The Rev. Jesse Jackson  |   OW Contributor
Mar 21 2013

Foul economic times and continued cuts

Morehouse College, one of the most distinguished historically Black colleges—with graduates like Dr. Martin Luther King, former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson, film director Spike Lee and others—literally shut down for spring break this week. As its 2,000 students took their break, every member of the faculty and staff was furloughed without pay as the college struggles to balance its books.

Mar 18 2013

Possible showdown between the two schools

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Two Los Angeles Unified School District high schools grabbed the top spots at the California Academic Decathlon Sunday, setting up a possible showdown between the L.A. schools at the national championship.

Granada Hills Charter High School finished with 56,165.5 points today in Sacramento, edging out El Camino Real Charter High School’s 55,669.5 points.

That put El Camino High just .88 percent behind of its cross-valley rivals at Granada Hills.

Mar 15 2013

Granada Hills High School defending title

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Teams of students from 17 Southland high schools will be in Sacramento today to compete in the annual California Academic Decathlon in hopes of winning a trip to the national competition.

Among the local teams competing will be two-time defending national champion Granada Hills High School, which won the Los Angeles Unified School District Academic Decathlon for the third consecutive year with 56,804.7 points out of a possible 65,400.

Feb 27 2013

Panel discussion on improving schools

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be joined today by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, N.J., in a discussion at the Los Angeles Convention Center on the challenges of urban education reform.

Villaraigosa will also be honored at the United Way of Greater Los Angeles’ 2013 Education Summit for championing education reform. Although the mayor of Los Angeles has no formal role in education, Villaraigosa has made education one of his priorities since taking office in 2005.

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