Los Angeles Teachers

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  Massive US Teachers' Strike, First In 30 Years, Affects 500,000 Students

  More than 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles walked off the job on Monday to press their demands for better pay, smaller class sizes and more educators.

• Report Uncovers Alleged Sex Abuse of US Students

  A law enforcement report has revealed allegations of sexual abuse of elementary school students by a former Los Angeles teacher who previously pleaded no contest to committing lewd acts on children.

• 'Simpsons' voice actress Marcia Wallace dies

  Marcia Wallace, the voice Edna Krabappel -- Bart Simpson's jaded, chain-smoking school teacher on the animated show "The Simpsons" -- has died, the show producers said Saturday.

• 12-year-old US student arrested for plot to kill classmates

  A 12-year-old middle school student in California has been detained for plotting to shoot 23 classmates and a teacher as officials seized a cache of rifles and handguns from his home.

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  Russell Brand to become a yoga teacher?

  Actor-comedian Russell Brand is reportedly planning to open his own yoga studio in Los Angeles with the help of instructor Tej Kau to help drug users.

• LA school in sex abuse scandal reopens

  Children are returning to a Los Angeles-area elementary school where the entire staff has been replaced following the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students in class. Police are keeping an eye on Miramonte Elementary School on Thursday morning as youngsters head to classes after a two-day closure.

• Los Angeles school closed after teacher arrested for 'lewd' acts with 6-year-olds

  The superintendent of schools is meeting with worried parents and classes are cancelled for two days at a Southern California elementary school where two teachers are suspected of lewd acts with young students, officials said.

• Los Angeles teacher charged with molesting 23 kids

  Mark Berndt, LA teacher, Miramonte Elementary School, LA school