IDEA Research Brief Cited in USA Today Story About Teacher Layoffs in Los Angeles
June 17, 2009
Los Angeles loses new breed of teachers in layoffs
By Christina Hoag
LOS ANGELES — Sean Leys sat huddled and still in a tent on a sidewalk outside of a Los Angeles middle school, fatigued by an ongoing hunger strike but resolved to protest looming teacher layoffs.
The longtime English teacher, holding a biography of labor-rights leader Cesar Chavez in his lap, was camped outside John H. Liechty Middle School with about 20 colleagues, an occasional motorist honking a horn in support of their cause.
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