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The LA compact: A dollop of hope for our schools
- 03-17-2010
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By Charles Kerchner/Huffington Post
Get Los Angeles Unified, the mayor, unions, and universities together to help schools get better? Yeah, we've heard that story before. They've got the attention span of a moth and fly away toward the next political flame. This time it might be different. Last month these worthy parties signed something called the LA Compact: A Collaboration to Transform Education in Los Angeles. Shortly thereafter, the school board sent layoff notices to 5,200 teachers, the District got sued, and the feds began to investigate how the schools do or don't teach English language learners. No wonder hardly anyone noticed. But the LA Compact is worthy of notice and a dollop of hope. (more...)
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