L.A. Unified’s famed ‘Last Repair Shop’ for students’ musical instruments just got tuned up, with a $1 million donation and a visit from the world’s most famous cellist.   The beloved shop, which was featured in an Oscar-winning short documentary last year, repairs students’ school instruments across the district: taking in, fixing up and and sending...

These days, success in today’s job market doesn’t necessarily mean going to college.  With the nation’s second largest school district now offering nearly 450 Career and Technical Education programs across 160 schools, Los Angeles Unified students are embracing CTE.  More than 47,000 students have access to programs that range from internships and dual enrollment courses...

A little more than one month in, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s cell phone ban is getting praise from parents – and hatred from students.   LAUSD launched its cell phone prohibition on February 18th of this year. It allows schools to design their own policies for banning the use of phones by students on...

Los Angeles school district officials are preparing for the Trump administration to change, cut, or significantly diminish federal public school funding.  President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday to shut down the U.S. Department of Education where leaders have already laid off more than 1,300 employees — and has also threatened to withhold funding...

I remember the first day of the historic rain storm back in August 2016. I was happy to get a free day off from classes at Saint Amant High School in Prairieville, Louisiana.  What teenager wouldn’t be?  But the downpour was much worse than anticipated, quickly becoming a life-changing disaster — somewhat like the Los...

The Los Angeles Unified School District will spend $2.2 billion to rebuild three schools destroyed or badly damaged in January’s deadly wildfires – and protect the entire district from natural disaster, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said at a press conference Tuesday. “It’s the right investment at the right time for absolutely the right reasons,” Carvalho said. ...