Proposed Hebrew-language school dealt a setback

Trustees in the William S. Hart Union High School District in Santa Clarita deadlocked on the proposed charter facility. Backers said they would appeal to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors.

Voters advise L.A. Unified on preferred campus takeovers

Parents, teachers, students and community members weigh in -- sometimes more than once -- on their preferred plans for 12 underperforming schools and 18 new ones in the advisory election.

At a Haiti school's reopening, a lesson in sharing

The school's owner clashes with post-earthquake squatters who have no place to call home. Nearby, young students eagerly wait to regain one normal aspect of their lives.

Abstinence-only classes may be effective for young teens

Other forms of sex education may work too, though experts call for more studies.

A harassment-free school opens in L.A.

A new academic program for grades seven through 12 serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth.

Rival L.A. high schools find common ground in nature

The ecology clubs at Dorsey and Crenshaw have combined efforts and funding to raise a new generation of conservationists. Together the students are taking hiking trips and restoring local parks.

A time-tested app for learning

An old library stands for the kind of progress that makes sense.

Cal State to push students toward graduation

Students are to get more individualized support and be reminded of the benefits of getting a degree and the sacrifice required. Administrators have been 'enablers' to dawdlers, one official says.

L.A. Unified unveils revamped 'report cards' evaluating its schools

The new product updates an effort to make school performance more transparent.

L.A. groups bid to run 30 schools

Groups from inside and outside L.A. Unified have been making presentations on how they would operate 12 low-performing and 18 new campuses. The school board will decide before March.

Cal State aims to boost graduation rates

Despite budget cuts, the system intends to get more students degrees, and faster. One way would be to reduce general education requirements, which not everyone thinks is a good idea.

Ventura gets first plug-in hybrid electric school bus in Southern California

The Ventura Unified School District will put the $200,000, state-of-the-art bus into service this week. It's expected to achieve 30% better fuel economy than a conventional bus.

Banned dictionary to return to Riverside County school

Parents will get the option to determine if they want their children to have access to Merriam Webster's 10th Collegiate Edition, which was pulled over references to oral sex.

Female teachers may pass on math anxiety to girls, study finds

After a year in the classroom with female teachers who say they are anxious about math, girls are more likely to share that attitude -- and score lower on tests, researchers say.

Dictionary definition raises ruckus at Menifee school

The school district pulls the Merriam Webster 10th Collegiate editions off classroom shelves for study by a newly formed committee after a parent complains about explicit definitions of sexual terms.

Education is Challenger's challenge

L.A. County's largest detention center is failing at its basic job: rehabilitating the youths confined there.

Berkeley High may cut lab classes to fund programs for struggling students

Trying to address a major ethnic and racial achievement gap, the school could divert funds from before- and after-school science labs filled mostly with white students. The plan has sparked debate.