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Check out our latest brief: Policy Insights - Analyzing Impactful Shifts in Los Angeles Unified School District to understand the impact of policy shifts over the last two decades and the impact on students, educators, and families. https://lnkd.in/gZbvhJbE

Extreme heat is making schools hotter — and learning harder, with teachers focusing on heat safety and dehydrated, exhausted kids, writes Jessica Kutz in The 19th News and The 74 https://lnkd.in/gwpcymau #HeatSafety #Schools #Education #ClimateChange #HeatWave #StudentHealth

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“Why aren’t all California elementary school students learning science?” asks Emely Bonilla, a STEM student teacher in Southern California Los Angeles Times about the opportunity gaps across the region https://lnkd.in/gx3iVxKn #STEMEducation #CaliforniaSchools #OpportunityGap #EducationInequity #ScienceForKids #EducationMatters

As summer comes to an end, a new study shows that almost 1 in 2 children across the country lacked any opportunity for summer learning, reports WTOV-9 https://lnkd.in/g6tBN7CM

Four years later, how are Los Angeles Unified School District students doing? Our new report finds less learning loss than in other major districts, a significant challenge from chronic absenteeism, and an uneven recovery across different student groups. https://lnkd.in/gAVS_xn3

For LAist Karen D'Souza covers Harmony Project the largest nonprofit music education organization in Los Angeles, that has a history of helping 97% of its students graduate high school https://lnkd.in/g-TyDrNv #musiceducation #nonprofit #highschoolgraduation #youthdevelopment #communityoutreach

Black and Hispanic voters in swing states say their concerns about schools have fallen on deaf ears, according to a new poll from Cornell Belcher and Brilliant Corners in The 74 by Lauren Camera https://lnkd.in/gBrpEtp6. #BlackVoters #HispanicVoters #SwingStates #Education #PoliticalPolls

Years after the pandemic upended schooling, nearly every state is still struggling with attendance---with 1.45 million California students chronically absent. Los Angeles Times reports on what can get them back to regularly attending school. https://lnkd.in/gHsV_Tpw

As school started earlier in August, Los Angeles Unified School District unveiled new electric buses and healthy meal options. Learn about the latest transportation and food programs ABC7 Los Angeles https://lnkd.in/epWxbnMh #LAUSD #electricBuses #healthyMeals #schoolTransportation #sustainableLiving #schoolFood #publicTransit #greenInitiatives