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High School Education

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    USC's Freshman Class Most Diverse Ever: 1 Out of Four New Trojans is Asian

    When we think USC freshman, we think white guy with a letterman's jacket, a mullet, a Mustang and a somewhat rich dad (says the Bruin). But it turns out that not only are Trojans smart but they're diverse too. In fact, the university is trumpeting its most diverse class of incoming freshman to da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Fig & Garcia Farms Teach At-Risk Teens About Nutrition & Local Produce

    C. BishopBraised Oxtail with oranges and prunes from FIG & Garcia Farms' dinner​ Last night, Fig's executive chef Ray Garcia hosted the restaurant's first farm dinner of 2011, serving dishes filled with Fallbrook's Garcia Farm's (no relation) recent harvest of over 50 varieties of citrus. Whi ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    FAIRY-y Tales

    C. BishopBraised Oxtail with oranges and prunes from FIG & Garcia Farms' dinner​ Last night, Fig's executive chef Ray Garcia hosted the restaurant's first farm dinner of 2011, serving dishes filled with Fallbrook's Garcia Farm's (no relation) recent harvest of over 50 varieties of citrus. Whi ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 23, 2010

    When Kids Think

    C. BishopBraised Oxtail with oranges and prunes from FIG & Garcia Farms' dinner​ Last night, Fig's executive chef Ray Garcia hosted the restaurant's first farm dinner of 2011, serving dishes filled with Fallbrook's Garcia Farm's (no relation) recent harvest of over 50 varieties of citrus. Whi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    ACLU Suing California Over School Fees

    ​Just what California's ailing schools need....The ACLU filed a lawsuit in L.A Superior Court suing California for allowing school districts to charge for books and other educational supplies. The ACLU says these practices violate the clause of the California Constitution guaranteeing a free e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Los Angeles School District Loses $10 Million Because Of Flawed Textbook Inventory System

    ​A recent audit of 21 public high schools in the region shows that stolen textbooks and unnecessary book purchases have cost the Los Angeles Unified School District nearly $10 million. The online report criticized the already cash-strapped school district for not "effectively, efficiently, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2010

    FROM WEB TO SCREEN

    ​A recent audit of 21 public high schools in the region shows that stolen textbooks and unnecessary book purchases have cost the Los Angeles Unified School District nearly $10 million. The online report criticized the already cash-strapped school district for not "effectively, efficiently, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 15, 2010

    CRY ME A RIVERS

    ​A recent audit of 21 public high schools in the region shows that stolen textbooks and unnecessary book purchases have cost the Los Angeles Unified School District nearly $10 million. The online report criticized the already cash-strapped school district for not "effectively, efficiently, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2010

    IF IT’S TUESDAY, IT MUST BE . . . DUDE, I AM SO BAKED!!!

    ​A recent audit of 21 public high schools in the region shows that stolen textbooks and unnecessary book purchases have cost the Los Angeles Unified School District nearly $10 million. The online report criticized the already cash-strapped school district for not "effectively, efficiently, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Teen 'Sexting' Of Nude Photographs Could Lead To Serious Charges

    ​Four teenage boys were in hot water this week after 'sexting' between the high school students led to the posting of sexually explicit photos of underage girls on a Yahoo message board, authorities said. The foursome, comprised of15-year-old students at Yucaipa High School in San Bernardino ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 22, 2009

    Finish School — and Shut Up During the Mariachi

    ​Four teenage boys were in hot water this week after 'sexting' between the high school students led to the posting of sexually explicit photos of underage girls on a Yahoo message board, authorities said. The foursome, comprised of15-year-old students at Yucaipa High School in San Bernardino ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Awesome or Awful? The Battle of Milkquarious

    Awesome or Awful: The Battle of Milkquarious

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2009

    MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNYGIRL!

    Laura Kightlinger

  • News

    July 23, 2009

    Diva Debate, Percentage Points and Collective Comments on Cannibis

    Laura Kightlinger

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    East Meets East Los

    Victoria Kraus at L.A. Eastside has a charming piece about East L.A. kids' current fixation with all things Japanese. The self-described "Jewpanese" Krause notes how, when she grew up in Boyle Heights, all Asian families, including hers, were routinely lumped as Chinese. Kraus writes that "20 years ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    LA People 2009: Catching Falling Stars — Alex Stickler

    Giving L.A.'s dropouts a second chance

  • Film+TV

    April 16, 2009

    17 Again: Zac Efron Shoots Wad, Scores!

    High School Musical — er — Basketball

  • Film+TV

    January 22, 2009

    Reality DVD: The Films of Frederick Wiseman

    After decades in distribution limbo, director’s work gets its close-up

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Road Kill Rug--Comfy Grossness For Your Feet

    I saw this a couple days ago. Tried to forget it. But couldn't. Now here it is to embed itself into your very own retinas. It's a dead fox rendered in carpet. The maker, Ooms, says "The Road Kill carpet is a continues (sic) struggle between attraction and repulsion." Yeah. You think? My friend Kevin ... More >>

  • News

    September 4, 2008

    Art School or LAUSD Folly?

    A gorgeous downtown high school has no plan, no curriculum — but sure looks fab

  • Stage

    May 15, 2008

    A Midsummer Night's Dance

    Brockus Project Dance Company brushes up its Shakespeare

  • Art+Books

    April 17, 2008

    Teaching for America in Crips Territory: Relentless Pursuit

    Hope and little glory at an L.A. high school

  • News

    December 27, 2007

    How Superintendent David Brewer Ran Aground

    The admiral's sinking ship

  • LA Life

    September 27, 2007

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Playing the Numbers

    The admiral's sinking ship

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Villaraigosa's Spin Cycle

    He’s gushing over his “historic” school-reform plan, and so are some in the media. Look again

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    Ferris Bueller's Off Day

    Summer-school students pillory Sacramento’s latest crop of dropout reforms

  • Film+TV

    August 16, 2007

    Superbad: It Happened One Night

    Yes, this movie is bad... Superbad

  • LA Life

    May 10, 2007

    Penny L. Moore

    Making dents

  • Art+Books

    March 22, 2007

    Discontinuity Studies

    Gerard Brane at Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary Art and Drew Heitzler, Amy Granat and Olivier Mosset at Angstrom

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Nasty Battle for Classroom Control

    L.A., which educates one of every 12 California students, is ground zero in the Education Wars

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Municipal Whiplash

    The mayor suddenly decides gang crime, not L.A. Unified, is public enemy No. 1

  • News

    July 13, 2006

    Bullied by Teachers

    Mayor V’s school plan emerges wounded, but still standing after union assault

  • News

    May 18, 2006

    The Takeover King

    Is Mayor V betraying his old-time union allies? Or rescuing L.A.’s troubled public school system? Whatever the answer, he faces the biggest risks of his political career.

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2006

    No cartooning today

    Here is a self-portrait of Mr. Fish at 17.  I imagined, at the time, that this was a genius depiction of an artist brilliantly misusing his talents; unusable for high school art class, inappropriate for Grandma's refrigerator, meaningful only after a highly intellectual conversation heavily sto ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    What About Gloria, Mr. Mayor?

    Here is a self-portrait of Mr. Fish at 17.  I imagined, at the time, that this was a genius depiction of an artist brilliantly misusing his talents; unusable for high school art class, inappropriate for Grandma's refrigerator, meaningful only after a highly intellectual conversation heavily sto ... More >>

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    The Flags Are Back

    Here is a self-portrait of Mr. Fish at 17.  I imagined, at the time, that this was a genius depiction of an artist brilliantly misusing his talents; unusable for high school art class, inappropriate for Grandma's refrigerator, meaningful only after a highly intellectual conversation heavily sto ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    The Slumber Party

    Inside the Boulder High School sleep-in

  • Film+TV

    October 13, 2005

    Hooking up on Veronica Mars

    Inside the Boulder High School sleep-in

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Back to Square One

    A South L.A. school is losing its home

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    The Slumber Party

    Inside the Boulder High School sleep-in

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    Happy Balloons and Homicide

    Entering the dangerous world of flier parties

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    Beyond Belief

    Screen-door Jesus and a zero dropout rate

  • News

    July 3, 2003

    State Flunks on Dropout Rate

    Screen-door Jesus and a zero dropout rate

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Letters

    Screen-door Jesus and a zero dropout rate

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Degrees of Deceit

    How one inner-city L.A. high school played the numbers game and made its dropout rate go away

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Whose Children Do We Cherish?

    L.A. education advocates are raising the question — and, finally, getting answers

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    No Vacancy

    The school district's space crunch is much worse than you know. And no one has a plan that will fix it.

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Interview with Wally Knox

    The school district's space crunch is much worse than you know. And no one has a plan that will fix it.

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Spacing Schools

    Uh-oh! L.A.’s grand plan for creating classrooms won’t work

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    You're in the Army . . . Not!

    Uh-oh! L.A.’s grand plan for creating classrooms won’t work

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