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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Education Correspondent
- @AGuzmanLopez
- Phone: (213) 621-3469
I focus stories on college students who are at a crossroads, particularly those on the first rung into higher education. Many of those students are trying to overcome academic and other challenges because they believe college will be the path to a better life. How do the people around them -- in their personal lives and at the institutions they attend -- help or hinder their success?
Stories by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
The 'school bus effect' could cut chronic absences
Taking the school bus involves planning and routines. New research suggests learning those skills in kindergarten can help schools reduce absences.
Teaching kids soft social skills
More and more schools are integrating the teaching of skills like perseverance and empathy in academic lessons such as math and English.
Community colleges fund a college pipeline for foster youth
California has more than 60,000 foster youth. About 3 percent go on to earn college degrees. Three community colleges are targeting 9th graders for help.
Leader for troubled Inglewood schools says he’s leaving
Inglewood schools have been under state control since 2012. There are some key decisions coming as the state appoints a new trustee.
Cal State Northridge students protest Border Patrol recruiters on campus
Students said university officials talked out of both sides of their mouths, vowing to protect undocumented students then inviting Border Patrol recruiters.
Lawyers object to Calif. school districts collecting citizenship info
On enrollment forms, some school districts ask for students' U.S. citizenship, Social Security numbers, and whether they were born in another country.
USC professors push campus to lead in Trump resistance
USC faculty say Trump's immigration policies will hurt U.S. higher education because they send the message that foreigners are not welcome in this country.
School layoffs planned in several school districts
Some school districts sent hundreds of layoff notices to staff. Enrollment drops are hurting funding for most school districts, some more severely than others.
New school evaluation tool includes non-academic data
California's new School Dashboard uses color coding, from blue to red, and pie charts to show school performance, using academic and non-academic indicators.
Inglewood schools officials fight Green Dot charter
Approving a new charter high school in Inglewood, school officials say, would heighten segregation of English learners, learning disabled, and black students.
Campaign to reach undocumented college students pays off
Amid concerns that federal officials would tap into their information, a record number of undocumented students apply for state financial aid.
Tears, laughter shed at funeral for slain Whittier officer
The services for 53-year-old Whittier Officer Keith Lane Boyer will begin Friday morning with a memorial at Calvary Chapel in Downey.
Sacramento wants to protect student data from ICE
Lawmakers want to lock student data from federal immigration agents, but a court order could give federal officials access to the information.
Schools in affluent areas call Brown's budget inadequate
Leaders in six school districts, including South Pasadena and Manhattan Beach, say Brown's plan won't make up for extra money they have to pay for employee pensions.
College graduation initiatives criticized in state report
The 23-campus California State University is asking for more than double this year's state funding next fiscal year to pay for its Graduation Initiative.
