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Friday, June 26, 2009

Student's video puts school cuts on personal level

The challenge had come from Los Angeles Unified School Board member Tamar Galatzan.

"We hear from all of the adults about budget cuts," Galatzan told me. That would be the teachers, administrators, parents, union bosses, legislators.

"But we don't hear from the students."

Good point. And it's not as if the wisdom of the adults has gotten us anywhere.

So Galatzan put out the word in her district, asking students in high school, middle school and elementary school to see what they could accomplish in one short reel, and she wasn't kidding about "short." The videos had to be one minute or less.

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Posted by Claudia Rowe @ Equal Voice For Families at 10:07 AM

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