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The Justice Department alleges UC San Francisco's medical school favored Black and Latino applicants over white and Asian applicants. UCSF disputes the findings....
A U.S. Department of Education building. (Greggory DiSalvo / iStock) A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down a Trump administration anti-diversity, equity and inclusion initiative that resulted in $600 million abruptly cut from K-12 teacher training grants aimed at combating...
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on Tuesday, Sept. 22, the grand opening day. (Makenna Cramer / LAist) Gather the Rebel Alliance — the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is officially open to the public in Exposition Park. The 300,000-square-foot building, sitting on a 13-acre campus...
A pedestrian walks past the front of Cesar Chavez Elementary School in Long Beach on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Thomas R. Cordova / Long Beach Post) This story first appeared on Long Beach Post . When a school suddenly loses its name, what should the new one represent? At the Lo...
The Windy City is once again home to the highest-ranked university in the latest U.S. News & World Report list of “Best Colleges for Veterans," while the school that made the biggest leap into the top five is right along the I-55 corridor as well....
A new college ranking evaluates nearly 1,700 institutions across the country based on academic quality, student outcomes, faculty resources and other factors....
A large-scale housing development has been approved on the former site of a state hospital campus in Costa Mesa.
Students walk on the campus of Fresno City College (Ashleigh Panoo / EdSource) Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a pair of bills that will create a new system for approving community college bachelor’s degrees . Senate Bill 960 and Assembly Bill 2694, which were sent to Newsom as a tw...
Students rally in support of undocumented students, urging University of California leaders to remove hiring restrictions for them, in front of Kerckhoff Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles on May 17, 2023. (Pablo Unzueta / CalMatters) California college students without legal immigratio...
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 713, the Opportunity for All Act, blocking a measure that would have opened paid campus employment to undocumented students at UC, CSU and community colleges....
Authorities are continuing to investigate the death of a Cal State Fullerton student who was dropped off unresponsive at a hospital after attending an off-campus fraternity gathering....
As students settle into a new school year, they’re carrying more than backpacks filled with notebooks and homework. Many are also carrying stress, anxiety and other emotional challenges. Research suggests those pressures are common. According to the CDC’s 2023 national survey , n...
For years, he'd been a classroom science teacher in suburban San Diego County. Now he hopes to meaningfully contribute to the regrowth of oaks in burned Altadena....
A judge barred UC from enforcing part of its anti-harassment policy against members of a conservative education group who use names and pronouns for transgender people that do not match their gender identities....
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills that would let community colleges offer more bachelor's degrees. The new degree options would be tied to regional workforce needs and campus performance....
Darin Brawley (Courtesy of Darin Brawley) Compton Unified Superintendent Darin Brawley has won a national education prize recognizing his leadership in improving student achievement in the district. Brawley will receive the 2026 Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education, which incl...
For those who knew George Marciniw best, two things stand out: his love of flying and his love for Burbank. A 1974 graduate of Burbank High School, Marciniw spent decades building deep roots in the city he called home. One of his favorite places was The Blue Room, a longtime Burb...
Faculty and students say UC schools don't have a consistent approach to AI use. (Imen Ben Youssef / Hans Lucas / Getty Images) Years after generative artificial intelligence software became widely accessible, the University of California system still does not have a consistent ap...
An 8-year-old boy was beaten, left chained up and starved over the course of a year, losing more than 100 pounds before he was found dead last October, according to testimony in his parents' murder case. Questions remain about why school officials and social workers failed to che...
Exterior of Chino Valley Unified School District building (Chino Valley Unified / Facebook ) A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge on Tuesday rejected Chino Valley Unified School District’s request to dissolve an injunction blocking its policy requiring employees to notify...
As UC regents reconsider test-free admissions, faculty cite rising math failure rates while admissions officials report stable overall graduation rates....
Charlie Kirk's family has filed a notice of claim against Utah Valley University, the state of Utah, and key individuals involved in campus leadership and security decisions. The family alleges that their failures led to the wrongful death of the founder of Turning Point USA....
'Water for Elephants' will be at the Pantages through Sept. 27. (Matthew Murphy / Broadway in Hollywood) I have heard about so many people starting new things this week — new jobs, new schools, new projects. It’s also the start of the Jewish New Year, so a fortuitous time for new...
The family of Charlie Kirk alleges that a "series of stunning failures and reckless decisions" by Utah Valley University led to the conservative activist's assassination....
The Chino Valley Unified School District was back in court over its parental notification policy.
Chino Valley Unified had sought reinstatement of a policy that notified parents of a child's gender issues. Judge refuses, but parents must be told if they ask....
A new ranking is revealing where teachers can find the strongest career opportunities.
Broadcom paid its former landlord, PRP Real Assets, $325 million for the 660,000-square-foot research campus in one of the largest office sales in Southern California in recent years....
Prince Harry and Meghan's two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will move to a new school in the United Kingdom due to security concerns.
Testing of water and soil is underway in a significant step forward for Ladera Ranch after concerns were raised over several rare childhood cancer cases. Researchers and students from Cal State Fullerton gathered samples at three parks Sunday to study whether anything in the envi...
The Los Angeles Unified School District are still adapting to the district’s new policy that bans screen time for its youngest kids. (Alison Yin / EdSource) A month into the school year, teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District are still adapting to the district’s new ...
As LAUSD starts moratorium, there aren't much data on what AI does to kids. The little information that is available doesn't look good
Students at UCLA on the Janss steps. The university has paused issuing work authorizations to international students. (Ashley Balderrama / LAist) The Department of Homeland Security says they have put some colleges and universities “on notice” that they could be in violation of f...
Democrat Richard Barrera and conservative Sonja Shaw clash in a high-stakes battle for California's state superintendent of public instruction post.
LAUSD turns an asphalt schoolyard into an oasis at Esperanza Elementary, adding shade trees and grass to fight campus heat in Westlake.
After a UCLA law school symposium on 9/11 that featured an attorney who represented alleged 9/11 'mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk issued a rare message distancing the university from the event. Event organizers and law school faculty pushed back on...
Schools are reeling from extreme heat. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP) That ocean breeze is just not cutting it in schools in Torrance and Long Beach as Southern California reels from a heat wave. Parents have taken to social media, created petitions and are proposing a bond measure in...
Students at Ensign Intermediate School have been parking their e-bikes in nearby neighborhoods since the district outlawed them on elementary and middle school campuses. (Jill Replogle / LAist) The Orange County District Attorney’s Office is hosting a buyback event Sunday where p...
Members of a clean-up crew dismantle tents located on the Veterans Row homeless encampment along San Vicente Blvd just outside the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) An appeals court issued a ruling Friday that strikes down a ...
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a federal judge's order requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build 2,550 units of housing on its West Los Angeles campus. A three-judge panel rejected the VA's request to have its appeal heard by the full 9th ...
A classroom at Carson Street Elementary. (Mariana Dale / LAist) Lawmakers and the governor on Monday failed to extend a state grant program that helped schools upgrade their air conditioner systems, a decision that will allow utilities that funded the program to claw back funds f...
Annual U.S. cancer deaths tied to alcohol consumption more than doubled over a three-decade period, according to a recent study led by researchers at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine....
Twenty five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, most students and some teachers have no living memory of the day. From UCLA lecture halls to LAUSD schools, educators and families rethink how to teach 9/11 history to a new generation....
Twenty-four housing units costing $1.25 million each are included in the rehab of a historic building on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles disappointing veteran advocates who hoped the space would be used as a gathering place for veterans on and off the cam...
Most Torrance Unified schools do not have air conditioning amid record heat and high humidity. Parents may pick up their children early without being penalized for attendance....
Scholarship Prep believes student success starts with supporting the whole child.
Students of Emma E. Booker Elementary School in 2001 remember watching President George W. Bush react to 9/11.
Where many people might see a plant-eating bug with light yellow coloration and a splash of red accents, UC Riverside student Sarah Schroeder sees, in a way, Taylor Swift....
Investigators said Julie Hanway Molina, the former treasurer, used money for the nonprofit to pay her mortgage and credit card bills.
Aliso Niguel High School football booster treasurer Julie Hanway Molina faces federal wire fraud charges for allegedly stealing over $400,000.
