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FILE - In this May 13, 2018, file photo, new graduates walk into the High Point Solutions Stadium before the start of the Rutgers University graduation ceremony in Piscataway Township, N.J. Colleges across the U.S. have begun cancelling and curtailing spring graduation events amid fears that the new coronavirus will not have subsided before the stretch of April and May when schools typically invite thousands of visitors to campus to honor graduating seniors. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Opinion: If you’re rethinking going to college, think again

There are valid alternatives to getting a four-year degree, but for the U.S. to thrive and for students to be all they can be, the emphasis on college should remain.

Oct. 15, 2024
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 26, 2024: Dorsey High School students Caleel Smith, front, Maki Draper, Braxton Jordan, and Kei' Shawn Henderson, left, are a part of the Black Students Achievement Plan or BSAP on September 26, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. They are fighting to save the program. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

LAUSD’s Black student achievement program upended, targeted by conservative Virginia group

Oct. 14, 2024
Los Angeles, CA - April 04: After losing three days of instruction from the LAUSD strike, 7th-grader Dylan Camacho, 13, 7th studies in 7th/8th grade English and Social Studies class as he joins fellow students participating in "acceleration days," which are intended as an opportunity for needed but optional extended learning for all students in the nation's second-largest school system at Griffith STEAM Magnet Middle School in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

LAUSD math, English test scores show strong gains, but most students still not proficient

Oct. 11, 2024
Los Angeles, CA - October 07: A pro Palestine rally at UCLA on the one-year anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7th attack on Israel on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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