Bruce Smith

Teacher at Locke High School

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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given Green Dot Charter schools 7.8 million dollars to divide Locke High , with  it's three-thousand students, into ten separate…

Locke High and Green Dot Receive Millions From Gates Foundation

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given Green Dot Charter schools 7.8 million dollars to divide Locke High , with  it's three-thousand students, into ten separate…

from Which Way, L.A.?

The LA Times reports that a majority of the seventy-three tenured teachers at LA’s Locke High School have signed petitions asking that Green Dot Public Schools take over.

Should the LAUSD Have a Lock on Locke High School?

The LA Times reports that a majority of the seventy-three tenured teachers at LA’s Locke High School have signed petitions asking that Green Dot Public Schools take over.

from Which Way, L.A.?

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