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
A.J. Duffy: Teachers' choice
- 03-15-2010
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Column by Patt Morrison/Los Angeles Times
It tells you a lot about what A.J. Duffy brings to the game that he got his job as president of United Teachers Los Angeles by trouncing the incumbent, which had never before happened at the union. Just Call Me Duffy could have been cast for the movie version of his job. A former Brooklyn kid with a "you and whose army?" attitude, the man who once taught in L.A.'s inner city wearing T-shirts and chinos now wears two-tone Miami mobster shoes and snazzy suits to lead a teachers union of 40,000 members, more than some school districts have students. (more...)
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