Hood Digest

Public education is at the top of everyone's minds today! The teachers strike had everyone in Los Angeles in their feelings - including us.  Listen to the episode to hear about a social media flare-up between UTLA and Hood Digest. We set the record straight on some things! Our guest is LAUSD Board President Mónica García who blessed us all with her wisdom about LA Unified's advances towards education justice and properly serving our students - the ones that are often neglected, underserved and taken for granted! Monica breaks down the relationship between California's defunding of public education and how it impacts politics at LAUSD! ABOUT OUR GUEST Mónica García proudly represents Board District 2 in the Los Angeles Unified School District where she has galvanized the L.A. Unified school community to take aggressive action to reach 100% graduation and break the cycle of poverty by ensuring that every child can read, write, think, and believe. Since her election to the Board in June 2006, Ms. García an