During the LAUSD teachers' strike, Encino living rooms become classrooms
by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde and Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times
Jan 20, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Corey Moss, who normally runs a production company, stood at the head of his dining table, surrounded by 17 fidgeting third-, fourth- and fifth-graders.
He'd already had them work on language arts. They'd discussed how to identify musical beats. They'd studied math using football concepts - multiplying to tally scores and subtracting to figure out the yards needed for a first down.
They awaited his next lesson.
"We did football, we did DJ-ing," Moss, 41, reminded them. "And now we're doing ... "
"Gambling!" shrieked his 9-year-old
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