LAUSD launches effort to provide affordable housing to teachers, staff

The Los Angeles Unified School district has announced a new effort to provide affordable housing to teachers, staff and families.

Report: Black parents see less racism with online learning

Black parents are finding another benefit to remote learning: being better able to shield their children from racism in classrooms.

Ohio school district to pay parents $3M after bullied child's suicide

Cincinnati Public Schools entered a $3 million settlement with the parents of an 8-year-old student who killed himself after being bullied.

After almost 60 years, graduation 2021 at one California high school will be its last

After almost 60 years, the class of 2021 at El Molino High School is set to be its last. The local school board voted in March to close the beloved campus permanently, due to declining enrollment and budget shortfalls.

More Angelenos plan to leave Los Angeles, study finds

A new USC study revealed that while Angelenos continue to be less satisfied with their quality of life compared to all California residents and people throughout the country, they perceive less crime, vandalism, and drug and alcohol use in their neighborhoods than they did in 2019.

Denver Public Schools to begin cooking all school meals from scratch

Denver Public Schools is aiming to cook 100% of its school meals from scratch for the more than 90,000 students its serves in a partnership with Brigaid, a startup that brings in professional chefs to work with existing staff.

Phone flashlights save the day when power goes out during Texas graduation

A power outage threatened to derail a Texas high school commencement ceremony Friday evening, but attendees saved the day just by reaching into their pockets.

Over 1,500 workers to potentially strike USC-run hospitals and clinics in June

Negotiations resumed between the union representing more than 1,500 health care workers at USC-affiliated health care facilities and call centers and the university, one day after the announcement of the authorization of a five-day strike next month.

Rising Up, Episode 3 post-show discussion
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Lora King, founder of the Rodney King Foundation and Rodney's daughter; Dr. Jorja Leap, Executive Director of Health and Social Justice Partnership at UCLA; and LAPD Captain Aaron McCraney stop by FOX 11 to discuss Rodney King's legacy and reliving past trauma from stumbling upon the viral George Floyd death video.

LAUSD to fully reopen in-person for fall semester; with option to continue remote learning
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Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendant Austin Beutner on Monday announced plans to fully reopen for in-person classes for the fall semester while providing families the option to continue with online learning if they choose to do so.

Former UCLA gynecologist indicted on 21 counts for allegedly sexually assaulting patients

Former UCLA gynecologist Dr. James Mason Heaps was taken into custody Monday in a Los Angeles courtroom on a 21-count indictment accusing him of sexually assaulting patients.

LAUSD to fully reopen in-person for fall semester; with option to continue remote learning

LAUSD plans to fully reopen for in-person classes five days a week for the fall semester while providing families the option to continue with online learning if they choose to do so.

Cal State Northridge police searching for sexual battery suspect

California State University, Northridge police were investigating and issued a campus crime alert after a woman was reportedly groped on campus.

LAUSD partners with Amazon to offer jobs to district graduates

Los Angeles Unified students who graduate and enroll full-time in community college will have the opportunity to secure one of several hundred jobs with flexible hours that Amazon is targeting to these students.

UC schools drop SAT, ACT scores for admission

The University of California won’t consider SAT and ACT scores that are submitted with admission and scholarship applications under a settlement of a student lawsuit that was announced Friday.

USC commencements kick off live at the Coliseum and online

The University of Southern California will hold the first in a series of commencement ceremonies on Friday for the classes of 2020 and 2021.

'We can and we must': President of teachers union calls for full reopening of schools in fall

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, called for a full return to in-person learning in the fall — saying the nation’s second-largest teachers union is “all in” on bringing students back to the classroom.

With surplus of funds, Gov. Newsom proposes kindergarten for 4-year-olds

That surplus means that California has an extra $17.7 billion to spend on public education, money calculated by a voter-approved formula.