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January 01, 1990 - May 01, 2012 + Which Way, L.A.?
Re-evaluating LA Schools Using the 'Value-Added' Method 
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Last week, the LA Times revealed that the nation's second largest school district had information that could help evaluate teachers, but never used it. This...
Child Welfare and Confidentiality in LA County
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The LA Times has been reporting on the tragic deaths of children, while their families are supposedly being scrutinized by LA County's child welfare officials....
Navigating the Los Angeles River
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Since the 1930's, the LA River has been a flood-control channel and a drainage ditch, full of trash, plastic bags and other garbage. Parts of...
Evaluating Our Teachers, Part 2
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Last night we explored the LA Times blockbuster education report on 6000 3rd through 5th grade elementary teachers and an analysis of their success or...
Grading LA's Teachers: How Important Are Test Scores?
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The United Teachers of Los Angeles, which represents most teachers at LA Unified, has called for a boycott of the Los Angeles Times. The paper...
Judge Keeps Same-Sex Marriages on Hold in California
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Gay and lesbian couples thought they might be able to marry today, but were disappointed by Judge Vaughn Walker's latest ruling. Walker said, "Yes," but...
Is Southeast LA County Just Ungovernable?
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Outlandish municipal salaries have focused national attention on Bell and some neighboring cites. Possible corruption is under investigation by county, state and federal officials. But...
Job Creation Proposals from CA Gubernatorial Candidates
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Would cutting taxes help business create jobs, or just make the rich richer? Should the state encourage climate change regulations, or would going green become...
Corruption Charges: From Washington to the City of Bell
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As she demanded last week on WWLA?, the House Ethics Committee today made public its charges against LA Democrat Maxine Waters. We look at the...
Maxine Waters Breaks Her Silence
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Los Angeles Democrat Maxine Waters faces charges from the House Ethics Committee, and she's demanding that the charges against her be made public now and...
Judge Throws Out Prop 8
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Passed in 2008, Proposition 8 declared that marriage could only occur between a man and a woman. Now a federal court says Prop 8 violates...
California Embraces National Education Standards
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Despite its problems in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is getting $300 million in stimulus money to build a power plant in Southern California. Also,...
The City of Bell and the California Pension Crisis
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The Bell city officials who were paid outrageous salaries are eligible for outrageous pensions, too, paid in large part by other cities where they worked...
The Political Food Fight at LAX
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Los Angeles is known for its world-class diversity of good restaurants, but you'd never know it at LAX, even though it's called the "international" airport....
LA Commuters, Get Ready to Ride Your Bikes
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LA Mayor Villaraigosa broke his arm on a bike a week and a half ago, and he's more eager than ever to make the city...
