Don’t trust kids with technology, get us updated textbooks, and improve our schools at the bottom. These were some reactions that high school students had to a conversation between outgoing Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines and Los...
Foster youth in the United States face an extraordinary amount of obstacles and often require additional support from the only place with access to responsible adults, their school. According to the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, 397, 122 children in the U.S....
Welcome back to class! As you go about your first days back in school, we're interested in hearing about your classes -- especially if they're big ones. Students, teachers and parents: Please share information about your class sizes with us, so that we can figure out...
On their last day of school, current Venice High students in Mandarin found out some exciting news: their teacher, Mr. Liang, will be kept at the school. This announcement culminates a wave of uncertainty and stress for students in Mandarin about the upcoming school...
It's late May, and students at Venice High are celebrating the end of AP exams, preparing for finals, and eagerly anticipating summer. We have already submitted our course list for the 2015-2016 school year and most of us are preparing for extracurricular activities...
Two anonymous notes were shoved inside James Anthony Scott’s locker, one scrawled with a gay slur on an orange paper leaf. The other warning him to get out "OR DIE!” Scott, 16, sued the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for their lack of response to bullying...
Springtime means blooming flowers, April showers and the biggest event of our life: Prom. Seniors at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School found a new and creative way to ask the person of their dreams to share lifetime and sometimes embarrassing photos and memories with on...
This past week I had the honor of working with Nancy Segoviano, a former Garfield athlete now community activist/philanthropist, on a video to further demonstrate Segoviano’s idea for a blanket drive. Segoviano...
