Jenna Korobow, a recent theater alumna, had been on stage many times, but nothing could have prepared her for her post-graduate debut: teaching the first grade. Read more...

Marjorie Clark is a white teacher in a Washington, D.C. high school where more than 95 percent of the students are black. She grew up in Albany, Ore., in a rural, white, middle-class community before attending UCLA. Read more...

Stacey Arthur arrives at Bonner Elementary School in Houston, Texas at 6:30 a.m. every weekday to make photocopies, fill out paperwork, and set up her classroom. Read more...

With an overwhelming chorus of “aye” votes, the California Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday that would require state public retirement systems to divest from companies with holdings in Sudan. Read more...

A record 37,000 students who were offered admission to a University of California campus this fall chose to enroll, and 4,852 of them will be attending UCLA. Read more...

No speeches or large rallies accompanied Anita Yu Westly’s stop at UCLA Wednesday. Instead, Yu Westly, wife of Democratic gubernatorial candidate and State Controller Steve Westly, opted for a small, informal luncheon with students and faculty, discussing the campaign issues as they arose in conversation. Read more...

The Graduate Students Association wrapped up its last meeting of the year and swore in its recently elected officers on Wednesday night. Outgoing GSA officers discussed the continued efforts to validate the graduate student writing center referendum, which would add $3 to quarterly graduate student fees to help fund a center to assist students with writing and presentation skills. Read more...