UCLA Has One of America's Top Public Business Schools
UCLA scored well on U.S. News & World Report's annual list of the nation's best master's of business administration programs, which was released this morning as part of its the 2016 Best Graduate...
View ArticleAlleged USC Groper Arrested, but Now UCLA Has One
College women these days not only have to deal with the stress of academic life, but they also have to fend off beer-toting frat boys and, lately, defend themselves against butt-grabbing suspects...
View Article"You're Gonna Rape Me?" Demands a Democrat Whose Teacher Tenure Law Got Killed
It was a busy week in Sacramento, city of trees, where state legislators were frantically jamming their bills through committees to make a May 1 deadline by which all proposed laws must sent to various...
View ArticleSchools Are Failing Minority Kids in Science and Math. Emilio Pack Is Solving...
One of the 54 fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People Issue 2015. One of Emilio Pack's most vivid childhood memories is that of his Cuban immigrant single mom, desperate to hold together...
View ArticleL.A. Rents Are So High the School District Is Building Apartments for Teachers
Teachers in Los Angeles aren't exactly poor. But consider the cost of living here: A report last year said it takes you nearly $100,000 a year in household income just to make a median rental home in...
View ArticleUSC Has a Selfie Class
USC is one of the top 25 universities in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. It also has a "selfie class," or, as the school puts it, a #SelfieClass. The obvious response to this...
View ArticleWhoever Wins this LAUSD Board Seat Could Determine the Fate of Charter Schools
When Highland Park resident Liz Martinez talks about charter schools, she speaks with the same kind of pride she reserves for her children's accomplishments. Her youngest daughter graduated from PUC...
View ArticleLAUSD May Soon Be Rich — And the Winners of Tuesday's Election Get to Spend...
It wasn't too long ago that the job of LAUSD board member was among the most miserable in America. Setting aside the fact that each of the seven board members earn less than $50,000, in the last few...
View ArticleVoter Guide for Los Angeles City Council and LAUSD Election, May 19, 2015
If you haven't chosen yet from the shortest Los Angeles-area ballot (for a non-special election) in awhile, here are your reminders about who is running, and where. A lot is on the line in the...
View ArticleLos Angeles Election Results, May 19, 2015 (Updated Live)
It's election night in America Los Angeles some parts of Los Angeles, which means either (a) you forgot to vote; (b) you made the conscious decision not to vote; (c) you don't live in in City Council...
View ArticleUpsets Galore in Los Angeles Elections
Another LAUSD school board election and another shocking result. Board member Tamar Galatzan was unseated by Scott ...
View ArticleNew LAUSD Board Member Proposes Holding Failing Kids Back, Like in the 1980s
Scott Schmerelson knew he would win. "I don't want to sound cocky," says the genial Schmerelson, the first Republican elected to the LAUSD Board of Education in decades. "I could just tell by the pulse...
View ArticleTeens Should Be Taught Yes Means Yes When it Comes to Sex, Bill Says
The "yes means yes" revolution could be coming to California high schools. Based partly on a law enacted last year that requires state college campuses to adopt policies that prohibit sex if one party...
View ArticleHere Are the Five Democrats Who Voted Against California's Tough New...
For anti-vaxxers, the end is nigh. After much fanfare, protest and debate on vaccinations (or at least a lot of boring speeches) the California State Assembly passed SB 277, which would eliminate the...
View ArticleJerry Brown Signs SB 277 Requiring Vaccinations, Making California's Law One...
California Gov. Jerry Brown today signed Senate Bill 277, the tough childhood vaccination bill that riveted Californians after thousands of mothers and others opposed to vaccines or to government...
View ArticleToday's Future Sound Helps Kids by Teaching Them How to Make Beats
Hip-hop as an educational tool goes back to the some of the genre’s most important moments in its first decade. From Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Boogie Down Production’s KRS-ONE bringing political...
View ArticleLAUSD Needs a New Chief. Pity the Poor Guy Who Gets the Job
The Los Angeles Unified School District is looking for a new leader. The question isn't who they want, it's who would actually want the job. The interim Superintendent, Ramon Cortines, signed a...
View ArticleSurprise: America's "Top College" Is in L.A.
Despite our air-headed reputation, greater L.A. has no shortage of great institutions of higher learning. In recent years the British publication Times Higher Education has named Pasadena's Caltech the...
View ArticleIn a Desert of School Failure, 96th Street Elementary in Watts Soars by...
By all rights, 96th Street Elementary School in Watts shouldn't be busy on a summer morning. School doesn't start until Aug. 18, and the front door is hemmed in by construction fencing to boot. But...
View ArticleA "Live Mixtape" of Food and Hip-Hop With Chef Roy Choi, MC Rakaa Iriscience...
Have you ever heard a battle rapper freestyle about a Korean-fusion meal? Or seen a traditional jarocho jam session performed in the name of food justice? Or watched as a historic Italian restaurant...
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