Which Way, L.A.?
Adult Education on the LAUSD Chopping Block
Tomorrow, LA's elected school board will vote on whether to block an important pathway to a better future for 300,000 people. Will the board abolish adult education?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenTomorrow, LA's elected school board will vote on whether to block an important pathway to a better future for 300,000 people. Veterans, laid-off workers, immigrant parents and prospective citizens will need other ways to make progress in the LA environment. Will the board abolish adult education? Also, we handicap the race to take ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers — parking lots included. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, is Apple facing the music?
Banner image of students sitting in their English as a Second Language classroom by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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3 storiesAdult Education on the LAUSD Chopping Block
A program supporters call part of the "fabric of Los Angeles" will be on the chopping block at tomorrow's meeting of the Los Angeles School Board. It's a program that goes back to 1887, has provided LA with skilled workers since the post-World War II economic boom, and shows immigrant parents how to help their kids do their homework.
Read the story14 minDodgers' Ownership, Past and Future
All of Los Angeles knows that the Dodgers are up for sale, and the first round of bidding is over. The first week of this month, prospective owners who made the cut got tours of the Stadium and Chavez Ravine, and several paid visits to Magic Johnson.
Read the story11 minIs Apple Facing the Music?
Last year it was Wired magazine, reporting on allegedly inhumane working conditions at Foxconn, which makes iPads and iPhones for Apple at two factories in China.
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