Researchers say getting more sleep improves academic performance. But is it feasible to push back middle and high school start times?
A new study by a financial advice company may surprise you.
Looking for the top college in America? Forbes reports that it's right here in the Southland.
Funding for the raises is coming from the state.
"This is the right thing to do -- for our workers and their families," UC President Janet Napolitano said.
Los Angeles Board of Education's $7.8 Billion budget approved Tuesday includes the first raise for teachers in a decade.
The Los Angeles Board of Education will have to launch a search for new superintendent as Ramon Cortines announces plans to retire.
The institute will guide Hispanic students through the application process for top universities, and will eventually provide scholarships.
Attorneys for Revere Charter Middle School Teacher Steven Carnine seek to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making racist remarks in class.
Three members of the baseball team allegedly made and distributed a video--the woman in the video is now suing.
Ref Rodriguez and Scott Mark Schmerelson will join the Los Angeles Unified School District Board following Tuesday's victory.
Gov. Jerry Brown released a budget Thursday that would halt 5 percent annual tuition hikes approved for the next five years.
Corinthian Schools filed for bankruptcy after several state attorney generals called for student debt relief, citing predatory practices.
The Los Angeles Board of Education has authorized its attorneys to explore a possible lawsuit against the technology giant.
The Girls Academic Leadership Academy will open at the Los Angeles High School campus in 2016.
The University of Southern California Marshall School of Business created an online MBA program focusing on emerging online business topics.
LAUSD officials decline to comment on a lawsuit, alleging a 7th grade teacher used epithets during history class at Paul Revere Charter.
Students, staff and parents at Venice High School are finding ways to cope with the allegations of on-campus assaults.
The Board of Education voted to suspend the Academic Performance Index and to evaluate alternatives for measuring school performance.
Tau Kappa Epsilon is the latest fraternity to be suspended from Cal State Northridge amid a crackdown on hazing following a teen's death.
Students from outside the school's local area will face tougher academic admission standards to reduce enrollment over the next four years.
The LAUSD Board approved a policy allowing its attorneys to help students, who came to the U.S. without their parents to, fight deportation.
Starting in 2017 all incoming UC students will have to be vaccinated against measles and a variety of other diseases.
The man who oversees L.A. Unified’s $354 million food program denies allegations of wrongdoing lobbed by the Office of the Inspector General
Despite the lower vaccination rates among affluent communities, there has been no sign of measles in LAUSD schools.
The upgrades will bring additional classroom space and updated technology.
About 70,000 cases of melanoma are diagnosed annually in the United States, and about 8,000 of those people eventually die of the disease.
Powerful and controversial former school board President Caprice Young takes helm at cash-strapped Magnolia Public Schools.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California is offering $338,000 in college scholarships.
Some of the nation's largest school districts jointly banned meals with chicken fed animal byproducts, antibiotics or raised inhumanely.
They lag behind the state averages in fitness.
Students have had trouble getting transcripts, and being able to enroll in classes they need.
Cortines’ contract with the district calls for him to receive an annual salary of $300,000, which is $50,000 less than John Deasy’s salary.
He will remain with the district on “special assignment” until Dec. 31.
The school board authorized its lawyers several weeks ago to begin negotiating a separation agreement with lawyers for John Deasy.
The 10-year commitment provides $50,000 a year to the new, K-5 school at Playa Vista.
The goal is to diminish the "digital divide."
The school board has given authority to its attorneys to discuss terms of a possible departure, the Los Angeles Times says.
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation hopes to institutionalize the habit of walking and biking.
After canceling the $1billion iPad program, John Deasy has come under increasing scrutiny from the teachers' union and board members.