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Category: Education


Joe Biden touts two free years of community college proposal in L.A.

January 23, 2015

January 23, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden met with students and administrators at West Los Angeles College today, touting a presidential proposal to...

USC Annenberg School to use grants for Religion Dispatches online magazine

January 16, 2015

January 16, 2015

The USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism announced Thursday that two grants totaling $1.25 million will be used to...

Beverly Hills High School bomb threat: Classes canceled, no suspicious items found

January 5, 2015

January 5, 2015

Classes have been canceled for the day at Beverly Hills High School after a bomb threat was called in at...

Former USC professor sentenced to fines and probation for lying

December 22, 2014

December 22, 2014

A former USC mathematics professor was sentenced today to fines, restitution and two years of probation for lying about his...

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California accepting applications through Jan. 20

December 22, 2014

December 22, 2014

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California is accepting applications through Jan. 20 for $338,000 in college scholarships. Interested students...

L.A. Chamber Orchestra music director Jeffrey Kahane moving to USC’s Thornton School

December 10, 2014

December 10, 2014

Classical pianist Jeffrey Kahane, music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, will become a part-timer at USC’s Thornton School...

First-of-its-kind surface texture invented at UCLA

November 30, 2014

November 30, 2014

A surface texture that is impervious to all liquids, no matter what the surface is made of, has been invented...

Classes to resume today at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach

November 20, 2014

November 20, 2014

Classes are scheduled to resume today at Mira Costa High School, which has been closed the past two days due...

Tuition at UCLA and other UCs to increase under considered proposal

November 20, 2014

November 20, 2014

Tuition at UCLA and other UC campuses across the state would increase by 5 percent a year over the next...

Los Angeles Unified School District board to make ethnic course studies a graduation requirement

November 19, 2014

November 19, 2014

The Los Angeles Unified School district board voted Tuesday to make an ethnic studies course a graduation requirement, beginning with...