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Los Angeles Unified students scored one of the largest increases on the state’s standardized tests when compared with other California districts.
California students’ test scores rose across math, English and science with big gains for low-income students. But the increases still aren’t enough to reverse pandemic losses.
Both Harris and Vance say they want to boost the popular child tax credit. The move could reduce child poverty rates, but could also be expensive.
Minutes before first period, staff at Jordan High School in Watts reported a loud noise and a plume of smoke emanating from the metal recycling yard next door.
Despite progress, LAUSD continues to grapple with lagging achievement, declining enrollment and absenteeism as students return for the first day of school.
School bond supports say the money is direly needed to help fund repairs and upgrades at thousands of California public elementary, middle and high schools and community colleges.
Drownings among babies and toddlers spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts attribute it to years of shuttered pools and limited access to swim lessons.
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Transitional kindergarten is now serving nearly all 4-year-olds, but teachers haven’t been trained to understand how such young brains learn.
For a generation of parents who grew up with cell phones and computers, letting kids indulge in a bit of phone or TV time doesn’t feel like a big deal.
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