California Must Reverse Abysmal Student Spending, LA Leaders Say

The LA City Council is calling for the state to go from the among the nation's lowest per student spending to the nation's top by 2020.

Local high school teacher learns new lessons from foster student

Karen Blackwell shares what a Foster VC Kids student taught her and encourages other community members to help at-risk youth.

What The Strike-Ending Deal Is All About

The deal creates hundreds of new positions for school nurses, librarians and counselors and establishes formulas for class-size reductions.

Teachers, LAUSD To Negotiate Amid Pressure To End Strike

Negotiations between the teachers union and the Los Angeles unified School District will resume Thursday.

LA Teachers Union Offers To Negotiate Before Jan. 10 Strike Date

LA school district officials said they's welcome the opportunity, but it remains to be seen if the two side will meet at the strike looms

LA Teachers Union Calls For Cap On Charter Schools As Strike Loom

As 33,000 LA teachers march toward a Jan. 10 strike deadline, their union is calling for a cap on the number of charter schools in LA.

Bullying Prevention Month In Pacific Palisades

As LA County Sheriff's investigators look into a video of an autistic boy being bullied, authorities work to teach kids how to intervene.

LA Universities Among The Best Bang For Your Buck Nationwide

Local universities were ranked among the best return on investment nationwide including UCLA, UCI, Caltech, Long Beach and Northridge.

LA Schools Need A Single Entry, Not Armed Teachers: Safety Report

City Attorney Mike Feuer's School Safety study finalized Monday offers suggestions for improving school safety in the wake of mass shootings

PacPal High School Grads Can Get Free Enrollment At SMC

Recent grads from participating high schools may be eligible for free tuition and up to $400 in textbook vouchers at Santa Monica College.

LA Teachers Edge Closer To Striking Over Salary Dispute

For the second time this month, the LA teachers' union declared an impasse in contract talks with the Los Angeles Unified School District.

UC Schools Again Increase California Student Admissions

The University of California offered nearly 137,000 students a spot, a vast majority from California amid pressure to admit more locals.

Billionaire Rick Caruso To Chair USC Board Amid Troubled Times

Rick Caruso will chair of USC's Board of Trustees, which is hiring a new president after the sex abuse scandal toppled the last one.

LAUSD's News Superintendent Makes The Rounds On Day 1

Austin Beutner, LAUSD's new superintendent toured schools from Northridge to East LA, meeting staffers as they sized up their new leader.

LAUSD Board Picks Businessman For Superintendent

After two prominent candidates dropped out, the LAUSD Board of Education chose former LA Times publisher Austin Beutner for superintendent.

Marathon Board Meeting Narrows Search For LAUSD Leader

Investment banker and one-time LATimes publisher Austin Beutner appears to have the inside track among four finalists for superintendent.

Palisades Charter Contends For California Academic Decathlon

Palisades Charter High School students are taking their shot at the California Academic Decathlon.

LAUSD Discourages Students From Joining Shooting Victim Walkout

LA school officials are planning activities to honor of 17 killed in Parkland while asking students not to join a national walkout March 14.

Early Starts To Stay For Pacific Palisades Schools

LAUSD Board of Education voted to stick with early summer starts and long winter breaks for schools in Pacific Palisades.

LAUSD's Ref Rodriguez Pleads Not Guilty To Campaign Conspiracy

Los Angeles Unified School District board member Ref Rodriguez pleaded not guilty to campaign finance conspiracy charges Tuesday.

$500 Grants Available For 10 LA-Area Teachers

Educators with innovative class project ideas should apply through California Credit Union web site. Deadline is in October!

Contractor Gets Jail Bilking LAUSD For Millions

A contractor was sentenced to 50 days in jail and ordered to pay $3.1 million in restitution for false invoice scheme.

Trump Stance On Affirmative Action Is Affront To Our Values: LA School Board President

LAUSD​ Board President Dr. Ref Rodriguez​ calls President Trump's approach to affirmative action It is "deeply troubling and disheartening."

Facing Charter Push, LAUSD Sup Looks Outside For Reinforcements

With a new pro-charter majority school board in place, Superintendent Michelle King assembled a working group to help fix schools.

UC Admission Rate Drops For California Students

The state’s nine UC campuses accepted about 70,000 incoming California freshmen out of roughly 106,000 freshman admitted overall.

The Pro-Charter Era Begins With New LAUSD Board

Two new LAUSD board members backed by charter supporters took office Thursday, officially swinging the board's majority pro-charter.

Kids Feel Safer In Ethnically Diverse Schools, UCLA Study Finds

The more ethnically diverse a middle school is, the more students report feeling safer, less lonely and less bullied, researchers found.

LAUSD Extends Superintendent Michelle King's Contract By 2 Years

The Board of Education voted to extends Superintendent Michelle King's Contract two more years.

Racial Slurs And Lynching Image Trigger Palisades Charter Hate Crime Investigation

Students at Palisades Charter High School are, again, the center of a hate crime investigation after a black student was harrassed: BREAKING

National Merit Scholarship: Pacific Palisades Student Among Winners

A Pacific Palisades student was named a National Merit Scholar, earning $2,500 college scholarships.

LA Schools Look To Go Vegan And Ban The Big Mac

The LAUSD board will vote on a vegan menu pilot program and a proposal to ban McDonald's "McTeacher's Night" school fundraisers.

LA Schools Take Top 4 Spots In State Academic Decathlon

Los Angeles schools took all four top spots in the state Academic Decathlon championship

LAUSD Board President Headed to Runoff Election

LAUSD Board President Steve Zimmer will face Nick Melvoin in a runoff elections while incumbent Monica Garcia was re-elected.

LAUSD Audit Reveals Widespread Bullying

One in 5 high school students and 1 in 4 elementary students say they were bullied last school year, according to a district audit.

Board Approves 2017-18 School Calendar for Pacific Palisades Students

Next year, LAUSD students will get three-week winter breaks and a start date in mid-August.

University of California Freshman Applications Set New Record

More than half of all students looking to get into the University of California applied with UCLA.

Trump's Pro-Charter Secretary of Education Won't Change LAUSD's Stance, Board President Vows

LA's contentious relationship to the charter movement is unlikely to change under a pro-charter U.S. Secretary of Education.

Pacific Palisade Seniors, Ronald McDonald House Has Scholarships for You!

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California will give out $233,000 to deserving high school students with a 2.7 G.P.A. or higher.

Mark Your Calendars, Pacific Palisades. LAUSD Pushes Back the School Year

Students in Los Angeles will start the school year in early September instead of mid-August.

USC Poll: California Parents Don't Know About School Funding System

Fifty-four percent of the registered voters who participated in a poll said they were unaware of the Local Control Funding Formula.