UCLA will help expand a middle school in South Los Angeles under an agreement signed with the Los Angeles Unified School District last month. The Graduate School of Education and Information Studies will partner with Horace Mann Middle School to add grade levels nine through 12, develop a revised curriculum and improve after-school programs, UCLA officials said in a press release. Read more...

Photo: Principal Orlando Johnson, center, said he has already seen improvements in student performance since UCLA partnered with Horace Mann Middle School in 2014. (UCLA Newsroom)

President Donald Trump released a preliminary plan Monday in which he proposed increasing military spending by $54 billion, a 10 percent increase. The increase would be offset by spending cuts to other programs, departments and agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and foreign aid, according to The New York Times. Read more...

Photo: President Donald Trump proposed increasing military spending by $54 billion Monday and cutting funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, foreign aid and the State Department, among others. (Creative Commons photo by Gage Skidmore via flickr)