Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa lobbied the governor this week to make it easier to fire teachers “who violate the public trust of our families and students.” In a letter Wednesday to Gov. Jerry Brown, Villaraigosa refers to the January...
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In a December speech heard around the halls of LAUSD, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa charged that United Teachers Los Angeles was the biggest obstacle to education reform. Ouch. With L.A. schools' dismal ranking and graduation rates, he... Read Post
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talks to Sayre Fire evacuees at Sylmar High yesterday | AP Photo/Reed Saxon Following remarks made by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger just before 10 o'clock this morning, Los Angeles Mayor Antoni... Read Post
It’s the end of the run for Antonio Villaraigosa. Not as mayor — he serves through June 30 — but as the only candidate in Los Angeles’ term-limit era ever to have ousted an incumbent running for re-election. Read Post