An LAUSD magnet school recently celebrated a remarkable milestone by unveiling a stunning mural. Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, or VOCES, welcomed the mural as a step in the school’s effort to create an inspiring campus environment. VOCES is a new school serving students from grades 6-12. Formerly Sun Valley High School, the east...

For LAUSD student Delilah Brumer, journalism was not all that appealing — until a series of events tested her and her classmates, revealing the power of the pen and the press. Delilah’s reporting in her community and school led to her selection as California’s 2023 Student Journalist of the Year. Last month, Delilah was recognized...

Los Angeles parents demanded higher quality education for their children in the third year of pandemic learning, with an emphasis on recovering social-emotional and academic learning skills. In a poll conducted in the 2021-22 school year by GPSN and the Loyola Marymount University Center for Equity for English Learners, parents expressed the need to close...

As two LAUSD school board races headed to runoffs in Tuesday’s election, LA School Report interviewed the four candidates vying for the seats. Here is an interview with Maria Brenes, who is running to represent school district 2 against Rocio Rivas: Running as an outsider to represent predominantly low income families living in the Eastside...

As two LAUSD school board races headed to runoffs in Tuesday’s election, LA School Report interviewed the four candidates vying for the seats. Here is an interview with Rocio Rivas, who is running to represent school district 2 against Maria Brenes: An established LAUSD employee and parent who is running for LA Unified school board...

On the day she made a decision leading to suspension from her “dream” journalism teaching job at an L.A. Unified high school named for slain reporter Daniel Pearl, Adriana Chavira had no second thoughts and taught her classes as usual. But the chain of events stemming from publication of a November, 2021 student newspaper article...