fromLos Angeles Times
11 hours agoWhy the wild mega-spending era of L.A. school board races is quietly ending
This election cycle marks the end to a generation of bitterly contested Los Angeles school board races that became the most expensive in the country, with the L.A. teachers union and charter school advocates slugging it out to advance their vision for public education. The difference? Charter school supporters - who had poured tens of million of dollars into races to elect board member sympathetic to their cause - have largely stepped aside, a reflection of shifting finances and strategy in California and nationally.
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