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    What Happens When It's the Teacher Who's in Detention?

    Members of the United Teachers of Los Angeles held protest vigils Monday outside four places called "teacher jails." KCRW's Saul Gonzalez reports on what the dispute's all about.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Members of the United Teachers of Los Angeles held protest vigils Monday outside four places called "teacher jails." KCRW's Saul Gonzalez reports on what the dispute's all about. (He speaks with "Cathy," a teacher currently in teacher jail who doesn't want her named used, LAUSD General Counsel David Holmquist, and middle school teacher Scott Mandel, United Teachers LA's point person on teacher jail issues.)

    We also hear from Howard Blume, who reports on education for the LA Times. Blume has more on teacher jails and on the death of veteran LA School Board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte.

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    LA Unified Sends Teachers to 'Teacher Jail'
    1. 0:00LA Sheriff's Officers Union Pushes Back against FBI Investigation
    2. 7:10What Happens When It's the Teacher Who's in Detention?You’re reading this
    3. 22:34Kobe Bryant Returns to the Lakers
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Lata Pandya

      Assistant Producer, To the Point/Which Way, LA?

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      Andrea Brody

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

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      Saul Gonzalez

      Reporter

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      Howard Blume

      education reporter for the Los Angeles Times

      News

    The full episode

    2 of 3
    LA Unified Sends Teachers to 'Teacher Jail'
    1. 0:00LA Sheriff's Officers Union Pushes Back against FBI Investigation
    2. 7:10What Happens When It's the Teacher Who's in Detention?You’re reading this
    3. 22:34Kobe Bryant Returns to the Lakers
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