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The Pasadena school district is among at least 35 in Los Angeles County that have approved reopening plans
The legislation, which Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to sign on Friday, is the most far-reaching effort by legislators in more than six months to address the educational challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With questionable ventilation and cramped classrooms, teachers have every reason push back against reopening schools.
A coalition representing L.A. teachers, parents and activists accused The Times of giving too much attention to those who want to reopen schools, and short shrift to those who urge caution.
The Los Angeles Unified School District is allowing interscholastic sports to resume following a yearlong COVID-19 shutdown. Here is what you need to know.
The pandemic has taken a toll on educators, who are now on the cusp of school reopenings. How can we support them, so they can support our students?
A 32-year-old mural by Salvador Roberto Torres was demolished in September, despite community opposition.
Dangerous explosives were found and rendered safe at a Sacramento elementary school just before a group of children were expected to arrive, officials said.
The good news that LAUSD received enough vaccine doses for all elementary schools is only one aspect of union demands.
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Elected officials across the city have lambasted the incident as racist stereotyping.
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The plan offers incentives to districts that offer in-person instruction in counties with fewer than 25 new daily coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents.
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The L.A. school district will get the COVID-19 vaccines by the end of the week, with a target of mid-April to reopen some campuses.
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Plea deal returns $210 million in public school dollars to California, district attorney says.
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In San Mateo County, a high school reopening plan is emotionally fraught, revealing deep divides between parents, teachers and rich and poor areas.
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The $5-billion SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will serve as a vaccination site for L.A. Unified School District teachers and staff starting on Monday.
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Some L.A.-area private schools used restricted access codes and other strategies to get staff vaccinated while the county’s supply was limited. As of Monday, the scramble will be on for all schools.
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Santa Ana Mater Dei is scheduled to face Bellflower St. John Bosco in the last Trinity League game of the season on April 16 at at Santa Ana Bowl.
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The state Board of Education met to discuss standardized testing after the Department of Education declined to issue waivers for assessments.
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Guidelines released Thursday show California’s new program earmarking 10% of COVID-19 vaccines will be reserved for K-12 school employees and those who work in child care positions.
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Forty percent of coronavirus vaccines for school staff in Los Angeles County will go to L.A. Unified
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A report from the Campaign for College Opportunity shows that Black students are succeeding at the college level at higher rates than before, but they remain far behind their white peers.
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L.A. schools are moving forward with reopening plans that allow time for workers to be fully immunized against COVID-19 — which could result in campuses staying closed for the rest of the academic year.
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Having kids and teachers back in the classroom requires money and procedures that the proponents of reopening all schools fail to mention.
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Preschool and day-care workers across California say they are managing ad-hoc classrooms of older students while also caring for infants and toddlers.
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A closer look at what’s in the COVID-19 economic relief bill, including when the $1,400 checks would arrive and who would get unemployment.
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Democrats are racing to get the bill to President Biden before unemployment benefits expire March 14.
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Blue Shield of California’s takeover of the state’s vaccine delivery system lack buy-in from counties, with none of California’s 58 counties having signed the Blue Shield contract yet.
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COVID-19 vaccines are now being administered to healthcare workers in the U.S. What are your questions about the timeline, the safety or the science?
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Democrats are racing to get the bill to President Biden before unemployment benefits expire March 14.
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Tom Girardi and his firm were sued more than a hundred times between the 1980s and last year, with at least half of those cases asserting misconduct in his law practice. Yet, Girardi’s record with the State Bar of California remained pristine.
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A closer look at what’s in the COVID-19 economic relief bill, including when the $1,400 checks would arrive and who would get unemployment.
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In the public fight over the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s separation from the British royal family, friends of former ‘Suits’ actress Meghan Markle weigh in.
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A look at unforgiving photography. Plus, how the state of art one year into the pandemic, in our weekly arts newsletter.
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Ellen DeGeneres, LeBron James, Bryan Cranston and Jimmy Fallon are all putting homes on the market in a busy week for big listings.
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