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California has always been a hotbed of education organizing and reform. Catch up on efforts to fund the arts in public schools, the impact of COVID on students, college financial aid, ethnic studies curriculums and more.

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It seems to me that this was a missed opportunity for two individuals with comparable goals to use a terribly imperfect process to achieve a common aim.
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There's an argument that holds you should vote for both. Maybe you should, maybe you shouldn't -- but here's what happens if you do.
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The Co-founder of Inner-City Arts recounts his inspiration for founding the place and why, after nearly 30 years of teaching art, he has no plans to retire. 
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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez predicts a Los Angeles where Spanish is as accepted as hearing French in Quebec. 
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California wants to use its own accountability system to improve schools rather than to abide by federally required policies from No Child Left Behind.
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I teach in an area almost written off by affluent America, in a university where "minority" students have been the majority for years. 
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Even with all the efforts for change from political, medical and public health communities, change ultimately begins at home. Consumers must begin to educate themselves and take action toward making healthier more just food decisions.
There has been few pros and many cons as a result of Proposition 13, which cut, capped and rolled back property taxes.
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KCET Departures: Youth Voices will team with La Plaza de Cultura y Artes this upcoming academic year for a three-way partnership with The HeArt Project.
Angelica Chavez protests outside the headquarters of the L.A. Unified School District | Photo: Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
In L.A., adult education could also be called immigrant integration. That's what I found out on Tuesday covering one of the largest non-teacher protests I'd seen outside L.A. Unified School District headquarters.
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Judging by his travel schedule, Brown thinks Los Angeles is an important part of the debate on fixing California's budget woes.
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