California | Local | Mitchell L | June 16, 2009
California charter schools outperform traditional public schools in reading but significantly lag in math, according to a national study released Monday by researchers at Stanford University.
California | Local | June 2, 2009
As the state weighs cutting about $8.1 billion from public schools, colleges and universities, scores of educators, parents, students and others told lawmakers Monday that such reductions would jeopardize student success and safety in the short term and California's prosperity in the long term.
California | Local | Sberg | June 2, 2009
Sometimes in the evening, long after her last class of the day, Patricia Medina has an uncommon urge. She wants to go back to school. "I want to come at night and just, like, make something," said Patricia, a sophomore at University High School in West Los Angeles.
National | Geraldine Baum | May 31, 2009
After completing a freshman seminar about immigration in New York, Anita Sonawane, a brainy undergraduate who happens to be a New York immigrant, had a transformative aha moment.
National | Liz Bowie | May 24, 2009
For years, school systems across the nation dropped classes in the fine arts to concentrate on getting students to pass tests in reading and mathematics.
California | Local | Seema Mehta | May 23, 2009
As California schools brace for billions of dollars in budget cuts, the nation's top education official warned Friday that the state's students were in peril, and he challenged politicians and educators to embrace difficult reforms.
National | Rebecca Cole | May 21, 2009
With President Obama calling math and science education the key to good jobs in our future economy, Congress was told Wednesday that a pilot program in Los Angeles schools has started to show promising results in computer science.
