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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
Cash-strapped California Arts Council pays it forward
The California Arts Council will spend about $2 million in new funds on public school arts education, community-building grants, and arts in juvenile detention.
Calif. schools: Report cards get facelift for Common Core
Many schools are getting revamped report cards as the state adopts new learning standards. Click on the story to see examples of new and old report cards..
After federal threat, California to expand student testing
California students were set to take either the new English or math standardized tests this spring as part of a gradual roll out. Now they'll take both.
Miramonte abuse scandal: Nearly 2 years later, many parents feel kids are safe
LA Unified Schools Superintendent John Deasy apologized to the community where a former teacher abused dozens of children over the years.
Napolitano seeks 2014-2015 tuition freeze for UC
Napolitano proposed streamlining the community college transfer process, improving energy efficiency, and helping research innovations hit the market more quickly.
'Classrooms of Shame' showcases dismal college rooms: Is yours?
A former professor has created a Tumblr feed to document decaying college classrooms. People have posted roach infestations, leaky ceilings, and power outages. Is your classroom falling apart?
Grad students make UC hum on paltry wages
UC Irvine is among campuses struggling to increase the ranks of doctoral students, who are key to research and teach undergraduates. One obstacle: money.
For 1st time, Chinese top the list of foreign students in US universities
California remains a top destination for foreign students, with many choosing USC, UCLA and Stanford universities.
Cal State wants to increase budget for raises, enrollment
California State University is submitting a $4.6 billion budget request to Governor Brown. It's a $237 million increase from this year.
California could lose $3.5 billion federal education funds
California students will be taking in the spring either the math or English field for new learning standards. State officials want to work out problems this year.
Will California schools be ready for new test?
The new Common Core standardized tests are computerized. The state is surveying school districts to see if they'll be ready. But few are responding.
Napolitano: $5 million for UC undocumented students
New UC president - former head of US Homeland Security Janet Napolitano - offers olive branch to her most vocal critics to date, undocumented students.
LA school board votes to keep superintendent
The board gave Deasy a satisfactory approval – an annual condition of extending his contract. Board staff would not say how many voted in favor or how many against.
Costs put LA schools' greening projects on ice
Southern California schools have received grants from Prop. 84 to tear out asphalt and plant trees as part of urban renewal. But some projects are now on hold.
New UC President meets privately with UCLA students, faculty
Janet Napolitano sat down with UCLA faculty, students, and staff as part of her 10 campus listening tour. She started the job September 30.
