US PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GOING BROKE, YET SOME SPEND LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE
The $578 million price tag for the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex in Los Angeles is hard to justify at a time when many schools are turning to desperate measures to save teachers' jobs. Voters must respond by pushing profligate public schools to be as frugal as charter schools. By Walt Gardner, The Christian Science Monitor December 27, 2010 at 8:43 am EST - Los Angeles —
LAUSD'S LEADERSHIP IS ELECTED BY TOO FEW
By Kerry Cavanaugh, Columnist - LA Daily News 12/23/2010 - On Tuesday, I wrote about the pathetically low turnout in Los Angeles City Council races. Someone can be elected to the council, earn $179,000 a year and manage a staff of 20 with fewer than 5,000 votes. But the picture is much worse when it comes to the Los Angeles Unified District Board of Education elections. In some races, just 4