The United Teacher's Union of Los Angeles has just chosen a new President, and with a large mandate. Eighty percent of LA Unified's teachers voted for Alex Caputo-Pearl over the sitting president, Warren Fletcher. The new leader of the teachers' union has a long record in progressive causes in education. Can he move forward on reforms to teacher evaluation and the influence of standardized testing?
UTLA Elects a New and Little Known President… by a Landslide
Credits
Guest:
Alex Caputo-Pearl - president of United Teachers Los Angeles -
@UTLAnow
Host:
Barbara Bogaev
Producers:
Benjamin Gottlieb,
Andrea Brody,
Mike Kessler,
Gideon Brower