Which Way, L.A.?
Can Toyota Recover Its Image? Will LAUSD Get Real Reform?
The LA Unified School Board's accused of cow-towing to organized labor after control of most schools in a high-profile reform plan went to organized administrators and teachers. We hear from Board members and others. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, before Akio Toyoda took the stand, members of Congress asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood some of the questions Toyota owners want answered.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenThirty-six LA schools were put up for grabs in what was billed as an effort at "bold reform." But 28 will be run by administrators and teachers who are already there. Are the Unions really agents of change, or did the School Board give in to political pressure? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, before Akio Toyoda took the stand, members of Congress asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood some of the questions Toyota owners want answered. Subcommittee Chair Edolphus Towns asked about the sudden acceleration deaths of a California Highway Patrolman and members of his family.
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2 storiesCan Toyota Recover Its Image?
Before hearing from the CEO of Toyota today, members of Congress grilled the Secretary of Transportation about why regulators were so slow to act on sudden acceleration. We hear about auto safety, Toyota's future and the economy of Japan.
Read the story36 minDoes LA Unified Really Want School Reform?
Mayor Villaraigosa says the LA Unified School District has delivered " a terrible blow to reform ." The elected school board has given control of 36 new and underperforming schools mostly to groups organized by administrators and teachers who already work for the District.
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