Teaching and Learning

Reagan the Berkeley basher

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Responding to Seth Rosenfeld's May 10 Op-Ed article linking then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan's harsh condemnation of student protests in the 1960s to the eventual decline of the University of California system, reader Bruce Bates wrote in a letter...

USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer

2013-05-18 05:00:00

The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...

Hofstra student, captor killed in home invasion near university

2013-05-17 12:19:00

NEW YORK -- A Hofstra University student being held hostage during a home invasion was shot dead and her captor was also killed as police arrived at the scene of the break-in early Friday, just two days before commencement ceremonies at the college on...

Students raised in foster system honored for completing college

2013-05-17 17:57:00

Soon they’ll walk across stages at college campuses around Southern California, accepting their degrees and celebrating with classmates.�But at a smaller, more low-key event on Friday, they were honored with a closer set of peers: fellow foster...

Gov. Jerry Brown pitches education budget at East L.A. school

2013-05-17 14:03:00

California Gov. Jerry Brown visited an East L.A. campus Friday to tout his proposed state budget, which would shift more money to students with greater needs. Brown said Humphreys Avenue Elementary was precisely the place that would get more aid and...

Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff

2013-05-17 22:47:00

The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...

Troubled youths deserve more effective discipline than suspension

2013-05-17 18:27:00

The limits on student suspensions approved by the Los Angeles Unified school board this week may burnish the district's progressive credentials, putting L.A. in the forefront of a national shift away from zero-tolerance policies that ban kids from...

12 L.A. area campuses lock down after threatening call

2013-05-16 21:50:00

At least a dozen schools were put on lockdown, streets were sealed off and a wave of law enforcement swept across eastern Los Angeles and Santa Monica early Thursday after an anonymous caller threatened to "shoot up" a campus. A 19-year-old Santa Monica...

Letters: Why student behavior matters

2013-05-17 05:56:00

Re "Rule on defiant students revised," May 15 The Los Angeles Unified School District's ban on student suspensions for "willful defiance" reminded me of when I was observing class as a requirement for my teaching credential roughly 40 years ago. The...

Letters: Cap, gown, fee

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Re "Cal State grads facing an exit fee," May 14 Give an arm and a leg, and you still have to give up more. College tuition has been on the rise for the last 10 years, and just when a college student believes that the horror is over, many of the Cal...

Student detained in threats on area schools; most lockdowns lifted

2013-05-16 10:08:00

Santa Monica police have detained a 19-year-old student believed to be connected to threats against at least six area schools. Santa Monica police Sgt. Candice Cobarrubias said the student was located on the campus of Santa Monica College without a...

L.A.-area schools return to normal after gun threat

2013-05-16 11:49:00

Eunice Rivas was riding the bus to class at East Los Angeles College on Thursday when she received a frantic call from her mother. The news was swamped with reports of a gunman threatening her school or others in Monterey Park. Rivas' nieces and nephews...

UCF president John Hitt addresses the University of Central Florida's first medical school students graduation ceremony on Friday, May 17, 2013. The class of 36 graduates all received full scholarships thanks to the college and private donations from the community.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Megan Ryan a freshman from Lancaster poses for a photo while holding a kid. In an effort to help students deal with the stress of finals Kutztown University held their annual Pet Therapy Day on Tuesday.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Christian students gather for a morning prayer Monday in the Lincoln County High School library. A recent controversy over the role of prayer during the school's upcoming graduation has created a new focus on the First Amendment and the rights it bestows on students to express their beliefs.

2013-05-09 10:03:00