Education
Students take on bottled water industry in campus showdown
4:02 p.m. | By Ted Burnham | NPR | 0 commentsColleges are pulling bottled water off campuses as students argue the products hurt the environment and aren't well regulated. But the industry fired back this week with a YouTube video it hopes will sway students to keep buying bottles of water.
Thousands gather to protest adult education cuts in downtown LA
Feb. 9, 2012 | By Ryan Fonseca with Paige Osburn | KPCC | 4 comments
Members of the public joined the UTLA teachers union in a massive protest, responding to the LAUSD board’s proposed cuts to adult education funding.
White House science fair features SoCal kids
Feb. 7, 2012 | By Kitty Felde | KPCC | 1 comment
California teens won big money and a trip to the White House for science inventions. President Obama welcomed the teenagers to the White House science fair.
Deasy: 'I can't have any more surprises at Miramonte'
Listen:Feb. 7, 2012 | By Corey Moore | KPCC | 1 comment
“I can’t have any more surprises at Miramonte even though the police will do what they have to do and if there are no more - thank God," Deasy told reporters, shortly after LAUSD announced it would be replacing the entire staff at the school.
Pass / Fail
Undocumented Miramonte parents of victims could qualify for U Visa Feb. 11, 2012 | By Ruxandra GuidiAfter the scandal at Miramonte Elementary School broke out last week, some undocumented parents of possible victims said they were afraid to come forward and ... [more]
