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Feds Charge Once-Lauded AllHere AI Founder in $10M Scheme to Defraud Investors

Mark Keierleber

LA Voters Overwhelmingly Approve $9 Billion School Bond

Ben Chapman

Union-Backed Incumbent Prevails in High-Stakes LA School Board Race

Ben Chapman

LAUSD Overhauls $120 Million Black Students Program After Activists File Complaint

Ben Chapman

LA Housing Crisis Hits LAUSD as Number of Homeless Students Continues to Grow

Katie VanArnam

LA School Board Race Could Change the Nation’s Second-Largest District

Ben Chapman

I’m a Tutor in South Central LA. Here’s What Kids There Need to Learn to Read

Janette Fu

Feds Zero in on Maker of LAUSD's Failed AI Chatbot, Hint at Criminal Charges

Mark Keierleber

LAUSD to Enforce a District-Wide Cell Phone Ban. Here’s What You Need to Know

Katie VanArnam

“They’re Going to Get a Lot of Backlash” – Families, Teachers React to LA Unified’s Looming Cell Phone Ban

Daniella Lake & Jinge Li

Aprendizaje en dos idiomas en el desierto: Las escuelas de California exploran el potencial de nuevas oportunidades bilingües

Conor P. Williams

Dual Language in the Desert: California Schools Explore the Potential of New Bilingual Opportunities

Conor P. Williams

10 LAUSD Schools Get a Chance to Opt Out of Standardized Testing

Mallika Seshadri

LAUSD Struggling with Chronic Absenteeism Years After the Pandemic

Ben Chapman

Los bastiones de la inmersión en dos idiomas reconstruyen la educación bilingüe en California

Conor P. Williams

In California, Rebuilding Bilingual Education in Schools After an 18-Year Ban

Conor P. Williams

So Your School Wants to Ban Cellphones. Now What?

Linda Jacobson

The Key Investors Who Once Touted L.A. Schools’ Failed $6M AI Chatbot Go Silent

Mark Keierleber

LA Unified Faces Criticism After Collapse of Splashy AI tool “Ed” 

Ben Chapman

Parents of Children with Special Needs Charge LAUSD Limiting Services, Holding Back Information

Katie VanArnam

An LA School Battles Chronic Absenteeism With Washers and Dryers

Jinge Li

Los Angeles Failed Students With Disabilities During COVID. How to Help Them Now

Rebecca Katz

L.A. Schools Probe Charges its Hyped, Now-Defunct AI Chatbot Misused Student Data

Mark Keierleber

Was Los Angeles Schools’ $6 Million AI Venture a Disaster Waiting to Happen?

Greg Toppo

Turmoil Surrounds Los Angeles’ New AI Student Chatbot; Tech Firm Furloughs Staff

Ben Chapman

All About LAUSD’s Iconic Coffee Cake: A Sweet Tradition Dating back to the 1950s

Jinge Li

School (in)Security Newsletter: Selling Stolen LAUSD Data; Parkland HS Leveled

Mark Keierleber

LA Parents Concerned Over School Safety as Violence Spikes on Campuses

Jinge Li

L.A. Schools Investigates Data Breach as FCC Approves $200M Cybersecurity Pilot

Mark Keierleber

Los Angeles Schools Chief: Student Homelessness Across City Worse Than Data Show

Ben Chapman

LAUSD Rolls Out Science of Reading and Training As California Lawmakers Reject Curriculum Mandate

Ben Chapman

The Los Angeles Charter School Wars Are Headed To Court. Here’s What’s At Stake

Ben Chapman

New Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for More Trade Classes in L.A. High Schools

Sierra Lyons

The Nation’s Biggest Charter School System Is Under Fire in Los Angeles

Ben Chapman

Gas, Food, Lodging for Homeless Students in Jeopardy as Funding Deadline Looms

Linda Jacobson

Los Angeles to Bar Charter Schools from Many Public Campuses; Lawsuit Threatened

Ben Chapman

In New Book, Diverse Families Find Broken Schools, Broken Dreams in the ‘Burbs

Greg Toppo

Los Angeles Schools Eyeing Hiring Freeze as Federal COVID Funds Expire

Ben Chapman

Inside Los Angeles’s Plan to Open 300 Parent Centers at Public Schools

Charles Hastings

One Teacher’s Struggle with Chronically Absent Students in Los Angeles

Jinge Li

30% of Our Alumni Experienced Housing Instability — How They Succeeded Here

Naomi Lara & Erin Whalen

The Fight Over Charters in LAUSD School Buildings: What’s Really Happening

Ben Chapman

Q&A: LA School Board Member Nick Melvoin Talks About His Congressional Run

Katie VanArnam

 LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Visits Homes of Chronically Absent Students

Erick Trevino

In Los Angeles, a Tiny School Lets Young People Direct Their Own Education

Kerry McDonald

California Student Test Scores Change Little from Last Year’s Low

Erica Yee

LAUSD School Bus GPS Tracking a Great Idea but Not Always Accurate, Parents and Drivers Say

Corinne Smith

Los Angeles Board Votes to Restrict Charters’ Access to Some District Schools

Linda Jacobson

It’s Back to School for Cyber Gangs, Too

Mark Keierleber

Enrollment Continues to Decline in LAUSD, a Trend Many Large Public School Districts are Also Experiencing

Nova Blanco-Rico & Balin Schneider

In Los Angeles and New York, Fights Escalate Over Sharing Schools with Charters

Linda Jacobson

White House Takes On Urgent K-12 Cybersecurity Threat at First-Ever Summit

Mark Keierleber

Schools Are Now the Leading Target for Cyber Gangs as Ransom Payments Encourage Attacks

Mark Keierleber

LAUSD Moves Forward With Revamped Math and Reading Intervention Program

Will Callan

What Los Angeles’ Latino Parents Really Think About the City’s Public Schools

Nicholas Dinh

George Clooney Champions a Los Angeles HS Connecting Classes to Hollywood Jobs

Linda Jacobson

Carvalho Wants 30 LAUSD High Schools to Offer Online College Courses in Fall

Cari Spencer

LA Looks to Expand Popular Math Program Without Clear Evidence of Effectiveness

Will Callan

Q&A: LAUSD Student’s Journey to 2023 California Student Journalist of the Year

Bryan Sarabia

Los Angeles Pays a Steep Price for Labor Peace. Will the War Continue Anyway?

Mike Antonucci

Los Angeles Schools Have a College Enrollment Problem — But There Are Solutions

Sara Kahn

Los Angeles Schools Look to Confront Dire Chronic Absenteeism Numbers

LeeAnna Villarreal

Here We Go Again: L.A. Adds Instructional Days to Fight Learning Loss, Union Balks

Mike Antonucci

Settling L.A. Strike Causes Future Problems While Trying to Solve Past Ones

Mike Antonucci

LA Parent Poll Shows Learning Recovery, Classroom Time Top Education Priority

Bryan Sarabia

‘I Just Hope It Doesn’t Go Longer’ — Scenes from Day 1 of the L.A. Strike

Will Callan

Photos From the L.A. School Shutdown: Picket Lines, Meal Pickups & Lots of Rain

Meghan Gallagher

Why LA School Workers Deserve More & the City’s 420,000 Students Deserve Better

Yolie Flores

As Schools Close for 3-Day Walkout, Could L.A. Strike Accelerate Learning Loss?

Mike Antonucci

Carvalho Faces ‘Defining Moment’ as L.A.’s Largest Unions Prepare to Strike

Linda Jacobson

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files’ Whereabouts a Mystery

Mark Keierleber

‘A Grain of Salt’: LAUSD Parents Question Leaders’ Sincerity as Strike Approaches

Will Callan

NY, Chicago, LA: Power Plays by the Nation’s 3 Largest Teachers Union Locals

Mike Antonucci

Hackers Use Stolen Student Data Against Minneapolis Schools in Brazen New Threat

Mark Keierleber

LAUSD Service Workers Move Another Step Closer to a Strike

Will Callan

L.A. Schools Admits Sensitive Student Records Leaked After 74 Investigation

The 74

Trove of L.A. Students’ Mental Health Records Posted to Dark Web After Cyber Hack

Mark Keierleber

1.3 Million Los Angeles Students Could Soon Access Free Teletherapy

Marianna McMurdock

LA School Board President Says Teacher, Staff Contracts Likely Resolved Soon

Will Callan

‘Nail in the Coffin’: LAUSD Parents and Employees Predict Disaster if Workers Strike

Will Callan

LA Parents, Advocates Blast Uneven Recovery Plan for Students With Disabilities

Will Callan

‘Heroes to Zeroes’: L.A. School Staff Plans Strike Vote

Linda Jacobson

Solving The Black Male Educator Shortage

Sara Balanta

Exclusive: L.A. Schools Chief Alberto Carvalho — Our Kids Did Well on the Nation’s Report Card. Why Is That Hard to Believe?

Alberto M. Carvalho

L.A. vs. the Wonks: District’s 8th-Grade Reading Miracle on NAEP Draws Scrutiny

Linda Jacobson

PACs Get Attention, but Teachers Unions Still Dominate School Board Elections

Mike Antonucci

Report: Internet Gap Snubs LA Low-Income Residents & Widens Digital Divide

Joshua Bay

Leaving Los Angeles: These 10 LAUSD Schools Lost the Most Students During COVID

Cari Spencer

Swatting Hoax Targeting Schools ‘Absolutely’ Coordinated, But May Still Be Kids

Mark Keierleber

LA Parents Sound Off After Cyberattack Leaves Students Vulnerable

Joshua Bay

Los Angeles Skilled Trades Program Mixes Summer Jobs and Training All in One

Patrick O’Donnell

LA District Downplays Student Harm After Cyber Gang Posts Sensitive Data Online

Mark Keierleber

The Best Way to Honor Latino Culture is by Honoring Latino Family Values

Joel Ramirez

Four Things Carvalho Learned From Following Chronically Absent Students

Rebecca Katz

School Budgets Soar 16% Over 2 Years, But Experts Warn of ‘Bloodletting’ to Come

Asher Lehrer-Small

L.A. Teachers Union Files Labor Complaint Against Voluntary Extra School Days

Mike Antonucci

Photos: What LA’s Schools Chief Learned Visiting Chronically Absent Kids at Home

Rebecca Katz

Why I Had To Leave The Community I Loved To Find the School That Served My Needs

Devin Walton

Nearly 70% of Homeless Students in LAUSD Chronically Absent Last Year

Rebecca Katz

LA Students’ Digital Divide: Advocates Fear LAUSD-AT&T Wi-Fi Plan Won’t Be Enough

Veronica Sierra
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