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How Should LAUSD Be Structured? - Perdaily.com

How Should LAUSD Be Structured? - Perdaily.com

How Should LAUSD Be Structured?

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While there is no shortage of discussions dealing with fixing public education in the United States and more specifically LAUSD here in Los Angeles, it seems that a certain fundamental question remains aloof from this conversation:

It is the purported purpose and uncontradicted position among all parties in the debate on fixing the long-failed public education system that education is more than ever necessary. The foundational purpose of public education is to teach at the very least a sufficient amount of basic language, math, social studies, and science skills so that students can ultimately assume their future role as responsible adults and productive members of society. As productive working members of society with the necessary knowledge acquired from education they must also serve as arbiters of power as anticipated by our constitution. What seems a gross disconnect from