A civil rights lawyer by trade and an education activist by avocation, Shavar Jeffries was thrust into the spotlight in early 2010 when he was elected to a school board seat in Newark. It was an era ...

East Los Angeles charter school KIPP Sol Academy will stay open after a 4-3 vote by the Board of Education Tuesday evening. Hundreds of students, parents and staff made a Hail Mary pitch in Downey ...

KIPP SoCal Public Schools, which operates 23 charter schools, will close three campuses, a reversal of fortunes for an organization that had grown steadily and is considered a leader in the field. The ...

KIPP Pueblo Unido, which rents classroom space from a Maywood church, will be one of three KIPP charter schools shutting down because of low enrollment and other challenges. (Howard Blume / Los ...