Great Public Schools Now
Executive Director of the nonprofit Great Public Schools Now.
PROFILE
Myrna Castrejon
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FROM Myrna Castrejon
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Is Austin Beutner the right pick to lead LA's public schools? Austin Beutner is the new chief of the Los Angeles public school system. Beutner is a philanthropist, former deputy mayor, former LA Times publisher.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
A New Charter School Plan from Great Public Schools Now Last September, a confidential draft memo from an organization called Great Public Schools Now was published by the LA Times. The memo said that several pro-charter schools groups wanted to build more than 200 charters and enroll half of LA’s public school students in them.
Which Way, L.A.?
Should LA Put Half its Students in Charter Schools? A contentious debate has been ramped up again by the leak of a 44-page strategy plan for doubling the number of charter schools in LA Unified. Most details of how that would be accomplished have not been made public—but the plan calls for raising almost a half-billion dollars in private money. The elected school board is already sharply divided.
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Art Talk
Richard Diebenkorn at Weisman Museum at Pepperdine Hunter Drohojowska-Philp welcomes a show of previously unseen paintings.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
El Chapo trial: $100 million bribes and nighttime sewer escapes There’s been plenty of drama this week at the El Chapo trial, where it was revealed that he allegedly bribed a Mexican president. He also performed a movie-like escape in the dead of night as agents came to arrest him.
Design and Architecture
Preparing LA buildings for the Big One On January 17, 1994, Angelenos were awoken at around 4:30 am by the earth shaking beneath us. The Northridge earthquake and its aftershocks killed 57 people, injured thousands, and toppled and damaged tens of thousands of buildings.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How the teachers strike affects low-income minority students Negotiations are back on between the teachers and LAUSD. We look at what they should be talking about with an education consultant who’s seen both sides. Also, what happened at two Central LA school where teachers met with parents?