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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Back to School: Class Sizes

    Some 650,000 students went back to school yesterday in Los Angeles and most of them returned to crowded classrooms. Some classes can have more than 40 kids in them. And that means, of course, less time with the teacher. We look at what that means for education in Los Angeles.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 19, 2015 • 1 min read

    Some 650,000 students went back to school yesterday in Los Angeles and most of them returned to crowded classrooms. Some classes can have more than 40 kids in them. And that means, of course, less time with the teacher. We look at what that means for education in Los Angeles.

    The full episode

    1 of 4
    LAUSD Class Sizes, Airbnb in China, and Making L.A.: Food
    1. 0:00Back to School: Class SizesYou’re reading this
    2. 17:28Airbnb Targets China
    3. 24:17Making L.A.: Food
    4. 41:56Clifton’s Cafeteria Set to Reopen
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Howard Blume

      education reporter for the Los Angeles Times

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      Ellie Herman

      education writer and former teacher

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    LAUSD Class Sizes, Airbnb in China, and Making L.A.: Food
    1. 0:00Back to School: Class SizesYou’re reading this
    2. 17:28Airbnb Targets China
    3. 24:17Making L.A.: Food
    4. 41:56Clifton’s Cafeteria Set to Reopen
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand