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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.

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By Warren Olney • Feb 25, 2010 • 52m Listen

Thirty-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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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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