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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    A preview of the LA Unified School Board election

    There’s a special election on Tuesday for a seat on the LA Unified School Board, the second largest school district in the country.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 4, 2019 • 1 min read

    There’s a special election on Tuesday for a seat on the LA Unified School Board, the second largest school district in the country. The seat will likely be a swing vote on the issue of charters, and could determine the fate of charter schools in the district for years to come. It’s a crowded field with 10 candidates running.

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Efforts to change laws around police officers’ use of deadly force
    1. 0:00Sacramento lawmakers want to make it easier to indict officers using deadly force
    2. 10:22A preview of the LA Unified School Board electionYou’re reading this
    3. 17:32Trump to sign executive order protecting free speech on college campuses
    4. 26:02Face tattoos and druggy lyrics: How Soundcloud rappers saved rap music
    5. 40:06Remembering ‘90210’ star Luke Perry
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