World & Nation
Quietly, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School spilled out of their classrooms in the middle of second period Wednesday morning.
March 14, 2018
Connecticut shooting: Nation grieves as funerals for 6-year-olds begin
Dec. 17, 2012
“they’re shooting in my class i’m hiding in a corner i love you …” Jessica Luckman frantically texted her mother as gunman Nikolas Cruz prowled the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.
March 10, 2018
California
The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District board has unexpectedly reversed itself and killed a plan to reopen middle schools.
Nov. 24, 1988
Some parents, arguing that 11-year-olds aren’t ready for middle school, are urging L.A. Unified to keep sixth-graders in elementary school.
April 17, 2007
With California’s youngest students showing progress, state officials and education experts say the state’s middle schools, which have stagnated, need to be the next focus of school reform.
July 31, 2000
The Simi Valley Board of Education has indefinitely postponed a plan to create middle schools and four-year high schools after rejecting a minimum-cost plan by the school district’s staff as proposing too little money to be effective.
Feb. 8, 1990
After focusing for years on younger and older students, educators in L.A. and elsewhere are looking for new ways to curb the dropout rate.
Dec. 26, 2006
Entertainment & Arts
Middle school is the new high school, so why do film and TV continue to insist that life begins in ninth grade?
Aug. 22, 2019
The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District board has voted to spend $4.9 million to create separate schools for students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Dec. 13, 1992