In ground-breaking action, the Los Angeles Unified school board voted Tuesday to ban suspensionsof defiant students, directing officials to use alternative disciplinary practices instead.
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The effectiveness of school suspensions is up for debate. California is the most recent battleground, but a pattern of uneven application and negative outcomes is apparent across the country...
By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporters Travis Gilmore, Jaime Varela, Michelle Navarro, Ariella Rams and Jasmine Hamilton
Last month, students and administrators at Jordan High School in North Long Beach came together for a Youth Empowerment Conference...
Amanda Bencomo, right, and Dahlia Chavez, left, present on
bullying during a Peace 90805 workshop on April 13...
Interactive Map by Angel Kastanis
Four pieces of legislation are revamping the education system as we know it...
Long Beach Unified might want to hide the report card it got last month...
In ground-breaking action, the Los Angeles Unified school board voted Tuesday to ban suspensionsof defiant students, directing officials to use alternative disciplinary practices instead.
Empty classrooms sit unoccupied while posters of the food pyramid and a woman’s reproductive cycle collect dust on the walls...
As the People’s State of the City gears up this upcoming Thursday, VoiceWaves asked some of its youth what they thought were some of the biggest issues facing Long Beach youth right now...
This summary of Key Findings in sixteen new research studies, all presented in January 2013 at the “Closing the School Discipline Gap Conference,” describes the school discipline gap, contributing factors, and the benefits of reducing the disparities for students’ academic and life outcomes, and school safety...
Hundreds of students and parents showed up in support for the launch of the “Every Student Matters” (ESM) campaign this past weekend at Cesar Chavez Park...
March 30th marked a historic day for the Building Healthy Communities: Long Beach Youth Committee! They publicly launched the Every Student Matters Campaign!..
For two months last year, 17-year-old Polytechnic High School Senior Amanda Em was sick and didn’t seek treatment...
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