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Ben Chapman

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Award-winning reporter & writer, currently helping out at @LASchoolReport @The74 @USCAnnenberg
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After the founder of the tech firm contracted to create it resigned, uncertainty surrounds LA’s new AI student chatbot. Ben Chapman breaks down the latest development, three months after launch The 74 the74million.org/article/turmoi…

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BREAKING NEWS from The 74’s Linda Jacobson: Skyrocketing Test Gains in #Oklahoma Are Largely Fiction, Experts Say the74million.org/article/skyroc…

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How can Los Angeles Unified work to reduce chronic absenteeism? Ben Chapman reports on the broad and long-lasting impact of lowered attendance rates LA School Report laschoolreport.com/la-unified-is-…

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Los Angeles Unified is the largest district in the country controlled by a school board. #LAUSD board members are relatively well-compensated compared to those of many other districts, with yearly salaries of $125,000.” Ben Chapman via The 74 the74million.org/article/los-an… #caedu #capol

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The new Los Angeles Unified Board President, Scott Schmerelson, wants to fight the district’s decreasing enrollment, which may eventually force school closures. Ben Chapman talked to the new Board President The 74. the74million.org/article/new-lo…

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In an interview with Ben Chapman, USC psychology professor Dr. Frank Manis offers seven ideas for helping students recover from the psychological aftermath of the Los Angeles wildfires. “Most kids are resilient,” he says buff.ly/4jJSqqj

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Coming tomorrow: Seven all-star education journalists share lessons and reflections on covering COVID, whose 5th anniversary is this month.

Coming tomorrow: Seven all-star education journalists share lessons and reflections on covering COVID, whose 5th anniversary is this month.
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NEW: Learning from COVID Current and former education journalists look back and share lessons on the 5th anniversary of the start of the pandemic. kappanonline.org/learning-from-…

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“Those things are looming. LAUSD would be a great target for the Trump administration if they want to put a trophy on the shelf.” @mpolikoff

“Those things are looming. LAUSD would be a great target for the Trump administration if they want to put a trophy on the shelf.” @mpolikoff
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LA Unified lost 70,000 students since the pandemic. Here’s why it matters and what comes next the74million.org/article/five-y…

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And despite this dramatic drop in enrollment, middle- and low-income families still can’t access top public schools with thousands of empty seats. District-drawn boundaries–some mirroring redlining maps–are unjustly locking them out. availabletoall.org/report-crisis-…

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Five years after the pandemic began, enrollment declines in Los Angeles Unified are worsening again, with nearly half of the district’s elementary schools half-full or worse, reports @Chapmanreports LA School Report laschoolreport.com/five-years-on-…

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When she was laid off from her job as a Los Angeles Unified teacher in the Great Recession, school board member Tanya Ortiz Franklin couldn’t have imagined she’d be back one day as the boss. Check out her interview with Ben Chapman: buff.ly/KguCxjl

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parents letting kids skip kindergarten: Kindergarten’s Overlooked Absenteeism Problem – The 74 the74million.org/article/kinder…

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“We’re trying to work for a system in which there’s more equitable access to these really coveted public schools, and it’s not based on your wealth."---ATA President Tim DeRoche Check out Ben Chapman' story on our latest report exposing how top public Los Angeles Unified are closing

“We’re trying to work for a system in which there’s more equitable access to these really coveted public schools, and it’s not based on your wealth."---ATA President <a href="/timderoche/">Tim DeRoche</a> 

Check out <a href="/ChapmanReports/">Ben Chapman</a>' story on our latest report exposing how top public <a href="/LASchools/">Los Angeles Unified</a> are closing