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What are the goals of the LAUSD?
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Aug 10, 2017
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What are the goals of the LAUSD?
More than 600,000 children attend schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District and next week, they all go back to class.
Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent Michelle King addresses reporters after her State of the District speech in the auditorium at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016.
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More than 600,000 children attend schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District and next week, they all go back to class. 

More than 600,000 children attend schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District and next week, they all go back to class. 

But the district's head,

, has already laid out some of her goals for the year, one of which was to dramatically increase the graduation rate. 

We'll talk about King's vision for the LA schools with KPCC's education reporter Kyle Stokes.