation. >>
Undocumented college students endure hardships over their status, then see an uncertain future. >>
East L.A. College once struggled to find eco-fluent builders, but now the field is multiplying. One designer says sustainability targets the "triple bottom line" of planet, people and profit. >>
COLUMN ONE
Phil Holmes has taught English for decades, first to the privileged but lately to the disadvantaged. His method and his intensity make a solid connection with both extremes. >>
Some students and alumni want money to go toward education and scholarships, not new buildings. >>
COLUMN ONE
Francisco Marroquin University is a bastion of libertarianism, drawing potshots from both sides of the political spectrum. >>
The archdiocese shuts Daniel Murphy Catholic High to save money. >>
Next month, Mark Yudof will take over as president of the massive university system. Here's a preview of what's going into his suggestion box. >>
The former drummer for the Doors offers an essay describing the infinite musical knowledge gleaned from his club-hopping days well before he ever met Jim Morrison. >>
BLOWBACK
It's about how to think, not about how to do. >>
Visits to art, nature and science exhibits are rare as more hours are devoted to studying for required English, math tests. But some venues are adapting their offerings. >>
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. >>
COLUMN ONE
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 >>
COLUMN ONE
An arts school is an oasis for children who keep culture alive despite war and threats from extremists. >>
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