New LA Mayor Plans to Take Over School District

NPR:

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been talking tough in his bid to take control of the huge, but troubled Los Angeles Unified School District. Such a takeover could put Villaraigosa at odds with the teachers' union, a group he once served as a labor organizer

More on similar efforts in New York and Chicago.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 1, 2005 6:28 AM
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