The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

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Warren Olney

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Mayor Villaraigosa will get to run some of LA’s most troubled public schools. The new school board is going along, but the roles of parents and teachers’ are not yet clear. How will the “partnership schools” be different from charter schools? Will state law allow them to get extra resources? Who will decide if the Mayor’s office is doing a better job than LA Unified’s existing bureaucracy?

The courts vetoed Mayor Villaraigosa’s bid for direct power over all of LA’s public schools. But a newly elected school board majority has agreed to what’s called The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. The Mayor will get to run two low-performing high schools along with the elementary and middle schools that feed them. Partnership schools will plan curriculum, recruit staff and control their own budgets. Governing councils will include principals, teachers, staff members, students and parents.

Guests:

Ray Cortines: Los Angeles’ Deputy Mayor for Schools
Connie Rice: Chair of the School Construction Bond Citizens' Oversight Committee, @ConnieRicePCN
Raphael Sonenshein: Professor of Political Science, California State University Fullerton, @PBI
A.J. Duffy: President of the United Teachers Los Angeles

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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

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