L.A. Unified School District Decides To Try Private Competition To Improve Failing Schools

The Los Angeles Times reports the "startling acknowledgment that the Los Angeles school system cannot improve enough schools on its own" as "the city Board of Education approved a plan Tuesday that could turn over 250 campuses -- including 50 new multimillion-dollar facilities -- to charter groups and other outside operators. The plan, approved on a 6-1 vote, gives Supt. Ramon C. Cortines the power to recommend the best option to run some of the worst-performing schools in the city as well as the newest campuses. Board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte dissented." Tweet