LAUSD’s Black Student Achievement Plan stresses the importance of Black history and culture. Irvin Davis, an educator and assistant football coach at Dorsey High School, recently outlined the new initiative to the L.A. Sentinel.
Dr. Toni-Mokjaetji C. Humber passed away on May 11, 2023. She was 77 years old. As a native Angeleno, she could trace her family heritage in Los Angeles to the early 1900s.
The union representing 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District service workers who just concluded a three-day strike has reached a tentative labor contract with the district, officials announced Friday, March 24.
Thousands of service workers backed by teachers began a three-day strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, March 21, shutting down education for a half-million students in the nation’s second-largest school system.
Los Angeles Unified School District’s Black Student Achievement Plan presented “Black Excellence Undenied,” a six-day symposium for administrators, teachers, parents and community members.
The Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced a collaboration on June 13 to engage local students in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) and inspire the next generation of scientific leadership through hands-on experience.
The Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) campus showcased over 22 explore representatives from various historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) on Tuesday, February 15. They invited over 300 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students to explore their future.
After initially resisting county guidance regarding mask-wearing outdoors, the Los Angeles Unified School District today dropped its COVID-19 mandate that students and staff wear face coverings while outside on campuses.
All high school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District are invited to participate in the essay contest sponsored by the LAUSD and the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper.
The Parent Revolution is focused on the well-being of underrepresented families. Jay Artis- Wright is leading a “parent-organized” nonprofit, a collective community unified under the mission for change.
Josephine “Jo” Winston Ramsey made her mark on the world on October 8, 1929. She was born to R.L. Winston and Anita Harris in her beloved hometown of Eudora, Arkansas. Arkansas was a special place to Josephine; she would often recall fond memories of her family and friends in Eudora.
Mary Louise Winston made a distinctive mark on South Los Angeles as a child of God, community activist and savvy businesswoman. She passed away on Nov. 27 and her life was recently celebrated by family, friends and Macedonia Baptist Church.
The Los Angeles Unified School District Student Empowerment Unit presents the 2021 Young Women’s Leadership Conference on Saturday, November 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 pm. The virtual event is open to all LAUSD young ladies in grades 8th thru 12th, said Dr. Brenda Manuel, conference coordinator.
Police have opened an investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a female student in a boys bathroom at Hamilton High
School in Los Angeles that reportedly involved several male students. Fox 11 News reported the alleged assault took place last week and a
police report was filed with the Los Angeles Police Department. According to Fox 11, someone reportedly videotaped the alleged assault and posted it on a social media platform.
The remaining middle and high school campuses in the Los Angeles Unified School District began reopening today, meaning all students now have the option to be back on district campuses for the first time in more than a year.