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Ed Tech Company That Provides Telehealth to L.A. Students Experiences Data Breach
An education technology company that built an app for Los Angeles students to receive telehealth services during the school day has fallen victim to a data breach that puts students’ sensitive information in jeopardy, a disclosure to state regulators reveals. The company, Kokomo Solutions, also hosts an anonymous tip line where Los Angeles community members...
By Mark Keierleber | August 19, 2025
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Orange County, California Pioneers Model to Help Cities Prioritize Kids Under 5
Only about half of the kindergarteners in Orange County, California, are developmentally ready for kindergarten, while about 80% have the emotional maturity and social competence necessary for school, according to the Early Development Index (EDI), an assessment of social-emotional development, cognitive development, language and communication skills and physical health. The Early Childhood Friendly City initiative...
By Mark Swartz | August 14, 2025
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‘So Many Threats to Kids’ — ICE Fear Grips Los Angeles At Start of New School Year
The night before school, Adriana Abich always gets nervous. Nervous there won’t be enough school supplies for new students, or that classrooms won’t be quite ready. But this year is different. This year, the CEO of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy is worried immigration agents with guns are coming for her kids. “There are so many...
By Ben Chapman | August 13, 2025
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Several Contenders Enter Race for California Schools Chief
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As California intensifies its fight with the Trump Administration, the race for the state’s top schools job is becoming ever more crowded. Today, former Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon formally entered the race to succeed Tony Thurmond as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He...
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters | August 7, 2025
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“It’s a Victory” – Behind the Charter Sector’s Big Court Win in Los Angeles
Correction: An earlier version of this story misidentified the court that struck down Los Angeles Unified’s policy banning charters from using classrooms. The judge was from the California State Superior Court. The article also incorrectly identified the institution where Yvette King-Berg works. She is the executive director of Youth Policy Institute Charter Schools. The nation’s...
By Ben Chapman | August 5, 2025
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Judge Rules LAUSD Broke State Law Denying Charter Co-Location Access
This story was originally published on EdSource. The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board overreached in declaring hundreds of schools off-limits from sharing their facilities with charter schools, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled. Judge Stephen Goorvitch wrote in a June 27 decision that the trustees of the state’s largest school district...
By Mallika Seshadri | July 30, 2025
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WATCH: Inside Grammy Camp, Where Teens Learn the Music Biz
Where did stars like Billie Eilish get a head start on the music industry — while still in high school? Grammy Camp! The Grammy Museum earlier this month hosted nearly 200 high school students from across the country to participate in its week-long Grammy Camp. The national program ran in three cities this year: Los...
By Trinity Alicia and Jim Fields | July 29, 2025
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LAUSD’s Carvalho: ‘We’ve Got More Resilience Than Taylor Swift’
Updated July 28 Los Angeles Unified superintendent Alberto Carvalho struck a defiant tone in his back-to-school address Tuesday, pitting the district against federal authorities while praising its resilience from recent wildfires and the pandemic. Three weeks before half a million L.A. Unified students return to classes, Carvalho used the annual speech to preview new initiatives...
By Ben Chapman | July 24, 2025
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White House Releases Part of Money Withheld from California School
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California after-school and summer programs will get some of their funding back after the federal government said on Friday that it would restore grants it had previously withheld. But the money is contingent on states complying with Civil Rights laws – a cudgel...
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters | July 23, 2025
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California Faces a Growing Deficit, Child Care Providers Say They Can’t Wait for More Pay
The parents come at all hours of the day and night. A nurse drops off her kids before starting a 12-hour day at the hospital. A father picks his kids up in the dead of night, after his warehouse shift ends at 1 a.m. Another mom sometimes needs childcare at 4 a.m. so she can...
By Libby Rainey, LAist | July 17, 2025