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
Judge orders injunction against LAUSD teacher layoffs in ACLU lawsuit
- 05-14-2010
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By James Panetta/KPCC
It really is all about the money. … more precisely, the lack of it. California’s budget issues have reached a boiling point. In one indication of where the state is financially, an L.A. County Superior Court judge is preventing LAUSD from laying off teachers at three troubled Los Angeles middle schools. Apparently the state has arrived at a point in which it is so upside down with its budget that it can’t afford to fire them. The three schools in question, South L.A.'s Samuel Gompers and Edwin Markham, and John H. Liechty, located in Pico Union, are in horrendous shape. (more...) (Patt Morrison's interview - audio)
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