Private Dollars For Public Schools; Orange County News; Does Crisis Counseling Work?; A Conversation with Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse
Private Dollars For Public Schools
A plan by Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy would mandate that 15% of every parent contribution to an individual school be set aside and redistributed to schools throughout the district. Some parents like the idea. Others are outraged. What do think? John Deasy, Superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu School District, and Lisa Toledo, Webster Elementary School (Malibu) PTA Board member, join Larry Mantle as he takes your calls.
Orange County News
Larry Mantle talks with Chris Reed, Orange County Register op-ed column editor, and Will Swaim, Editor of the OC Weekly, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
Does Crisis Counseling Work?
New research suggests that widely used crisis counseling techniques may not help, and in some cases may actually do harm. Larry Mantle talks with author Jerome Groopman, author of an article in this week's New Yorker magazine called "The Grief Industry," and Ann Kellogg, Coordinator of the Crisis Response Team at the Maple Counseling Center.
A Conversation with Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse
Larry Mantle speaks with Sheldon Epps about the new season at the Pasadena Playhouse, the state of regional theatre, and about his TV direction.