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Super Schools highlighted in prime time call to action to rethink America’s high schools
Education reform made prime time Friday night with a slew of celebrity guests to promote the XQ Super School Project. The hour-long special aired on all four major TV networks to inspire people to become involved in rethinking the high school experience for the nation’s teenagers. EIF Presents: XQ Super School Project aired live from...
By Sarah Favot | September 8, 2017
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LAUSD leaders decry Trump Administration decision to end DACA’s protections for immigrant children
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Tuesday morning that protections for young immigrants under DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) will end in six months unless Congress acts before then. The Obama-era executive order has protected nearly 800,000 children since 2012 who were brought to the U.S. from deportation and allowed them to work legally in the U.S. LA Unified...
By Sarah Favot | September 5, 2017
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Bills on state-run STEM school and later school start time pass committees, move to full vote
A state-run STEM school is one step closer to being established in downtown Los Angeles, and California middle and high schoolers are closer to getting state approval to sleep in. The two education bills passed out of committees on Friday and will head to the floor of the Legislature. Both bills must be taken up...
By Sarah Favot | September 1, 2017
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Later school start time could boost California’s economy, study shows
A bill being debated in the state Legislature to prohibit middle and high schools from starting earlier than 8:30 a.m. received a boost Wednesday with the release of an economic study showing that a later school start time could result in a $1.1 billion increase to the state’s economy after two years and $24.8 billion...
By Sarah Favot | August 30, 2017
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LAUSD high school counselors say they don’t have enough time to help students with college application process
Counselors at LA Unified high schools say they have enough information to give students about applying for college and financial aid, but what they don’t have is enough time to help students through these processes, according to a new study released Wednesday. Los Angeles Education Research Institute released a pair of studies on college readiness...
By Sarah Favot | August 30, 2017
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9 reasons why an education advocacy organization says California’s ESSA plan won’t cut it
California’s plan to comply with federal education law comes up short in nine key areas and is destined to have portions rejected, according to the influential California advocacy organization Children Now. Based on federal feedback to states that have already submitted their plans, the Oakland-based nonprofit, nonpartisan education advocacy organization has sent letters to the state...
By Sarah Favot | August 29, 2017
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Dump the D? — With 55% of LAUSD grads eligible for state universities this year, some board members want to raise the bar to graduate
Fifty-five percent of the students who graduated from LA Unified high schools in June were eligible for California’s public universities, and the school board president says he’d like to see more stringent requirements imposed to get a high school diploma sometime in the next three years. Preliminary data from the district show 55 percent of...
By Sarah Favot | August 28, 2017
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How LAUSD plans to stay solvent: Increase class sizes and claim what principals don’t spend
How can LA Unified keep itself solvent? Add four more kids to every classroom and take back any money that principals don’t spend at the end of the year. Those were two of the proposals that board members heard Tuesday during an update that announced new hits to the budget since board members approved it...
By Sarah Favot | August 22, 2017
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A new public, state-run STEM school proposed for Los Angeles wins support from two county supervisors but is opposed by two LAUSD board members
*UPDATED A battle over a state-run public STEM school proposed for Los Angeles is heating up with two votes scheduled for Tuesday. Two members of the LA County Board of Supervisors support the school, while two LA Unified school board members say LA is “already addressing the need for STEM education.” Legislation to establish the...
By Sarah Favot | August 18, 2017
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State superintendent denounces Trump cuts during tour of LAUSD after-school program
*UPDATED Taking on President Donald Trump and his proposal to cut funding for after-school programs, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson denounced the cuts Thursday in Los Angeles and encouraged students to write letters to their representatives in Congress describing how these programs have benefited them. Torlakson spoke to students and district leaders, including...
By Sarah Favot | August 18, 2017