L.A. Libraries and Budget Cuts VSV
Originally published Mar. 18, 2011 Reporting from Silver Lake, CA on the impact city budget cuts are having on L.A. libraries.
Originally published Mar. 18, 2011 Reporting from Silver Lake, CA on the impact city budget cuts are having on L.A. libraries.
Originally published Jan. 6, 2011
Arlisa Coleman was tired and wondered out loud if she would make it through her next class: 5th period math. This would be the toughest test of her Thursday.
Coleman’s 5th period math students have been a challenge for her this year. They have been noisy, uncooperative and lacked focus in the classroom, but she has been determined to get through to them, especially to John, the raucous class clown who can spontaneously break out into songs or loud expletives in the middle of lessons.
The bell rang and her 8th graders started filing in and settling into their seats. John came in the classroom in his usual form, loudly singing a song. (more…)
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