A totally Californian poet laureate
21.05.2012, 03:55:00
Juan Felipe Herrera, 63, is the son of migrant farmworkers and plugged in to modern culture. He'd like to make the entire state a democratic, virtual poetry workshop. Wearing jeans, green sneakers, a hipster straw bowler and a Buddhist symbol around his neck, the new poet laureate of California opened his weekly poetry workshop at UC Riverside with stretching and breathing exercises.
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L.A. Unified a rare haven for health teachers
21.05.2012, 04:11:00
The school district still has dedicated health classes while many others have ended theirs, largely for fiscal reasons. As if on cue, all faces turn alertly toward the front of the classroom where Bridget Brownell has set up a slide show at Taft High School in Woodland Hills.
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Judge calls conservatorships a 'celebration of family'
21.05.2012, 07:00:00
In a unique collaboration of L.A.-area institutions, 15 families are awarded limited conservatorships for the protection of adult children with disabilities. For 18 years, Dora Sanchez Hernandez has fiercely protected her son.
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Juan Felipe Herrera's 'Inside the Jacket'
21.05.2012, 07:00:00
I remember, many years ago
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Graduating collegians cope with student debt in a weak economy
20.05.2012, 07:00:00
Students and graduates from several Southland campuses talk of their loans and how paying them off figures into their plans. For some, the path seems secure; for others, uncertainty is the only certainty. College graduation is typically a time to tally accomplishments and to look ahead. But for many graduates, it is also a time to tally student loans and figure out how to repay them.
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Westside charter school teacher gone after allegations of cheating
20.05.2012, 07:00:00
Teacher at an Ocean Charter campus was found to have given fourth-graders a chance to correct their mistakes on a state test, risking the school's API rating. A Westside charter school teacher has left her job following allegations that she pointed out wrong answers to her fourth-graders during state testing this month and then gave them an opportunity to make corrections.
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U.S. reaches historic demographic tipping point
18.05.2012, 07:00:00
Children born to Latino, Asian, African American and mixed-race parents now constitute a majority of all births, the Census Bureau reports. The United States has reached a historic tipping point, with children born to Latino, Asian, African American and mixed-race parents now constituting a majority of all births, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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UC regents discuss 6% tuition hike for next fall
17.05.2012, 07:00:00
They pledge to lobby hard to avoid the increase. The regents also approve the hiring of a new chancellor for UC San Diego at an annual salary of $411,084. University of California regents Wednesday discussed the possibility of a 6% tuition increase for next fall but pledged that they would lobby hard to avoid such a $732-per-student hike.
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