Palisades Charter High School

It's Elementary: You Will Profit From an Investment in Your Local Public School

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 03.24.2012

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Lisa Kaas Boyle

My first year has been more fulfilling than I could ever have imagined, and I want to share some highlights with the hope that I might encourage you to go to your local public school and find out how you can help.

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'Mama G' Gilbert, 92, Inspires Generations As L.A.'s Oldest Teacher

Huffington Post | Gabrielle Canon | Posted 07.05.2011

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Update: In the original version of this story, we wrote that Rose Gilbert became a teacher when the "Berlin Wall still stood strong." In fact, Gilbert...

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Mayor Villaraigosa and the War on Those Old, Inept, Do-Nothing Public School Teachers

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dennis Danziger

On June 15, 2010, on this very site, Mayor Villaraigosa called upon the Board of Education, the ACLU, Public Counsel, the State Board of Education an...

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Educating Congress About Mass Transit

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel Epstein

There's nothing better than when a good idea catches on. Especially when the idea concerns Los Angeles and mass transit.

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LAPD Source: Infiniti Involved In Hit-And-Run Is In Custody, Driver Has Been Identified...

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: The LAPD has ruled the incident to be an accident, and no charges have been filed against the drivers involved. The LA Times reports today: Tw...

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