LAUSD fights summer brain drain amid budget cuts
NPR (Interview transcript and audio)
Los Angeles' summer school budget was reduced from $8 million last year to $3 million this year. L.A. Unified School District superintendent John Deasy says faculty members' efforts in taking furloughs and pay cuts were not enough to prevent the budget cut. Host Michel Martin speaks with Deasy to learn more about how parents, students and the district are coping. (more...)