Ryan Smith

Chief External Officer, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

Guest

Executive director for Ed Trust West, an education and research advocacy organization that focuses on closing achievement gaps in California

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On Monday, 600,000 public school students in LA went back to physical classrooms after a year and a half of the pandemic.

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