What we publish
Each school profile is built only from primary sources: the school's own website (class, schedule, tuition, and about pages), its official social profiles, and, when needed, established press for founding history. Every profile lists its sources with the date we accessed them.
What we never do
- We never copy a school's marketing copy. Every description is written by us, from verified facts.
- We never estimate prices. If a school does not publish tuition, the profile says exactly that.
- We never rank schools or name a single "best" school. The comparison page compares documented fields.
- We never let payment change facts, ordering, or verification (see the advertising policy).
Status labels
Every listing carries one of five status labels, each with a check date:
- Verified Active: strong recent evidence of current classes, such as dated schedules, open enrollment for upcoming sessions, or dated recent official announcements. A live website alone never earns this label.
- Appears Active: the school maintains current-looking enrollment channels and there is no contrary evidence, but we found no dated recent proof. We recommend confirming by phone.
- Temporarily Paused: the school says, or the evidence shows, that classes are suspended.
- Unverified: real history, but current operation could not be confirmed from primary sources. Kept out of the active directory and listed on the closed programs page.
- Permanently Closed: closure confirmed by primary evidence (dead official channels, marked closed listings, successor schools, or announcements). Fields we could not confirm are not displayed at all rather than guessed.
Inclusion criteria
Established, currently operating acting schools and training programs in greater Los Angeles. Active operation must be provable from current schedules, dated 2026 class listings, or equivalent evidence. Schools of any size can be listed through the same process; nobody can pay to be included or excluded.
Updates
Every profile shows a researched date and a last-verified date. When a school's own pages conflict (it happens more than you would think), we either publish the conflict openly or hold the fact back until the school confirms.