History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Antonio Villaraigosa could be the education mayor -- if he takes charge of LAUSD reform
- 08-02-2010
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Editorial/Los Angeles Daily News
Antonio Villaraigosa swept into the Mayor's Office in 2005 in large part due to a promise to reform Los Angeles' monumentally failing public education system. It mattered little to voters that the mayor of Los Angeles has no endowed authority over the schools. They believed he could effect change. And he did, at least at first. Villaraigosa immediately set in motion an unprecedented reform revolution within the Los Angeles Unified School District simply on the strength of his political capital. He called in favors and tapped allies from his many years in state and local politics. He very nearly got passed a state law giving him actual control of the schools. (more...)
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