Category: Education
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Judge Tells UC to Reconsider Job Ban for Undocumented Students Judge Tells UC to Reconsider Job Ban for Undocumented Students
Education August 6, 2025

Judge Tells UC to Reconsider Job Ban for Undocumented Students

In a key win for immigrant rights organizations, a California Court of ... more

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Biden Starts Defense of Student Debt Relief at Supreme Court Biden Starts Defense of Student Debt Relief at Supreme Court
Education January 9, 2023

Biden Starts Defense of Student Debt Relief at Supreme Court

President Joe Biden's efforts to cancel student debt for millions of Americans ... more

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UCLA helps bring Oaxacan culture to L.A. classrooms UCLA helps bring Oaxacan culture to L.A. classrooms
Education August 19, 2023

UCLA helps bring Oaxacan culture to L.A. classrooms

As students in Los Angeles return to school, some of them will ... more

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Son of Immigrants Accepted to Yale, Harvard, and 13 Other Universities Son of Immigrants Accepted to Yale, Harvard, and 13 Other Universities
Education April 7, 2025

Son of Immigrants Accepted to Yale, Harvard, and 13 Other Universities

Samuel Ruiz Macías, a Hispanic student at Central East High School in ... more

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Latino Students Vanish From LAUSD — and Newcomers Don’t Show Up Latino Students Vanish From LAUSD — and Newcomers Don’t Show Up
Education December 1, 2025

Latino Students Vanish From LAUSD — and Newcomers Don’t Show Up

  New data shows steep drops in newcomer student enrollment across Los Angeles ... more

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Student Loan Reset Hits Latino Borrowers Hardest After SAVE Plan Ends Student Loan Reset Hits Latino Borrowers Hardest After SAVE Plan Ends
Education March 30, 2026

Student Loan Reset Hits Latino Borrowers Hardest After SAVE Plan Ends

SAVE student loan plan cancellation Latino borrowers face is exposing long-standing debt ... more

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Debt Relief: Applications Open for Students; Government Asks to Apply as Soon as Possible Debt Relief: Applications Open for Students; Government Asks to Apply as Soon as Possible
Education October 17, 2022

Debt Relief: Applications Open for Students; Government Asks to Apply as Soon as Possible

If you have worked in public service (federal, state, local, tribal government ... more

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U.S. receives low grades for fitness activities among youth U.S. receives low grades for fitness activities among youth
Education March 27, 2023

U.S. receives low grades for fitness activities among youth

The Physical Activity Alliance's latest U.S. Report Card on Physical Activity for ... more

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ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low
Education October 11, 2023

ACT test scores for US students drop to new 30-year low

High school students’ ACT test scores on college admissions have dropped to ... more

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Élmer Mendoza: “Reading is a family matter. We shouldn’t blame young people.” Élmer Mendoza: “Reading is a family matter. We shouldn’t blame young people.”
Education September 21, 2024

Élmer Mendoza: “Reading is a family matter. We shouldn’t blame young people.”

Élmer Mendoza learned to read at the age of nine, which was ... more

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‘Don’t Give Up—Do Something,’ Sonia Sotomayor Urges UCLA Students ‘Don’t Give Up—Do Something,’ Sonia Sotomayor Urges UCLA Students
Education February 16, 2026

‘Don’t Give Up—Do Something,’ Sonia Sotomayor Urges UCLA Students

During a Feb. 6 visit to UCLA School of Law, the Supreme ... more

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Supreme Court to hear student debt forgiveness case Supreme Court to hear student debt forgiveness case
Education December 2, 2022

Supreme Court to hear student debt forgiveness case

The Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to decide whether the Biden administration ... more

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Expert Advice: Pause Student Loan Payments and Earn Interest – Betsy Mayotte Expert Advice: Pause Student Loan Payments and Earn Interest – Betsy Mayotte
Education June 30, 2023

Expert Advice: Pause Student Loan Payments and Earn Interest – Betsy Mayotte

Betsy Mayotte, President of the Institute of Student Loan Advisors, encourages people ... more

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About half of Americans say public K-12 education is going in the wrong direction About half of Americans say public K-12 education is going in the wrong direction
Education April 5, 2024

About half of Americans say public K-12 education is going in the wrong direction

About half of U.S. adults (51%) say the country’s public K-12 education ... more

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Wendy Carrillo Said Her DUI Was a Wake-Up Call For Her. Her Bill Tries to Help Students Wendy Carrillo Said Her DUI Was a Wake-Up Call For Her. Her Bill Tries to Help Students
Education January 6, 2025

Wendy Carrillo Said Her DUI Was a Wake-Up Call For Her. Her Bill Tries to Help Students

California public school students will get additional coursework on the harms of ... more

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Fear of ICE Presence Pushes LAUSD Students Toward Online Education Fear of ICE Presence Pushes LAUSD Students Toward Online Education
Education August 8, 2025

Fear of ICE Presence Pushes LAUSD Students Toward Online Education

An increasing number of Los Angeles students are switching to online schooling, ... more

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It’s official. Raquel Zamora leads a grassroots charge to shake up LAUSD It’s official. Raquel Zamora leads a grassroots charge to shake up LAUSD
Education March 5, 2026

It’s official. Raquel Zamora leads a grassroots charge to shake up LAUSD

It's official. Teacher Raquel Zamora Challenges the Establishment. A week before the deadline ... more