Adults of all ages, backgrounds secure their high school diplomas

Burbank resident David Standel was scheduled to graduate from high school in 1961 before a series of complicated family issues forced him to drop out.

School districts face deficits next year

Glendale and Burbank school districts are facing structural deficits of $19.5 million and $6 million, respectively, in 2012-13 officials said this week, even if California voters pass a November tax initiative meant to bolster state coffers.

Burbank Unified head to become College of the Sequoias president

Roughly two years after taking the helm as superintendent of Burbank Unified, Stan Carrizosa is going back to the Central Valley.

Patt Morrison: Burbank's Rebecca Mieliwocki on what makes a great teacher

The class clown from Mr. Gadberry's high school art class has made good — and how. Rebecca Mieliwocki teaches seventh-grade English at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank — but not next year.

Scholastic plans to publish book penned by Burbank students

McKinley Elementary School families are accustomed to browsing titles penned by prominent authors at their annual book fair. Next year, there will be some familiar names in the mix.

Burbank High students polish up their rides

A gaggle of oil-spattered students stood beneath a raised Acura Integra in the auto shop at Burbank High School Tuesday, reaching their hands into its undercarriage.

Burbank Unified's superintendent is finalist for top college job in Visalia

Burbank Unified Supt. Stan Carrizosa has been named one of five finalists for president of a community college in Central California.

Ed Helms entertains Burbank students

Actor and musician Ed Helms, best known for his roles on the NBC sitcom “The Office” and the hit movie “The Hangover,” took his star power to Providencia Elementary School on Tuesday where he performed for students as part of a bluegrass trio.

Students cook with produce from on-campus garden

The smell of tacos wafted down the hall at Jordan Middle School Tuesday, beckoning visitors to the culinary arts lab where students busied themselves at their cooking stations.

After national recognition, Mieliwocki gets a raucous homecoming

A week that started with a national television appearance and a visit to the White House came full circle Monday as newly-named  National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki was given a raucous welcome home by students and colleagues at Luther Burbank Middle School.

Parents explore frustrations of disability

A group of parents of children with special needs experienced frustration firsthand on Saturday when they were asked to perform a series of exercises designed to test their visual perceptions and thought processes.

Grants bolster Burbank arts education

The Burbank Arts for All Foundation is following one banner year with another, announcing a new wave of grants totaling $27,250 in support of arts education.

Rebecca Mieliwocki lauded as Teacher of the Year

Flanked by her family and colleagues, President Obama today called Burbank Unified teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki — the 2012 national Teacher of the Year — “the definition of ‘above and beyond.'”

Obama: Mieliwocki is definition of 'above and beyond'

Flanked by her family and colleagues, President Obama today called Burbank Unified teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki -- the 2012 national Teacher of the Year -- “the definition of ‘above and beyond.’”

Burbank's national Teacher of the Year: 'It is electrifying'

Glendale can now call itself home to the top educator in the country.

Burbank Unified's Mieliwocki named 2012 National Teacher of the Year

Burbank Unified teacher Rebecca Mieliwocki was named today as the 2012 National Teacher of the Year. She was picked from among more than 3 million educators.

School districts stretch Internet reach

As students seek greater flexibility with schedules and opportunities for grade improvement, K-12 school districts are wading deeper into a world of online learning once reserved for college courses.

School librarians are becoming an endangered species

Maura Large trains students at Eliot Middle School in Altadena in the language of dictionaries, encyclopedias and almanacs.

School moves ahead with transforming GM site

The European-style prep school that is in escrow to buy the former General Motors training facility in Burbank's Rancho district from a Santa Monica developer is moving ahead with plans to call the site home.

Trash is the latest fashion trend at Muir Middle School

Models strode to and fro, blotting their makeup and adjusting their hair. Designers made last-minute tweaks to hemlines and shoulder straps. A producer looked anxiously at her watch.

Schools may ban cell equipment

In the wake of a controversial proposal to install a telecommunications facility in a local church, the Burbank Unified School District is moving to ban similar equipment on any of its campuses.

Pre-kindergarten program to launch in the fall

After months of uncertainty, Burbank Unified officials this week said they will launch a free, pre-kindergarten program for children with fall birthdays for the coming school year.

Local students compete in L.A. County Science Fair

Local middle and high school students shined among more than 1,100 brainy kids competing for glory in the 62nd annual Los Angeles County Science Fair on Friday and Saturday at the Pasadena Convention Center.

Through playwriting program, students improve writing skills

A three-year theater arts initiative designed to strengthen the writing skills of middle school students is drawing to a close as the student playwrights and their collaborators stage a final series of performances of work they've written.

State names Roosevelt Elementary 'distinguished'

Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School was one of hundreds of schools statewide Thursday to be named 2012 California Distinguished Schools.