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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The future of public education in LA

    Here in LA the most expensive school board race in American history is over. It cost about $15 million for two races between charter schools and the teachers’ union.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 23, 2017 • 1 min read

    Here in LA the most expensive school board race in American history is over. It cost about $15 million for two races between charter schools and the teachers’ union. The union lost and the Los Angeles Unified School Board now has a majority of pro-charter members on it, deciding education policy for more than 600,000 children in the second largest school district in the nation. We speak to the head of UTLA and one of the new school board members.

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      Alex Caputo-Pearl

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    Who is winning the fight to control LA’s public schools?
    1. 0:00A terrorist attack in Manchester
    2. 17:51Remembering Roger Moore and his best James Bond moments
    3. 26:48The future of public education in LAYou’re reading this
    4. 43:15Chengdu Impression: Bringing pricey Sichuan to the San Gabriel Valley
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