Many students in the Santa Monica-Malibu school district are eligible to apply for college. But are they ready?
The percentage of SMMUSD students who complete college-entrance requirements far outstrips the
Just like many other teens his age, 15 year old Harvard-Westlake freshman Luca Pistor has a summer job lined up for after the school year ends. But Pistor won'
Nine years ago, when Kezia Setiawan moved with her family from Indonesia to Southern California, her parents were hoping to provide her with a solid education.
It appears she’s
The Santa Monica and Malibu factions of the school district’s separation committee are like teenage lovers: They’re back together to talk about breaking up.
The two sides have
The search is on.
A few weeks following the announcement that Sandra Lyon will step down as the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s superintendent, officials are getting the ball rolling
As the Santa Monica-Malibu school district’s chief financial officer, Jan Maez manages millions of dollars in government funds, tax revenues, voter-backed bonds.
And she gets paid pretty well to
At McKinley Elementary School, the site of students hopping out of minivan sliding doors in the morning isn’t as common as it used to be.
Some ride bikes to
Born, raised and educated in Santa Monica, early childhood educator Monica Delia is now helping to educate her home community's youngest learners.
“How and what children learn during
A controversial donation from Franklin Elementary School’s parent teacher association to the local education foundation has led to the involvement of the state PTA and a call for increased
As far as the Santa Monica-Malibu school district is concerned, not enough students are being challenged with rigorous coursework or graduating from high school with Advanced Placement credit.
That’s
For parts of three decades, Robert Seymour figured out how to make science engaging and relevant in classrooms filled with pubescent preteens.
It was perhaps the former stuntman’s greatest
The school year is drawing to a close, but the battle over chemical cleanup in Malibu rages on.
The local Board of Education is scheduled to spend half an hour
