Thursday, February 20, 2014

State And Local Education Officials Make Unconventional Moves

State and local education officials are making some unconventional moves in Southern California and forming new alliances in support of quality education. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has embarked on a bus tour to call on Governor Jerry Brown to restore education funding. The superintendent of the nation's second-largest school district, LAUSD's John Deasy, is reaching out to LA City Hall to mend what has historically been a rocky relationship. Pacifica's Dan Fritz reports from Los Angeles.