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Steve Lopez
Nearly 50 years under a school's spell - June 8, 2013 - When Mickey Fruchter started teaching at the Neighborhood Music School in...
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George Skelton
Gutting public's right to see records would be huge mistake - June 19, 2013 - SACRAMENTO — Given half a chance — any rationale at all...
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Sandy Banks
Here's a teacher I'd want for my children - June 17, 2013 - I don't know what her students' test scores are like, or what her...
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'Ride of the Valkyries' rouses Caltech students for finals
In a long-standing ritual, residents at one of Caltech's dorms wake to Wagner's score during their stressful finals season.
A.J. Duffy, still-feisty former teachers union chief, retires
His career in education ends after two years at Phoenix High, working with students who need a second chance. He said he could relate.
Columbia University moves to modernize trust fund
The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship hasn't been used in years because it contains restrictions from a bygone era – including the requirement that recipients be white.
Competing plans on student loan rates fail in Senate
Democratic and Republican plans on student loan rates fail in the Senate in an opening skirmish over how to avert a sharp increase.
Survey shows growing support for online education in California
In new USC Dornsife/L.A. Times poll, 59% of respondents said increasing online classes at public universities will make education more affordable and accessible.
L.A. Unified offers to settle 40 claims from Miramonte students
The district offers $17 million to settle 40 legal claims involving a teacher who allegedly committed lewd acts against children. A lawyer representing 23 victims calls the offer 'insulting.'
School bond campaign reform sought
Critics see underwriters' role in supporting ballot measures as unfair to opponents and say their deals with school districts can leave out competitive bidding.
L.A. students tackle social problems for Aspen Ideas Festival
The high school teams' projects include growing and selling healthful food, teaching inland communities about protecting the ocean and giving small children hands-on lessons about plants.
Schools' effort to shift to Common Core faces a difficult test
The move toward standards that teach students to be analytical encounters a bipartisan backlash.
An end-run with clean energy funds
Gov. Brown wants to take money from the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund and dole it out to school districts and community colleges without regard to their needs or plans.
Education is missing key for some young immigrants
A high school diploma is a requirement for the federal 'deferred action' program. But for many farmworkers, earning wages trumped getting an education. Now they must make some tough decisions.
