The Players, The Scorecard: WARREN FLETCHER and JOHN DEASY
NEW FACE OF UTLA English teacher brings new look as union leaderBY CONNIE LLANOS, STAFF WRITER, LA DAILY NEWS | HTTP://BIT.LY/QJUNCK | FIRST 100 DAYS FOR LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT John Deasy gets good marks from mayor, othersBY CONNIE LLANOS, STAFF WRITER, LA DAILY NEWS | HTTP://BIT.LY/PRH0BO |
Warren Fletcher took over as president of United Teachers Los Angeles on July 1. He was photographed at the UTLA office on Thursday, July 28, 2011. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) (Michael Owen Baker) 7/29/2011 09:52:18 PM PDT - Most people would relish the chance to be called president -- especially the nation's second-largest teachers union, representing some 40,000 educators, substitutes and counselors. But Warren Fletcher, newly elected to head United Teachers Los Angeles, prefers to keep the title he's used for the last 28 years. |
John Deasy, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent, Tuesday, photographed on July 26, 2011. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) 0/29/2011 10:03:11 PM PDT A former high school chemistry and biology teacher, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy approaches his job as head of the nation's second largest school district like he would a science experiment -- methodically and with precision. His analytical and often unemotional way of doing business has already earned him a reputation with some for being disconnected and indifferent. But with his first 100 days just behind him, |
