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SMMUSD Announces Free and Reduced-Price Meals for 2024-25 School Year
Children Are Eligible for Free or Reduced-Price Meals if Their Household Income Is at or Below Federal Guidelines. The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) has announced its policy for providing nutritious meals to students every school day under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and Afterschool Snack Program for the 2024-25 school year.
UCLA history department receives $25 million donation from Meyer and Renee Luskin
UCLA has received a $25 million donation to support faculty, students and public-oriented programs in the history department, the university announced Tuesday.The landmark donation from business leader Meyer Luskin and his wife Renee - alumni and longtime donors to the university - is intended to guarantee UCLA's role as a national leader in bringing historical research and knowledge beyond the campus.It is the largest single donation to the history department and to the UCLA College Division of Social Sciences.The donation will support the expansion of the department's public-facing centers and programs, including the Luskin Center for History and Policy, the Public History Initiative, the "Why History Matters" series and the new "Making History in Los Angeles" program, according to a UCLA press release."This gift will ensure that students and faculty have ample resources and opportunities to study the past, which will allow them to further understanding of the present in service to the public good," Meyer Luskin said in a statement.UCLA said it will name the department as the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Department of History in recognition of the pledge.
Sunday Buzz: Real Portrayal Of USC
It’s typical posting like this from Scott that has contributed to the demise of his third-rate blog. Here’s the pathetic part, the limp dics on this blog lack the dexterity to even play a video game. Just look at MG, the freak got knocked out by his heavy bag.Slo cal needs help changing his Depend. Don’t even get me started with PT, a total mess.
L.A. Students Vocalize Disdain for Cellphone Ban
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) recently voted to ban cell phones during the school day, citing concerns about distractions and students’ mental health. However, high school students across the county are unhappy with the decision, according to Los Angeles Magazine. “Either a student is going to want to learn or they’re not, and...
Former LACC Professor Who Was Husband’s Main Caregiver Sues for Discrimination
A former faculty professor is suing the Los Angeles Community College District, alleging she was forced to resign earlier this year because her supervisors would not accommodate her with a schedule allowing her to care for her seriously ill husband at the family home in Ohio. Darlene Levy-Potter’s Los Angeles...
UCLA promotes language learning engagement amid decreased national enrollment
Amid a downward trend in collegiate language course enrollments nationally, UCLA language programs and student organizations continue to push for active engagement in language learning. Language learning enrollment in higher education saw a significant drop in recent years, according to the latest Modern Language Association report released last November. On...
L.A. officials to celebrate early childhood education program
City officials will celebrate an early childhood education program, launched in 2021 under former Mayor Eric Garcetti’s administration, with a commencement ceremony Tuesday at Los Angeles Trade Technical-College.
No. 1 2025 WBB recruit has USC in top 10 list
Monterey High School five-star women’s basketball recruit Aaliyah Chavez is the nation’s No. 1 recruit for the 2025 class. She has narrowed down her college list to 10 top Division I programs: Texas Tech, Arizona, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma, South Carolina, UCLA, Tennessee, Texas and USC. The Lubbock (Texas) native was selected as High School Girls Basketball Player of Year by Texas MaxPreps and a first team All-American. For the season, Chavez a 5-foot-8 junior point guard averaged 37.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.5 steals per game according to the website Max Preps She continues to dominate on the Nike EYBL circuit this offseason,...
USC Morning Buzz: Naturally, Recruiting Remains On Center Stage
I never watched Midnight Special and only discovered it on YouTube a few months ago. Some GREAT performances on that show!. It used to be on Friday nights on Channel 7. They had the top groups show up and play. I remember seeing John fogerty. Like. Addison might want to...
Short on students, Reform Judaism’s seminary introduces remote ordination program
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the flagship rabbinical school of Reform Judaism, will allow students to pursue ordination remotely, the school announced Tuesday, part of a program overhaul that aims to reverse plummeting enrollment. Beginning in 2025, HUC will offer two ordination tracks — one based at its New York and Los Angeles campuses,...
Claire Cahen, Occidental College – Selling Student Futures
Claire Cahen, assistant professor of urban and environmental policy, determines it might not be spread evenly. Claire Cahen (she/ her/ hers) is an urbanist, researcher and educator living and working in Los Angeles. She researches and writes about municipal austerity and public sector union renewal—how workers are responding to decades of cuts to public services, how they are forming new labor-community alliances in the process, and the relationship between inequality and the privatization of public goods, especially public education. She holds a PhD in Environmental Psychology from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York. She is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy at Occidental College.
Occidental faculty featured on NPR's Academic Minute
Eagle Rock -- Five Occidental College faculty members will be featured on NPR's The Academic Minute, according to a college announcement. The program that showcases academic research from around the world presents a different expert each day and will be broadcast on more than 70 NPR stations across the U.S. and Canada. They will also be shared on the Academic Minute, the NPR website, and Inside Higher Ed website.
$70 million upgrade will add classrooms, kitchen facilities to Los Angeles elementary
Construction crews are working on a $70 million project at Ivanhoe Elementary School in Los Angeles that will result in a new two-story building housing 15 permanent classrooms. The Eastsider reports that when crews complete construction in 2026, the new building will also provide the school with a new kitchen...
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