Quotable:
"It is no exaggeration to say...that [impending layoffs] will be the end of public education in the city of Los Angeles as we know it, and that is admitting that the service we already provide is not enough."
-Steve Zimmer, Los Angeles school board member
"LAUSD facing 5,000-plus job cuts," Los Angeles Daily News
Notable:
15:
Difference (in percentage points) between high school?? graduation rates for New Mexico's Hispanic students (56%) and white students (71%). Governor Bill Richardson proposed the Hispanic Education Act this week to try to close the state's achievement gap.
"In N.M., Debate Grows Over Hispanic Education Act," Associated Press