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Students Deserve the Full Picture. They Also Deserve the Full Support System.
This opinion-editorial was written by Kennedy Dixon, a veteran school counselor in the Long Beach Unified School District…
Op-Ed: During college decision season, students deserve the full picture
Dr. Jill Baker is the former superintendent of Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD). The district educates approximately…
Long Beach has a chance to close a major opportunity gap: school counseling standards
Kennedy Dixon is a veteran school counselor in the Long Beach Unified School District and a former assistant…
Op-Ed: They asked us to build it. Now they’re taking it apart.
Black families in Long Beach helped create something rare in a school district: programs that actually worked. Now, key parts of that work are being dismantled quietly, without transparency or meaningful community partnership.
Help LBUSD students and adopt-a-chick with local nonprofit Ground Education
The nonprofit will give students hands-on life science lessons, accessible to all through their YouTube Chick Cam.
LBUSD laid off over 500 employees. Teachers and staff are concerned about the long-term impact.
From counselors and aides to librarians and wellness staff, LBUSD employees say the impacts of these cuts will be varied and far-reaching.
LBCC opens new home for aerospace and manufacturing programs
Long Beach City College (LBCC) recently welcomed a new addition to its Trades, Technology, and Community Learning Campus…
New California bill aims to give associate degrees to those with ‘some college, no degree’
To assist Long Beach’s population of former college students working without a completed degree, Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal recently…
‘No layoffs!’ Teachers, school employees unite against LBUSD budget cuts
An estimated $100 million deficit poses a threat to hundreds of LBUSD workers as the district seeks to reduce expenses.
Op-Ed: In a crisis, you don’t cut the lifelines: The case against slashing LBUSD school counselors
Kennedy Dixon is a veteran school counselor in the Long Beach Unified School District and a former assistant…