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Brentwood Community Council takes stance on Archer Forward

March 20, 2015 wpengine

In the midst of ongoing community debate in Brentwood surrounding the Archer Forward Project (Archer School for Girls’ campus modification...

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LAUSD threatens teachers over potential union boycott

March 19, 2015 Staff Report

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines warned teachers today that their salaries will be docked if they skip...

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Parents remain frustrated after meeting for Venice High School sex scandal

March 19, 2015 Staff Report

Some parents expressed dissatisfaction with what they heard Wednesday night from Los Angeles Unified School District officials at a community meeting...

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Simon Wiesenthal Center meets with UCLA chancellor to discuss anti-Semitism

March 13, 2015 Staff Report

Simon Wiesenthal Center officials said today they met with UCLA Chancellor Gene Block to discuss what they contend is increasing...

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State moves to not judge schools based off standardized test scores

March 12, 2015 Staff Report

State education officials have moved to dramatically recast California’s system to evaluate school quality by suspending the use of standardized test scores as the major...

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LAUSD delivers 609 layoff notices to cut budget deficit

March 11, 2015 Staff Report

In the face of a nearly $160 million budget deficit, the Los Angeles Unified School District board authorizing layoff warning...

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Beverly Hills school board president steps down following arrest

March 11, 2015 Staff Report

The president of the Beverly Hills Unified School District board yesterday “stepped down temporarily” following his arrest for allegedly pushing a...

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First female named dean of college of science and engineering at LMU

March 6, 2015 Staff Report

A chemistry professor was named the 11th dean of the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering at Loyola...

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NTSB holds mid-morning Friday briefing on Harrison Ford plane crash

March 6, 2015 wpengine

“Battered, but OK,” actor Harrison Ford was hospitalized today with injuries he suffered when the World War II-era single-engine plane...

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SMC appoints interim president Shimizu

March 5, 2015 Staff Report

Santa Monica College Executive Vice President Jeffrey Shimizu was appointed interim president of the university effective July 1, when President Chui...