"This is a testament to the voters. Voters put their belief in skills and expertise.... It sends the clear message that school board seats are not for sale." -- Monica Ratliff.
Fifth-grade teacher
Ratliff gave the corporate school "reformers" a real kick in the butt this week when her popular, but poorly-funded campaign for school board ended in victory. Her opponent in the race to represent east San Fernando Valley, described in the Washington Post as, "the well-connected
Antonio Sanchez" received some $2 million from donors including the Coalition for School Reform, the political-action committee started by outgoing Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa and funded in large part by wealthy outside reform advocates.
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WaPo's Valerie Strauss reports:
Ratliff and Sanchez were thrown into a run-off in March elections for three school board seats,
