Analysis: Elephants in the LA Unified School District classroom
LOS ANGELES_For all the cheers that came with the end of the teachers' strike, it's become clear that some of the Los Angeles Unified School District's greatest woes could not be tackled at the bargaining table.
The nation's second-largest school system remains beset by declining student enrollment, lagging academic achievement and serious financial problems - and privately operated charter schools still pose an existential challenge as they compete for students.
The union "won the public perception battle about the challenges that teachers face. And I think
