LAUSD superintendent calls for 'Marshall Plan' for getting students back in classroom

Los Angeles Unified School District campuses would be an ideal setting for administering COVID-19 vaccines to students and their families, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday, while again imploring elected officials to provide financial support for schools to prepare for an eventual return to in-person instruction.

Schumer renews push for Biden to bypass Congress and cancel $50,000 in student loan debt

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reiterated his call for President-elect Joe Biden to bypass Congress and cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt during his first day in office.

US fully restores protections for DACA applicants

The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as young people, complying with a federal judge’s order.

LAUSD suspends all in-person school instruction, childcare as COVID-19 surges in LA County

Los Angeles Unified School Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday the suspension of all in-person school instruction and childcare through the rest of the fall semester as cases of COVID-19 continue to spiral upward in Los Angeles County.

When California students return to school in person, they will need to be immunized

Even as public health officials face the challenge of how to vaccinate all or most people to protect them from the COVID-19 virus, school administrators are having to come up with innovative ways to ensure that students get immunized against more familiar diseases like measles and whooping cough.

LAUSD to provide more than 1.5 million meals on Wednesday to families ahead of Thanksgiving

More than 1.5 million Thanksgiving meals will be distributed to Los Angeles Unified School District families in need on Wednesday through the district's Grab and Go centers, Superintendent Austin Beutner said.

UCLA nurses hold vigil to express frustration
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Frustrated, angry and burned out, that?s how UCLA nurses describe their current mental state.

UCLA clinic hosts COVID-19 Moderna vaccine trial
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At UCLA?s Vine Street Clinic in Los Angeles, Dr. Jesse Clark is thrilled with the results of the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine trial.

Beutner says in-person learning to return to LAUSD in hybrid model

Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday that methods of returning students to schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District amid the COVID-19 pandemic will include a combination of at-home learning and in-person instruction.

Long Beach opens 'learning hubs' at 4 local parks to help students access internet

Long Beach students who don’t have reliable internet service can study in one of the city’s new "learning hubs" at four local parks starting Monday.

Book-removing debate over how to teach anti-racism
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The Burbank Unified School District is in the process of deciding what to do with books some parents call harmful for kids.

LAUSD, administrators union reach deal on eventual return to in-person classes
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The Los Angeles Unified School District announced a tentative agreement with the union representing principals and administrators, outlining protocols for the eventual reopening of school campuses.