How To Govern The LAUSD?

The LA Unified School District is currently run by the School Superintendent and the school board. Both of Los Angeles’ mayoral candidates say that the city’s mayor should have some control of the LAUSD, though the City Charter would have to be changed in order for the mayor to take part in governing the school district. Larry is joined by Adolfo Guzman Lopez, KPCC’s education reporter, Tom Timar, Professor of Education Policy at UC Davis, Gary Chico, served as President of the Chicago Board of Education from 1995 – 2001, Scott Plotkin, Executive Director of the California School Board Association, Bill Mabie, Communications and Policy Director for City Council President Alex Padilla, and Richard Riordan, Secretary of Education for California to discuss the options for running a large, urban school district.