OPINION: Why South Central L.A. needs Prop 24
Jose Lara | 10-23-2010 | Comments |
Santee teacher Jose Lara explains why Proposition 24 could help replenish South Los Angeles.
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VIDEO BLOG: Protesting the Arizona immigration law at Dodger Stadium
Jose Lara | 6-9-2010 | Comments |
The Boycott Arizona Los Angeles Committee protested the SB 1070 law by rallying at the Diamondbacks game.
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VIDEO BLOG: Busing to Arizona for immigrant rights
Jose Lara | 5-31-2010 | Comments |
Jose Lara interviews students, teachers & community leaders just before they take a caravan of buses to Arizona to protest the SB1070 law.
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Confusion at Fremont High School for axed teachers
Jose Lara | 4-5-2010 | Comments |
Teachers at Fremont were fired and then asked to re-apply for their jobs. Some, however, are refusing to go through the motions.
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Parents and teachers speak out against Animo Justice school closure
Jose Lara | 3-30-2010 | Comments |
Green Dot announced plans to close Animo Justice Charter High School due to low enrollment and poor performance.
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VIDEO BLOG: Menlo Adult School to be shut down
Jose Lara | 3-22-2010 | Comments |
LAUSD is closing all adult school sites with leases. At Menlo, the only adult school in Pico Union, the building owner has reduced the rent 25 percent, but the effort is in vain.
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VIDEO BLOG: Empty chairs for empty teaching positions
Jose Lara | 3-15-2010 | Comments |
Teachers rallied in front of the Los Angeles Unified School District building in protest of over 6,000 layoff notices sent out on March 15th.
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VIDEO BLOG: Day of Action march downtown
Jose Lara | 3-8-2010 | Comments |
Teacher Jose Lara documents his experience protesting education cuts at a rally in downtown Los Angeles. "If there is $$$ for war there is $$$ for schools!"
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OPINION: Why I march for education today
Jose Lara | 3-4-2010 | Comments |
Teacher Jose Lara explains why he didn't go into work today. Instead, he will be rallying in a state-wide day of protest.
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VIDEO BLOG: Starting the dialogue about social justice in education
Jose Lara | 2-28-2010 | Comments |
South L.A. community organizers Jose Lara and Martha Sanchez attended the LAUSD board meeting on Feb. 23 to voice their opinions about charter school take-overs in the LAUSD.
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Teachers gather at candlelight vigil
Jose Lara | 2-24-2010 | Comments |
Teachers gathered before dawn outside LAUSD headquarters Tuesday to show support for community controlled schools.[...]