Tami Abdollah Education Reporter
Tami Abdollah is an education reporter for KPCC.org. Before joining KPCC, she worked for the Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal. Abdollah has also worked for an NGO in Iraq and has freelanced in Paris and New Zealand, for The Journal, the L.A. Times and The Daily Beast.
Abdollah enjoys traveling to far flung places, climbing, hiking, good eats and karaoke.
Tami Abdollah can be reached via email and on Twitter (@latams).
Stories by Tami Abdollah
Lawsuit: California laws protect teachers at cost of students' right to education
By Tami Abdollah
Attorneys representing eight schoolchildren are suing California because they say the state's laws on teacher tenure, layoffs and dismissal violate students' constitutional right to an education by protecting ineffective teachers.
Danger signs of a diploma mill
By Tami Abdollah
If you're worried that a private postsecondary school you're considering might be a "diploma mill," here are some warning signs.
California lawmakers target diploma mills
By Tami Abdollah
"This is a really big deal, this is not mom and pop printing a few diplomas with their laser printers on the kitchen table," said John Bear, an author and expert in the field of diploma mills.
All LA County Informal Juvenile and Traffic Courts to close June 15
By Tami Abdollah
All 13 Informal Juvenile and Traffic Courts are scheduled to close June 15 as part of an effort to contend with deep state funding cuts and reduce the Los Angeles Superior Courts spending by $30 million.
UTLA files more than 600 complaints with LAUSD
By Tami Abdollah
In one Williams Complaint the author writes that the nurse is at the elementary school for only 1/2 a day per week, that it is a "dangerous situation!"
UTLA to file 600 complaint forms to report lack of critical student services
By Tami Abdollah
United Teachers Los Angeles plans to file more than 600 complaint forms today from hundreds of schools with the Los Angeles Unified School District to report a lack of equal and sufficient critical services for students.
20 new schools to open as part of LAUSD building program
By Tami Abdollah
Miramonte Elementary School's scheduled reopening this fall as a smaller campus that is off the year-round calendar is a result of L.A. Unified's decade-long building program to relieve overcrowding.
Most of Miramonte's relocated teachers will have to go elsewhere this fall
By Tami Abdollah
More than half of the 85 Miramonte Elementary School teachers removed from their classrooms will have to find a new campus when the South L.A. school reopens this fall.
UC San Diego's Associated Students denounce DEA mistreatment
By Tami Abdollah
The Associated Students of UC San Diego has unanimously approved a resolution denouncing the incident in which an engineering student was forgotten by DEA agents in a cell without food, water or a toilet for five days.
California Community Colleges wants your thoughts on new policy
By Tami Abdollah
The California Community Colleges governing board discussed today the possibility of a a system-wide policy change that would limit students from repeating certain courses they have been successfully completed.
California Community Colleges to consider limiting repeat classes
By Tami Abdollah
The California Community Colleges governing board will examine a new system-wide policy change Monday that would limit students from being able to repeat certain courses.
Removed Miramonte teacher gets preliminary pink slip
By Tami Abdollah
"It's the only school I've ever taught at," she said.
Miramonte parents and students rally for exiled teachers
By Tami Abdollah
As Miramonte staff members gathered in front of the unopened campus where they have been placed for the last few months, parents and their kids came out in support.
Miramonte Elementary teachers break nearly three months of silence
By Tami Abdollah
Miramonte Elementary School teachers made their first public comments today during a march and press conference in front of a South L.A. high school after nearly three months of silence.
Miramonte teacher: 'We got caught in the crossfire'
By Tami Abdollah
Nearly 100 people, including dozens of Miramonte Elementary School teachers, marched outside an unopened high school to demand their return to their classrooms.
