Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Teaching Through Trauma: the second in a series of stories on poverty in Los Angeles schools. Read Part One here.
Half of low-income students in the L.A. Unified School District read below grade level. The district's tried a number of interventions — after school programs, summer school, a crack down on attendance — but there's one big thing they aren't trying.
In the final installment on our series "Teaching through Trauma," KPCC's Annie Gilbertson talks to kids in Highland Park.