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The president-elect should redouble his earlier efforts to emphasize skills over college degrees.
L.A. Unified deserves credit for maintaining education for fast learners. But schools across the state and country have been eliminating programs for them.
Commentary: Did you see all the signs opposing California’s same-sex marriage measure? Neither did I
In 2008, my Laguna Beach street was lined with signs for Proposition 8, a gay marriage ban. This year’s Proposition 3 is to undo the unenforced measure.
Commentary: Why grade inflation is spreading from high school to college — and how it hurts learning
In Los Angeles and beyond, research has shown that grades are generally going up even though test scores and other measures of actual learning are not.
The nation will only get the education it demands from its presidential candidates, and right now, the demands are too low.
Climate change has been doing a job on many of California’s wild areas. This time, it looks like an Orange County work crew teamed up with a warming planet to deprive a metropolitan area of its best access to nature.
A bill to allow nursing bachelor’s degrees at two-year schools reminds why California’s public higher education system needs to be more flexible to help students succeed.
I miss the low-key Girl Scout activities of my generation. The annual cookie sales have become too hyper, too competitive, too commercial.
There’s a tremendous gap in resources between students at schools like Harvard and the resilient, determined students at community colleges.
Bullet trains, electric cars and sustainable airline fuel would allow us to travel to distant celebrations with a clear conscience
