Milla Surjadi
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Milla Surjadi was a 2023 Metro reporting intern at the Los Angeles Times. A New York City native, she is a rising senior at Duke University, where she studies English and journalism. She served as editor in chief of the Chronicle, Duke’s independent student newspaper, last year. She has interned at the Tampa Bay Times and written for the 9th Street Journal and IndyWeek.
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Transitional kindergarten is a big adjustment for 4-year-olds. LAUSD teachers share tips and tricks they use to get them through the first days of school.
Aug. 14, 2023
As Los Angeles schools welcome 4-year-olds to transitional kindergarten, Supt. Alberto Carvalho vows to make up for pandemic learning loss in two years.
Aug. 14, 2023
UC students who aspire to work as union organizers are taking part in a paid fellowship where they experience a real-time look at labor unrest in L.A.
Aug. 11, 2023
The one-day strike lacked some of the heat and anger that has surfaced during the prolonged walkouts from other Southern California unions.
Aug. 8, 2023
In the first major walkout by Los Angeles city government workers in decades, thousands walked off the job Tuesday.
Aug. 8, 2023
The action takes the battle over teaching about racism to state civil court and, if the ban is overturned, could have a sweeping effect in California.
Aug. 2, 2023
The college essay, a crucial pitch in which applicants have limited words to describe who they are and why campuses should admit them, just got more stressful for students of color with the affirmative action ban.
July 6, 2023
Student loan holders are bracing for a double hit. Biden’s loan relief plan is blocked, and a years-long pandemic pause in payments ends in October.
June 30, 2023
Some Asian Americans believe college officials will find ways to get around the ban and ensure they admit enough underrepresented students, including Black Americans and Latinos.
June 29, 2023
They were first-year high school students when the pandemic shut down campuses. As graduates, they describe the transformative mark it left on their high school years.
June 26, 2023