Eric Kinley, a student support coordinator at Aveson Charter School, has seen firsthand the devastation of the deadly Eaton fire in Altadena – but he’s also seeing how students, parents and teachers are adapting post-fire. Aveson was one of the schools destroyed in the historic wildfires that swept through Los Angeles in January. More than...

After a natural disaster like the Los Angeles wildfires, teachers are often a first line of support for children processing trauma — but teachers can also experience what expert Stephen Hydon calls secondary traumatic stress. In this interview, Hydon, who serves as the director of the School and Educational Settings specialization program at USC’s Dworak-Peck...

Longtime community activist and education advocate Kahllid Al-Alim is running to represent South Central LA and Mid-City as Los Angeles Unified School Board member for District 1. Al-Alim, who had been endorsed by the United Teachers Union, which represents more than 35,000 Los Angeles teachers, lost that union’s support after a series of controversial social...

Former basketball coach and dean Sherlett Hendy Newbill, is running to represent L.A. Unified’s Board District 1, encompassing much of South LA, such as Crenshaw, Koreatown and Mid-City.  District 1 is also home to Newbill’s high school basketball alma mater which she said opened the doors to her becoming a first generation college student at...

Veteran Los Angeles Unified educator Karla Griego is hoping to capture the school board seat for LAUSD’s District 5, which includes parts of Northeast and Southeast LA.  Griego was a special education teacher in LAUSD for almost 20 years and currently works as services coordinator for McAlister High School, in Westlake, which enrolls pregnant teens...

Born and raised in LA Unified’s District 5, Graciela Ortiz is running for a position on the LAUSD School Board. The UCLA and Cal State Long Beach alum is a licensed clinical social worker who is running to represent the neighborhoods in Northeast LA and much of Southeast LA, from Eagle Rock to South Gate. ...