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Meet the LAUSD school board candidates: Kelly Gonez is running because: ‘My leadership has been tested’
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...
By Destiny Torres and Veronica Sierra | March 8, 2022
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Biden Supreme Court nominee, praised for ‘stellar civil rights record,’ could face conflict on upcoming Harvard admissions case
Sign up here for LA School Report’s newsletter. President Joe Biden made history when he nominated federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, however, she’ll likely face pressure to sit out one of the most important cases involving race and education in...
By Linda Jacobson | March 7, 2022
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Over 1 million HS grads skipped college in 2020. Only a tiny fraction re-enrolled in 2021
Sign up here for LA School Report’s newsletter. The first summer of the pandemic brought disappointing news to school counselor Marianne Matt. Many of the seniors who she had supported through the spring college admission process at Capital High in Madison, Wisconsin — where about three-quarters of students are Black or Hispanic, and 4 in...
By Asher Lehrer-Small | March 3, 2022
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Rosen: To build a pipeline of workers for the economy of the future, high school students need CTE training in green jobs. Federal funding can help
Sign up here for LA School Report’s newsletter. The movement to green the American economy is gaining momentum. At the federal level, as well as in places like Illinois, Maine and New York City, lawmakers have passed legislation designed to reduce carbon emissions while creating green jobs in diverse industries such as transportation, construction, environmental management and agriculture. These have...
By Rachel Rosen | March 2, 2022
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Meet the LAUSD school board candidates: Miguel Ángel Segura is running for ‘better outcomes’ for students
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...
By Destiny Torres and Veronica Sierra | March 1, 2022
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Meet the LAUSD school board candidates: Maria Brenes is running ‘to develop policy and an LAUSD budget rooted in racial justice’
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...
By Destiny Torres and Veronica Sierra | March 1, 2022
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Meet the LAUSD school board candidates: Marvin A. Rodríguez is running for ‘a new vision for our public schools’
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...
By Destiny Torres and Veronica Sierra | March 1, 2022
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Q&A: Why small business owner J. Benjamin Johnson considered running for LAUSD’s school board
This article is part of a collaboration between The 74 and the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. J. Benjamin Johnson was disqualified from the race for not submitting any signatures, according to a spokesperson in the Los Angeles city clerk’s office. Our prior interview can be found below in full. Name: J. Benjamin Johnson...
By Destiny Torres and Veronica Sierra | March 1, 2022
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Meet the LAUSD school board candidates: Erica Vilardi-Espinosa is running ‘to make sure all LAUSD schools are doing everything to ensure our children are prepared for the future’
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...
By Destiny Torres and Veronica Sierra | March 1, 2022
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Analysis: Pandemic pods were everywhere — until they weren’t. Here’s what their popularity means for the future of education
Sign up here for LA School Report’s newsletter. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holly Daniels’ third grade son and second-grade daughter could be found in the backyard building a treehouse. After spending the morning completing school assignments remotely with help from a hired instructor, they would join a handful of other kids in...
By Jennifer Poon, Travis Pillow and Ashley Jochim | February 28, 2022