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Fremont High Reopens Months After LAUSD Shut It Down

Students and teachers voiced their concerns about the school's closure in December.

Taylor Freitas
Staff Reporter

LAUSD closed down the struggling South L.A. school in December.  

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Budget Cuts Hit LAUSD Middle School Libraries Hard

John Muir Middle School

Jessika Walsten
Associate News Editor

SLIDESHOW: Some libraries may have to reduce their hours and even close.

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As Education Reform Advances, A Shifting Power Structure Reveals Fractured Movement

Kevin Douglas Grant
Senior Editor
A school advocacy group with ties to a prominent charter school operator comes under fire from "unpaid activists." Read more...

LAUSD Says Students Can Remain In Outside Districts

Amy Silverstein
Staff Reporter
Parents and students protested outside the LAUSD board meeting Tuesday, voicing their concerns over a plan by Supt. Ramon Cortines to limit permits that allow students to attend outside districts.Read more...

PTA Hopes To Make Parcel Taxes Easier To Pass

Madeleine Scinto
Staff Reporter
The California State PTA wants to lower the parcel tax threshold to 55 percent come November. Read more...

LAUSD Educators Hope Federal Probe Brings About Change

Chris Pisar
Contributor
School officials say they want an investigation into the district to bring permanent change to the English Language Learner program.Read more...

L.A. Teachers, Students And Activists Rally For Education At Pershing Square

Phenia Hovsepyan
Staff Reporter
SLIDESHOW: Demonstrators urged the city and state to increase funding to California schools.Read more...

Six Students And One Professor Arrested At CSUN

John Guenther
Associate News Editor
A scuffle led to multiple arrests at Cal State Northridge during protests against cuts in public education.Read more...

Arrest, Anger And Action At Pershing Square Rally

Holly Butcher, Irini Connerton
Senior Music Editor and Columnist
WATCH: Vignettes from the March 4 demonstration at Fifth and Hill Streets.Read more...

UCI: Biggest Campus Demonstration In Recent History

SLIDESHOW: Around 800 students rallied around the Irvine campus for four hours on Thursday, stopping only to encourage their peers to walk out of classes.Read more...