Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Melvoin v. Zimmer for LA School Board District 4
A school board race in West LA is on track to be the most expensive school board race in the nation. More than $5 million has been poured into the contest. Most of it is outside money. Some of it comes from big-name donors like Eli Broad. This race has become a stand-in for the charter versus traditional school debate.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readA school board race in West LA is on track to be the most expensive school board race in the nation. More than $5 million has been poured into the contest. Most of it is outside money. Some of it comes from big-name donors like Eli Broad. This race has become a stand-in for the charter versus traditional school debate. The two candidates join Press Play for a debate.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Nick Melvoin
member of the LAUSD Board of Education for District 4
Steve Zimmer
LA Unified School District; candidate for School Board District 4 seat
The full episode
1 of 4Melvoin v. Zimmer: A debate over the future of LAUSD- 0:00Melvoin v. Zimmer for LA School Board District 4You’re reading this
- 17:53Why FBI director James Comey feels 'mildly nauseous'
- 26:53In 'Risk,' a character study of Julian Assange and his sexual assault charges
- 43:35Remembering Jean Stein, daughter of Hollywood royalty