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Nina Agrawal

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Nina Agrawal is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. She previously reported for WLRN-Miami Herald News and for the Latin American affairs magazine Americas Quarterly. A Southern California native, Agrawal is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and School of International and Public Affairs.

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Will later school start times mean more sleep or more hassles for California?

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Will later school start times mean more sleep or more hassles for California?

A new state law mandating a later school start time for middle and high schools has drawn mixed reactions. Many school leaders are skeptical; parent opinion is mixed; many students seem to like the idea.
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California schools can no longer suspend K-8 students for using phones. Will this help or hurt learning?

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California schools can no longer suspend K-8 students for using phones. Will this help or hurt learning?

As the first and largest district in the state to implement a ban on suspensions for “willful defiance,” Los Angeles’ experience may be instructive for other districts across the state.
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Student vaping epidemic has California schools frantically mobilizing

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Student vaping epidemic has California schools frantically mobilizing

Some students are even vaping in class. To stop them, L.A. schools are trying assemblies, apps and detection devices.
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California expands ban on ‘willful defiance’ suspensions in schools

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California expands ban on ‘willful defiance’ suspensions in schools

More California students can no longer face suspension for willful defiance
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CSU may up their college admissions requirements. But will that hurt low-income students?

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CSU may up their college admissions requirements. But will that hurt low-income students?

The CSU is weighing requiring an additional year of math, science or other quantitative coursework for admission.
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Nine Chinese Arizona State University students detained at LAX and sent back. ASU demands answers

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Nine Chinese Arizona State University students detained at LAX and sent back. ASU demands answers

The students were detained at LAX in the days prior to the start of classes on Aug. 22 and were on their way to the university’s Phoenix-area campuses, school officials said.
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Ethnic studies bill delayed in California amid controversy

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Ethnic studies bill delayed in California amid controversy

An ethnic studies requirement for all high school students in California is on hold.
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Homeless kids, chronic absenteeism, frustrated parents: L.A. Unified is back to school and trying to help

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Homeless kids, chronic absenteeism, frustrated parents: L.A. Unified is back to school and trying to help

LAUSD leaders say that, while students need exponentially more assistance to succeed, they are intent on targeting aid to the neediest.
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Summer learning loss: How teachers mobilize when kids return to school

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Summer learning loss: How teachers mobilize when kids return to school

Are students losing their math and reading skills over the summer? And what can teachers do about it?
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California ethnic studies must add lessons on Jewish Americans and anti-Semitism, schools chief says

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California ethnic studies must add lessons on Jewish Americans and anti-Semitism, schools chief says

The Jewish experience in America, including teachings about anti-Semitism, must be included in California’s new ethnic studies curriculum, the state schools chief said Wednesday, following sharp criticism of the draft by many Jewish groups and an announcement by top education leaders that it “falls short” and will undergo substantial revisions.

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