The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

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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?

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?

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Karen Radziner, Frances Anderton, Christian Bordal, Katie Cooper, Dan Konecky, Vanessa Romo