Summer STEAM Academy at Caltech supported by the Wasserman Foundation
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Education
Hundreds of LAUSD high schoolers to cast their first ballots at this week’s ‘Ready to Vote Party’
This is the first year that early voting centers are open in California, and a group that is working to reach every young adult … Read more
Grape Street Elementary School, September 27, 2018
Why Watts Is Worth It
The Mission Continues launched our service platoon program in Los Angeles just over four years ago. Since then, we have engaged more than 1,000 local … Read more
L.A.’s school board president wants every district graduate to be eligible for a four-year public university by 2023
Former Los Angeles schools Supt. Michelle King made “100% graduation” her central goal for the nation’s second-largest school district. Now the L.A. school board president wants … Read more
Why L.A. Unified may face financial crisis even with a giant surplus this year
With more than half a billion dollars socked away for next school year, the Los Angeles Unified School District hardly seems just two years … Read more
Talking schools with L.A. Unified’s new superintendent
Austin Beutner, who officially starts Tuesday as the new superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, is taking on a famously difficult job … Read more
Two-thirds of California voters say education is a ‘very important’ issue in governor’s race, survey finds
How important is K-12 public education to California voters as they choose a new governor this year? Very. And that sentiment is growing. Nearly … Read more
School board approves a new formula for funding high-need schools
L.A. schools will soon get more money if they are located in neighborhoods with such problems as high levels of gun violence and asthma. … Read more
Why UCLA Ed&IS is Really #1 — Diversity Leads to Excellence
Great news! The Department of Education at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies has been named the nation’s top graduate school … Read more
UCLA Ed & IS Department of Education Rated Number One in US News & World Report Rankings
Graduate program focused on equity for urban schools, diversity tops list of nation’s best education schools. The UCLA Department of Education has been named … Read more
Equity for high-need schools — courage and collective action required
I believe that most educators who are parents want for their students exactly what they want for their own children — to be academically, … Read more