Education

The State Board of Education favors seeking a federal waiver for federally required standardized testing, which presents insurmountable challenges.

The retirement of law professor John Eastman comes after days of campus controversy about his appearance at the “Save America” rally last week.

The L.A. school board on Tuesday authorized litigation against Gov. Newsom’s plan to reopen schools and separate litigation to recover the costs of providing free meals to adults.

The private university faced calls to take action against John Eastman, who spoke at a rally before the Capitol riot

Through City Year, the mental health arm of AmeriCorps, scores of recent college grads have converged with students in South and East Los Angeles, Boyle Heights and Westlake to help them through pandemic isolation.

L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner said students would have to be vaccinated to return to campus once a vaccine is available for them. But that doesn’t rule out an earlier return in the meantime.

The University of California plans to bring students back to its 10 campuses for mostly in-person classes beginning in fall 2021.

The storming of the U.S. Capitol has leapt to the fore as teachers and students struggle to make sense of the violence.

The budget plan unveiled today by Gov. Gavin Newsom underscores his desire to open campuses for K-12 students through $2 billion in grants and other measures.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced opposition to any tuition increase at the University of California and California State University for the fall but provided more funding for them in his 2021-22 higher education budget proposal than some campus leaders expected.

The California plan expects a $15.5-billion windfall in tax revenues, the result of pessimistic economic forecasts due to COVID-19, advisors said.

The deadly surge in the COVID-19 pandemic prompts L.A. County Public Health Director Ferrer to urge all K-12 campuses to shut down through January. She stops short of issuing an order.