Sign up here for LA School Report’s newsletter As a member of PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Lab at Venice High School, near Los Angeles, Zoe Woodrick often stays at school past 5 p.m. recording podcasts and videos. When her interviews run late in the winter months, the sun is already setting over the Pacific, less...

This article is part of a collaboration between The 74 and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.  This profile is part of “Meet the LAUSD school board candidates,” a series focusing on the candidates running for three open seats on the seven-member school board. LAUSD is the largest school district in the country...

Sign up here for LA School Report’s newsletter This article is part of a collaboration between The 74 and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Rosemary Miranda was excited to send her first-grade daughter Isabella to school knowing she will be able to remove her mask after the Los Angeles Unified School District...

Sign up here for LA School Report’s newsletter Despite constant learning disruption, some U.S. schools achieved record-breaking graduation rates and student engagement during the pandemic, according to a new national report. In one Massachusetts school, a midday “office hours” block became permanent — time for students to vent, unwind, and deep focus. In a Colorado school...

March is National Women’s History Month. In recognition, LA School Report is sharing stories of remarkable women who transformed U.S. education. These women educated black students after the Civil War, took in millions of immigrants despite anti-newcomer sentiments, and advocated for women’s right to higher education when major universities shut them out. Many female teachers have...

Updated March 30 | This article is part of a collaboration between The 74 and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.    More than half of Los Angeles voters believe the quality of education in the Los Angeles Unified School District is worse than it was before the pandemic, according to a new...

With the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament set to resume today in San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Antonio, the sports world will again be focused on every dunk, free throw and three-pointer playing out on the courts. But here at LA School Report, we thought we’d use the occasion of March Madness to celebrate top...

This article is part of a collaboration between The 74 and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. School boards across the nation have become consumed with polarizing political issues such as masking and critical race theory, turning their jobs into nearly impossible work, a panel of experts said earlier this month. The USC...

With President Joe Biden’s major education spending proposals for high-poverty schools and students with disabilities left out of this year’s federal budget, some advocates are already shifting their attention to next year’s cycle. But with even Biden concerned that Republicans could take control of the House — and Congress increasingly unable to pass an annual budget on time...

The grade point averages of high school students hit an all-time high in 2019, and students earned more credits toward graduation than ever before. But those gains are belied by signs that students didn’t demonstrate greater achievement in tests of math and science, according to new national data released Wednesday. The High School Transcript Study,...