This Guy Has A Plan To Change How Young People Vote
KPCC’s Sharon McNary has the story of how one Los Angeles official is rethinking elections. His plan isn’t just about going…
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Bill Would Help Incarcerated Kids Stay Enrolled
If there is one group of students with the most to gain from staying in school, it is those minors transitioning out of the juvenile justice system. Yet of the roughly 42,000 youth who attend California’s juvenile court schools each year, only 20 percent successfully reenroll within 30 days of their release from the system.
Payoffs and Pitfalls of Flagging ‘At-Risk’ Kids in Early Grades
More teachers are looking to detailed data to figure out which students are most likely to drop out of high school, long before the kids have even entered ninth grade.
Agents Of Change On Two Wheels: Combine Activism, Cycling
For most people, riding a bike is a way to squeeze in some exercise, a favorite pastime or a form of transportation. But for Xela de la X, a single mother, riding is freedom.
Q&A: New Commanding Officer For Hollenbeck Division On Community Policing, Connecting With Latino culture
After 24 years with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Captain Martín Baeza has returned to the Hollenbeck division, where he first started his career.
Who Provides Special Education to Inmates In California?
Even before he was arrested, 17-year-old Michael Garcia was in need of help. He had an auditory processing disorder and…
Schools In L.A. Ban “Willful Defiance” Suspensions
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) made headlines this week by prohibiting schools from suspending students for “willful defiance.”
If you aren’t following every twist and turn of the debate in Calif. over school discipline, you might be thinking, what’s the big deal? After all, we’re talking about one tiny line-item in the CA education code.