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Los Angeles school officials are investigating allegations that inappropriate photos were “created and disseminated within the Fairfax High School community,” in what appears to be the latest alleged misuse of technology by students, a district statement said. Last week, Laguna Beach High School administrators announced that they had launched an investigation after a student allegedly created and circulated “inappropriate images” of classmates through the use of artificial intelligence. In Janua…
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Powerful unions have joined forces with former Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner to call for state intervention to stop what they allege is the misuse of voter-approved funding to expand arts education in California. In a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials, Beutner and the unions claim that some school districts are taking funding, approved by voters in November 2022, to expand arts education and are using it for other purposes. This year that funding totals $938 millio…
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California students will have an extra month to submit applications for state financial aid, a deadline extension to help with ongoing setbacks and delays that have plagued the roll out of new federal forms that colleges and states rely on to calculate a student’s scholarships and loans. Federal officials alerted colleges of the latest mishap on Friday — errors in the processing of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, that have resulted in schools receiving inaccurate informat…
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The Los Angeles school district on Wednesday unveiled a much-awaited AI tool named “Ed” to serve as a new student adviser, programmed to tell its young users and their parents about grades, tests results and attendance — while giving out assignments, suggesting readings and even helping students cope with nonacademic matters. With Ed’s introduction, L.A. schools Supt. Alberto M. Carvalho sought to establish the nation’s second-largest school system as a hub for innovation. “This is a technology…
30 days ago
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California lawmakers are speedily moving forward toward approving a bill that would extend a key college financial aid deadline by a month to help students whose applications have been mired in problems at the federal level. The deadline for Cal Grants and other state aid programs — that collectively dole out more than $2.3 billion — would be pushed back from April 2 to May 2 under legislation that would take effect immediately. “Making our students’ dreams of achieving higher education more aff…
about 1 month ago
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Voters in the city of Orange appear to have ousted two conservative school board members who had spearheaded policies widely opposed by advocates for LGBTQ+ youth in a recall election viewed as a local bellwether for the culture wars in education. The fiercely contested recall election in the Orange Unified School District intensified with the board majority’s approval in the fall of a parent-notification policy requiring educators to inform parents when a student requests “to be identified as a…
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California is moving closer toward requiring all public school students to learn how to manage their money — read a pay stub, balance a checking account, use credit cards wisely, save for the future and avoid scams. The plan is to make all high school students, as a condition of graduation, take at least a one-semester class in financial literacy. Backers are going down two paths to make this happen: a November ballot initiative and state legislation. If the legislation crosses the finish line i…
about 1 month ago
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The Los Angeles school board candidates with the most money behind them generally were holding leads in overnight returns, with two contenders whose campaigns became turbulent clinging to narrow leads in incomplete tallies. One of them, Kahllid Al-Alim, was dropped by the union that propelled him into prominence following revelations about his social media activity that included antisemitic and pornographic content. But he could still be a top finisher in District 1, which encompasses much of So…
about 1 month ago
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United Teachers Los Angeles on Monday night rescinded its endorsement of school board candidate Kahllid Al-Alim in the wake of revelations that he reposted or “liked” social media posts with content that was antisemitic, pro-gun or pornographic. In a statement, the union said it “condemns all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, antisemitism, anti-Blackness, Islamophobia, xenophobia and homophobia. ” Reached Monday night, Al-Alim said he would have no immediate comment, but he is expec…
about 2 months ago
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As two leading Los Angeles school board candidates grapple with blows to their campaigns — antisemitic tweets for one and an investigation that temporarily removed another from her counseling job — outside groups continue to flood races with spending to win influence over the nation’s second-largest school system. Four seats, a majority of the seven-member Board of Education — are on the ballot for the election that ends March 5. The top two finishers in each contest will be on the ballot in Nov…
about 2 months ago
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Four candidates are running for the District 5 seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, vying to replace the retiring Jackie Goldberg, a veteran state lawmaker, City Council member and current board president. The seven-member school board sets policy for the nation’s second-largest school district, which educates about 420,000 students and employs some 74,000 teachers, administrators and other staff. The school board is accountable for the district’s annual general fu…
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