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One photo shows someone wearing a T-shirt that says “Catholics vs. Convicts III,” another shows Cathedral players making a gang sign
The late state Sen. William Craven of Oceanside promoted the school’s founding, but he upset many with his remarks in the 1990s about immigrants.
This year’s astounding number of rejections for UC applicants reveals several big problems, including the woeful unpopularity of the humanities.
Barriers to an equitable education include concentrated poverty in communities, high suspension rates and housing insecurity, a UCLA report found.
UC Riverside helps underserved students, but state funding is lacking. A case in point is a UC medical school program that excludes Riverside.
In-person classes have begun at L.A. schools, starting with the youngest students, who will be followed over the coming days by other grades.
Students are elated and parents are relieved as dozens of L.A. Unified elementary and early-education campuses reopen after pandemic shutdown.
The teachers union held firm and district officials retreated, resulting in less live instruction and a shorter school day under distance learning.
When Los Angeles Unified elementary and middle-school students return to school, most will spend the majority of their time in extended child care, not in class. That is raising questions about the district’s ability to deliver care.
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The high school went into lockdown Monday afternoon after sightings of a man carrying a rifle near campus.
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Expect most returning L.A. Unified students to spend more hours in day care than with their teacher. Here’s what we know and don’t know about the extended care program.
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The tentative school plan would add a week in August and in January to address learning loss and student trauma resulting from campus closures due to the pandemic.
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U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy in the fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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University of California admissions officers explain their decisions in a year of record applications that brought widespread heartbreak and some joy for high school seniors competing for spots.
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Health checks, coronavirus testing and social distancing are part of LAUSD’s school reopening plan.
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A group of parents is seeking a court order to pressure the L.A. school district to reopen full time, five days a week for all students.
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The university also is expected to hold its June graduation outdoors. Athletic events and social gatherings will be phased in this fall.
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UC Riverside has high proportions of low-income, first generation and underrepresented minority students. Faculty members say the campus is not getting its fair share of funding.
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The LAUSD superintendent has done an admirable job serving the district’s most vulnerable students during the pandemic.
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City officials seek to overturn approvals for a performing arts complex at Estancia High School, claiming improper environmental review. Newport-Mesa Unified says the city’s petition is invalid.
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English learners are struggling with remote education, but there are new opportunities for schools to address longstanding inequities.
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The Board of Education — for now — has backtracked on renaming schools after some figures associated have been associated with racism and sexism.
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New state guidance indicates that all K-12 schools should be offering full-time, five-days-a-week, in-person classes for the fall. Gov. Newsom stopped short Tuesday of saying it would be a mandate.
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Experts said that while the pause on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine may make sense for the U.S., stoppages in poorer countries would end up costing lives.
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Disneyland and other theme parks are reopening with pandemic safety protocols, many of which lean heavily on tech.
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Vaccine hunters are unofficial hero of the coronavirus age. Wielding smartphones and tablets, PCs and Macs, these internet wranglers blast through the barriers that stand between loved ones’ arms and needles filled with Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson.
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Coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic and health news.
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Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, are seen walking and chatting together after the service for their grandfather Prince Philip.
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Sharon Osbourne, who’s kept a low profile since getting booted from “The Talk,” will chat Friday on “Real Time” with cancel-culture critic Bill Maher.
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‘It always felt to me like I’d fallen off a fire escape,” says Yale graduate Shawn Pleasants, “and once you get on the ground, the ladder is 12 feet up in the air.’
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Demand for tickets to singer Bad Bunny’s El Último Tour del Mundo was through the roof this week. And Ticketmaster is feeling fans’ wrath.
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The ‘Made in L.A.’ biennial has its pandemic-delayed premiere this weekend, at long last, at the Hammer Museum and the Huntington.
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Former President Barack Obama joins us Wednesday for a very special book club event to discuss his recent memoir with filmmaker Ava DuVernay.
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