From Patt Morrsion | KPCC | Wednesday October 10
Debates over education policy in the Los Angeles Unified School District never lack for political intrigue or drama, and yesterday's announcement by Superintendent David Brewer was no exception. Superintendent Brewer is proposing a radical idea to overhaul LAUSD's lower-performing schools by creating a separate, targeted district for 44 of the neediest schools. The plan is still lacking details, but the idea would be to give these under-achieving schools special attention by giving this sub-district its own rules of governance, separate curriculum and instructional planning. When this plan is coupled with Mayor Villaraigosa's attempts to take control of several failing LAUSD schools, could this mark the beginning of a gradual carve-up of the huge
- Jaime Regalado, executive director of Cal State L.A.'s Edmund G. Brown Institute of Public Affairs; professor of political science at CSULA
- David Tokofsky, former 12-year member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education
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