Standing ovation for Patricia Martin, Garfield High School teacher, and the incredible Mariachi Divas for bringing their violins to center stage at this year’s @NFL Halftime Show with #BadBunny! 🎻✨
With every bow stroke and soaring string, you delivered a performance that resonated across the stadium and around the world — showcasing the power of culture, talent, and representation and making our communities and students proud.
Thank you for elevating our heritage, uplifting our students, and showing the world the brilliance that lives in Los Angeles Unified every single day. #InspiringGreatness
Librarians are essential partners teaching Career-aligned inquiry, research skills used in college & industry, digital tools, and databases that mirror postsecondary expectations! Let our LBUSD Senior Team know you support library programs!https://t.co/2CgfpTHaAa
Librarians are essential partners teaching Career-aligned inquiry, research skills used in college & industry, digital tools, and databases that mirror postsecondary expectations! Let our LBUSD Senior Team know you support library programs!https://t.co/2CgfpTHaAa
Our #ProudtobeLBUSD Students deserve access to their school libraries! Simply fill out top of petition and select “Add Your Voice” to show support. https://t.co/2CgfpTHaAa
The “science of reading” movement isn’t slowing down.
Throughout 2025, Education Week has covered how states and districts are continuing to put new instructional methods and materials into practice, with the goal of better aligning reading instruction to the approaches research has found are most effective.
And increasingly, the field is debating what best practice looks like beyond shoring up foundational skills instruction for early elementary school students—with educators asking which curricula are best for teaching reading comprehension, and how to support older readers who are struggling, too.
Education Week followed these stories and others in reading this year. Watch the video below for three highlights.
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#ProudtobeLBUSD@LongBeachPost LBUSD plans to cut library programs to only be open 1-2 days a week Elem- MS. 2.5 days at HS w/1500 s. Speak out about this inequity.
Breaking: We’re going to court to keep the Dept of Ed from cutting $50m in education funding from our state - mainly hitting rural schools.
It’s unlawful, and our students deserve better.
Here’s the situation:
Something happens between adolescence and adulthood- many people stop prioritizing reading. Librarians find ways to rekindle the joy of a good book.
https://t.co/hcFqgT7B38