Contributor: Unlike at Columbia, Trump’s attack on UCLA is aimed at taxpayer money
President Trump’s demand for a whopping $1-billion payment from UCLA sent shock waves through the UC system. For those of us on the inside, the…
Schools to open with unprecedented protections for children and their parents amid ICE raids
Los Angeles public schools are opening Thursday for the new academic year confronting an intense and historically unique moment: They will be operating in opposition…
‘Bring it on, Gavin,’ White House says to Newsom on threat to sue over UCLA cuts
WASHINGTON — As Gov. Gavin Newsom and the University of California consider whether to sue the Trump administration to restore more than half a billion dollars in…
LAUSD, Bass, pledge back-to-school protections for immigrant families
Los Angeles Unified school police, staff and community volunteers will form protective perimeters around at least 100 schools when classes begin Thursday to help ensure…
Sarah Calvert – the medic student who stunned Laura Mui
Up until last weekend, there's a fair chance you may not have heard the name Sarah Calvert. Yet, there's not much chance of the 24-year-old…
Contributor: The White House intends to slash the education safety net
Donald Trump has it in for public education.Don’t be fooled by last week’s release of DOE billions for the coming school year. Education Secretary Linda…
L.A. teachers demand LAUSD provide more protection for immigrants
The L.A. teachers union and its allies held a rally Saturday calling on the school district to more aggressively fight for immigrant families, including by…
Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in…
Columbia genocide scholar may leave over new definition of antisemitism
NEW YORK — For years, Marianne Hirsch, a prominent genocide scholar at Columbia University, has used Hannah Arendt’s book about the trial of a Nazi war criminal,…
‘Diciannove’ review: Italian coming of age, literary, exuberant and messy
Late in Italian writer-director Giovanni Tortorici’s pop-up book of a coming-of-age movie “Diciannove (Nineteen),” there’s a great scene in which his arrogant, neurotic protagonist, Leonardo…
ICE raids put a chill on L.A. high school football teams
On the day immigration agents swooped through MacArthur Park in armored vehicles, wearing tactical gear and riding on horseback, Contreras Learning Center football coach Manuel…
Supreme Court OKs Trump’s plan to dismantle the Education Department
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump the authority to dismantle the Education Department and to fire about half of its staff. In a…
California sues over Trump withholding of $6.8 billion in education funds
California officials on Monday announced that the state is suing the Trump administration for holding back an estimated $939 million in education funds from the…
‘The Payback’ review: Kashana Cauley satirizes student loan debt
Book Review The Payback By Kashana CauleyAtria: 256 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,…
Palestinian Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration for ICE detention
July 11 (UPI) -- Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for 104 days has filed a complaint against the…
Recap of trial over Trump crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protesters
BOSTON — Plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s campaign of arresting and deporting college faculty and students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations spent the first…
DHS subpoenas Harvard to force it to turn over student data
July 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent administrative subpoenas to Harvard University demanding that it turn over data on its Student…
Amid ICE raids, the Chicxs Rockerxs summer camp protects community
Every year, nonprofit organization Chicxs Rockerxs (pronounced cheek-ex roh-kerr-ex) hosts a week-long summer camp in Southeast Los Angeles for girls and gender nonconforming youth to…
Brazil, Peru show biggest gaps in student outcomes in Latin America, report says
July 7 (UPI) -- A new regional report highlights sharp disparities in student achievement across Latin America, driven by socioeconomic status and gender. Brazil and…
Proposed federal budget would limit access to student loans
June 28 (UPI) -- The latest version of the Senate's federal budget reconciliation bill would limit the availability of student loans for future borrowers by…