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What’s the outlook for LA’s public schools?
LAUSD students score below the average on California-wide tests, and black and Latino kids are even further behind. Meanwhile, more students are enrolling in charter schools. What’s the outlook for LA’s public schools?
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenLAUSD students score below the average on California-wide tests, and black and Latino kids are even further behind. Meanwhile, more students are enrolling in charter schools, which means less money for LAUSD. What’s the outlook for LA’s public schools?
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5 storiesLAUSD Superintendent Michelle King on public schools
It’s not even September yet, but LA’s 650,000 public school students have already been back at their desks for two weeks. Statewide test results recently showed those students improving but still below the state average. Thirty-nine percent meet English language standards. And only 29 percent meet math standards.
Read the story11 minRemembering Joe Hicks
Joe Hicks, who died on Sunday , was an iconoclastic figure in Los Angeles politics and media. In the ‘70s, he was a radical with the Black Power movement. Twenty years later , he served as LA head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization once led by Martin Luther King Jr.
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July was the hottest month since scientists began keeping records. This year is on track to be the hottest year yet. And now NASA is saying that the planet is warming at a pace unprecedented in the last thousand years. Well, California is working to fight that. But it’s going to take a lot more than just putting solar panels on every roof.
Read the story9 min‘Other People’
The new film “ Other People ” is a bittersweet story about a struggling comedy writer. He comes back home to Sacramento from New York to spend time with his dying mother.
Read the story14 minSanta Monica’s Border Grill closes
Border Grill - Santa Monica’s high-end Mexican spot - will close in October. Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger opened it 26 years ago. The food was revolutionary at the time. Gourmet Mexican was not a thing at chef-driven concept restaurants.
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