2014 NAM Ethnic

Media Education
Fellowship
Media Kit

January 24, 2014

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2014 New America Media Ethnic Media Education Fellowship

Media Kit -- Table of Contents

1. 2014 NAM Ethnic Media Education Fellowship Application

Please print and sign this form to be handed in on Jan. 24, 2014

2. Training Agenda

Information on the school site visit and telebriefing for Jan. 24, 2014

3. Speaker and Fellow Bios

Background information on fellows and telebriefing speakers

4. Reporting on Common Core

A comprehensive list of media reports on Common Core

5. Resources

Provides links to sites for news coverage and information on Common Core

6. Contacts

Names and contact information for potential sources

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2014 NAM Ethnic Media Education Fellowship

Application

New America Media is excited to announce the launch of our seventh annual Education Fellowship for
Ethnic Media Journalists. This year’s fellowship will be focused on implementation of the federal
Common Core State Standards, and its impact on classrooms and communities in California. Funding
for this project comes from the California Education Policy Fund.

Fellows will participate in a one-day training, which will include: 1) a school site visit to observe what
Common Core looks like in the classroom and 2) a telebriefing on the Common Core.

Story Ideas: Fellows will be required to submit one story idea as they relate to Common Core no later
than one week following the training. Please send a summary of your idea of no more than two
paragraphs via email to NAM Education Editor Peter Schurmann pschurmann@newamericamedia.org
and to NAM LA Coordinator George White geowhite@ucla.edu.

Story completion: Each fellow will have one month following approval of their story pitch to complete
a reporting piece of no more than 1000 words in length. Stories must be submitted to NAM editors prior
to publication in fellows’ respective outlets and on the NAM home page.

All application forms must be sent to NAM editor Peter Schurmann at

pschurmann@newamericamedia.org. He can also be reached by phone at 415-503-4170.

Here are the requirements for the 2013 fellowship program. Please sign your name at the bottom of this
page if you agree to abide by these rules.
Rules for Education Fellowship Program:

- Fellows must attend the entirety of the training.

- Fellows MUST submit a draft of their story to the NAM editor no later than Feb. 21,
2014. If more reporting or editing is needed, the fellow must agree to do it.
- Fellows must have their fellowship stories published on their ethnic media website no
later than March 3, 2014.
- Fellows must check in with NAM Editor Peter Schurmann and NAM LA Coordinator
George White during the reporting of their story, via email or phone.
- Minimum requirement for the fellowship story: Approximately 1000 words. Multimedia
packages welcome.

Printed Name

Signature
APPLICATION FORM

Deadline to receive all applications: December 20, 2013

Name:
Mailing Address:
E-mail:
Work phone:
Cell phone:
Name of the media outlet:
Language of publication:
Editor Name (an editor or managing editor who we can contact):
Editor E-mail and Phone:

Editor signature of support:

SUBMISSIONS INFO: Applications must be received by Friday, December 20, 2013. Applications
should only be submitted via:

Email completed application materials as an attachment (word or PDF) to Peter Schurmann,

pschurmann@newamericamedia.org (**Please write “2012 EDU FELLOWSHIP–[YOUR NAME &
NEWS OUTLET]” in the subject line)
OR
Fax completed application materials with a cover page to Peter Schurmann at 415.503.0970.
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2014 NAM Ethnic Media Education Fellowship

Training Agenda & Key Dates

Date: Friday, Jan. 24, 2014

Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Location:
Arleta High School
14200 Van Nuys Blvd
Arleta, CA 91331

The California Endowment

Center for Non Profit Management, Suite A
1000 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Directions: http://www.calendow.org/Conference_Space/CHC/Welcome.aspx

Schedule:

School Site Visit:

(Please note there is no parking available on the school grounds. Fellows are advised to find street
parking in the area.)

 8:45 am -- Fellows will meet at the entrance to Arleta High School.

 9:00 am -- Meet with Principal Sandra Gephart Fontana in her office to go over the details of
the visit and get some background on the school.
 9:20 am -- Fellows will be broken into three groups to begin classroom observation in math,
English Language Arts and history.
 11:20 am – Fellows will reconvene with Principal Gephart and faculty for a brief discussion of
the visit. Fellows will have the opportunity to pose questions as they relate to Common Core.

12 pm – 2 pm: Lunch
Following the school site visit, we will make our way to the offices of The California Endowment for
the second half of the training. (Please note free parking is available at TCE headquarters. Directions to
the location, as well as to the parking area can be found in the following section.) Fellows will gather at
Philippe’s Restaurant, located across the street from the TCE offices, for a luncheon discussion prior to
the telebriefing.

2 pm – 3 pm: Telebriefing on Common Core

Fellows will convene at TCE headquarters (see directions below for specific office location) for a one-
hour telebriefing on Common Core. The telebriefing will feature two speakers, Kyndall Brown of
UCLA and Kathryn Baron of EdSource. (See media kit for speaker bios.) There will be a 15-20 minute
Q&A session following individual speaker presentations.

Directions to TCE Offices and parking: Located across the street from Philippe’s restaurant, on the
corner of Main, which becomes Bauchet and Alameda. Take Bauchet to the rear of the Endowment
building, all the way around back until you come to the very end of the road. The post office will be to
your right, as you make the winding turn via Bauchet. Stop at the parking kiosk.

When you arrive at the parking kiosk, let security know that you are meeting with Southern California
Grantmakers. You will then be given access to the parking area; parking is free. Proceed in to the front
lobby and let the security guard know that you are meeting with SCG. You will be given access to the
second floor. We are located in suite 230, just to the left of the elevators.
Please call Cheryl Thomas if you need additional directions: 213-680-8866 x 228.

3 pm – 4 pm: Story development

We will use the final hour to address any lingering questions that may have arisen during the course of
the training, as well as to brainstorm possible ideas for your reporting. We will also go over final details
of the fellowship, including deadlines and other requirements.

Key Dates

Fri. Jan. 24, 2014: NAM Ethnic Media Education Fellowship Training

Fri. Jan. 31, 2014: Deadline to submit story proposals to NAM Editor Peter Schurmann
(pschurmann@newamericamedia.org) and George White (gwhite@newamericamedia.org)

Fri. Feb. 21, 2014: Deadline to submit story draft to NAM editor Peter Schurmann and George White

Mon. Feb. 31, 2014: Deadline to submit final story draft to NAM Editor Peter Schurmann and George
White. Please note stories must be no longer than 1000 words in length. Fellows must agree to any
editorial changes made or suggested by NAM Editor Peter Schurmann and George White. All stories
MUST appear in fellows’ respective media outlines on or before March 7, 2014.
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Fellowship Bios

NAM Bios

Peter Schurmann
Editor/ Education Reporter
New America Media
Email: pschurmann@newamericamedia.org

Peter Schurmann joined New America Media in 2010 after three years working as an editor with
Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s state-run news service. Prior to covering education, Peter’s work
focused largely on international affairs in East Asia and the Korean community in the U.S. He joined
NAM’s Education Beat in 2012, and has since focused on issues relating to school finance, community
college and the Common Core. He is conversant in Korean and Chinese.

George White
Project Manager
New America Media
Email: gwhite@newamericamedia.org

George White is a journalist and author with expertise on policy issues related to education, health and
community development. White is co-author of Expect the Most – Provide the Best, a book that
examines the impact of expectations and innovation on academic achievement. Scholastic Inc. will
publish the book in 2014. He is also a contributor to A Call for Change, an anthology on education
reform published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2012. His other work on education issues has been
published by the Center for Educational Improvement.

Previously, White served as assistant director and editor at the UCLA Center for Communications and
Community, a media capacity-building institute funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The UCLA center closed in 2009 after completing its ten-year mission on behalf of the Casey
Foundation. He currently serves on the UCLA Communications Board, which oversees management of
student media.

Prior to his work at the UCLA center, White was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. During his 11
years at the Times, he won a feature-writing award and was a member of reporting teams that won two
Pulitzer Prizes. In addition, his 1995 exposés on a Thai sweatshop slavery ring in El Monte, Ca. helped
prompt national reforms in the U.S. apparel and retail industries.
Speakers Bios

Kyndall Brown
Executive Director
California Math Project
Email: kyndallb@math.ucla.edu
Kyndall Brown is the executive director of the California Mathematics Project (CMP), a statewide
network of professional development organizations that provide training to K-12 math teachers
statewide. Previously, he was director of the UCLA Mathematics Project (UCLAMP), a professional
development program for K-12 teachers. He also directed the UCLA Mathematics Project Common
Core Institute, which provided training on the new math standards to classroom teachers in 2011 and
2012. Some of Brown’s research focuses on how identity and culture impact the ways that African-
American students learn mathematics and the impact of professional development on teaching practices
and student achievement.

Katherine Baron
Senior Reporter
EdSource Today
Email: kbaron@edsource.org

Kathryn Baron is senior reporter at EdSource Today, a multimedia online news site that seeks to clarify
complex issues and inform public policy on education in California. Although she has covered a range
of stories, from paleoanthropology wars to the rise in public breastfeeding, education is her passion. The
schools beat is in her DNA, says Baron, who grew up in a family of teachers. Before coming to TOP-
Ed, she spent 12 years as morning host and education reporter at KQED Public Radio, was a Fellow at
UC Berkeley Law School's Chief Justice Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, and wrote about
schools that work for Edutopia, a project of the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
Fellow Bios

Larry Aubrey
Columnist
LA Sentinel
Email: l.aubry@att.net

Larry Aubry is a veteran activist and columnist with the LA Sentinel, one of Los Angeles’ leading
African American publications. He is a member of the Community Call to Action and Accountability
and a former consultant to L.A. County Human Relations Commission for 32 years. He has written
extensively on issues of education in the African American community.

Charles Ding
Senior Editor
Sing Tao Daily
Email: jczding@aol.com

Charles Ding is Senior Editor with the Sing Tao Daily, one of the nation’s largest Chinese language
newspapers. A long-time reporter, Charles has covered a range of topics relating to the Chinese
American community. In 2013, he won the Outstanding Reporting on Education award at the NAM
Ethnic Media Awards gala in Southern California.

Esmeralda Fabian
Education Reporter
La Opinion
Email: esmefabian@gmail.com

Esmeralda Fabian is a Los Angeles-based education reporter with La Opinion, a leading Spanish-
language newspaper in the U.S. She covers both national and state issues, as well as local stories in the
greater Los Angeles area. Previous to covering the education beat, Fabian reported on community affairs
and lifestyle stories for La Opinion. Prior to that, she worked for the Spanish-language Estrella TV
Network. Fabian is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. She was awarded the
National Association of Hispanic Publications' Jose Martin Publishing Award in 2012 and 2013 in the
category of Outstanding Education reporting. She joined La Opinion in 2006.

Tina Ha Giang
Asst. Editor in Chief
Nguoi Viet Daily News
Email: tinatvu@gmail.com

Tina Ha Giang is Assistant Editor in Chief for Nguoi Viet Daily News, the largest Vietnamese language
newspaper outside of Vietnam. She began her career in business and software development, before
switching to journalism full time.
Cynthia Griffin
Managing Editor
Our Weekly
Email: cgriffin@ourweekly.com

Cynthia Griffin is managing editor at Our Weekly, which provides in-depth coverage on issues
pertaining to African-Americans and the communities they live. She has covered issues relating to labor,
unemployment, health and education.

Steve Han
Reporter
KoreAm Magazine
Email: steve@iamkoream.com

Steve Han is a reporter with KoreAm Magazine, an English-language publication covering the Korean
American community. His work has focused on a range of issues, including the rise of Korean pop-
culture, food, sports and entertainment. In the Spring of 2013, he reported on the efforts of Korean
adoptees in the U.S. to reconnect with family and culture in South Korea.

Kimetha Hill
Staff Writer
The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper
Email: kimetha@sdvoice.info

Kimetha Hill currently writes for the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper where she covers
education, politics, national and international African and African American issues. She is passionate
about refugee issues, and for the past three years has focused on the African and refugee community in
San Diego. Kimetha uses journalism as a vehicle to be a voice for the voiceless.

Michael Lozano
Reporter
Voicewaves.org
Email: michaelloz1@hotmail.com

Michael Lozano is a community reporter for VoiceWaves.Org, based in Long Beach, CA. His work with
VoiceWaves has focused on LGBT youth, immigration, homeless, and marginalized populations.

Irasema Mayoral
Reporter
Enlace Magazine
Email: iramayoral@hotmail.com

Irasema Mayoral joined Enlace Magazine, a Spanish-language weekly publication of the San Diego
Union-Tribune, in 2009. Before that she was a sports writer both in her native Mexico and in the U.S.
She covered First Division Soccer, Major League Baseball and the 1998 Superbowl Championship. A
mother of two, Irasema began writing on Common Core in 2011 after she encountered challenges
helping her own children understand materials aligned with the new standards.
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Reporting on Common Core

NAM Common Core Coverage

Q&A: What You Need to Know to Prepare for the Common Core
6/13/13
By Peter Schurmann, New America Media
http://newamericamedia.org/2013/06/qa-what-you-need-to-know-to-prepare-for-the-common-core.php
中文：http://newamericamedia.org/2013/06/qa-what-you-need-to-know-to-prepare-for-the-common-core-
chinese.php
Español: http://newamericamedia.org/2013/07/lo-que-usted-necesita-saber-para-prepararse-para-los-nuevos-
estandares-comunes.php

Common Core -- Closing the Math Achievement Gap

12/16/13
By Peter Schurmann, New America Media
http://newamericamedia.org/2013/12/common-core----closing-the-math-achievement-gap.php
Español: http://newamericamedia.org/2013/12/estandares-comunes---cerrando-la-brecha-academica-del-logro-
en-matematicas.php

Q&A: Common Core an Education ‘Re-set’ for African-American Students

12/20/13
By Khalil Abdullah, New America Media
http://newamericamedia.org/2013/12/qa-common-core-an-education-re-set-for-african-american-students.php

Who’s Afraid of the Common Core? Not California

10/30/13
By Anna Challet, New America Media
http://newamericamedia.org/2013/10/whos-afraid-of-the-common-core-not-california.php
中文： http://newamericamedia.org/2013/10/whos-afraid-of-the-common-core-not-california-chinesephp.php
Español: http://newamericamedia.org/2013/11/quien-le-tiene-miedo-a-los-estandares-comunes-no-
california.php
한국어: http://newamericamedia.org/2013/10/whos-afraid-of-the-common-core-not-california-korean.php

Q&A: In 21st Century Economy, Why Every Student 'Needs a Great Education'
10/11/13
By Peter Schurmann, New America Media
http://newamericamedia.org/2013/10/qa-in-21st-century-economy-every-student-needs-a-great-education.php
中文： http://newamericamedia.org/2013/10/qa-in-21st-century-economy-every-student-needs-a-great-
education-chinese.php
한국어: http://newamericamedia.org/2013/10/qa-in-21st-century-economy-every-student-needs-a-great-
education-korean.php
General Reporting on Common Core

State Lawmakers Face Tough Choices on Common Core

1-07-14
By Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/01/08/15sessions_ep.h33.html?tkn=UXOFJBeWPeXupuru%2BF25Qs
yAMIdoE4YNYKiT&cmp=ENL-CM-NEWS1

Patchwork approach to Common Core in teacher preparation programs

1-15-14
By Kathryn Baron, EdSource
https://edsource.org/today/2014/scattershot-path-to-common-core-at-teacher-preparation-
programs/54468#.UtbvBfRDu7w

A Guide to the Common Core, the Next Phase of High-Stakes Testing

1/13/14
By Julianne Hing, Colorlines
http://colorlines.com/archives/2014/01/a_primer_on_common_core--a_new_chapter_in_the_high-
stakes_testing_era.html

New math textbooks aligned to Common Core up for State Board vote
1-14-14
By Kathryn Baron, EdSource
http://edsource.org/today/2014/new-math-textbooks-aligned-to-common-core-up-for-state-board-vote/56346

Implementing Common Core left to districts

10/6/13
By Sarah Carr, The Hechinger Report
http://theadvocate.com/home/7175052-125/louisiana-gives-school-districts-considerable

Don’t Fear Common Core

9/19/13
By Andrew Vega, Los Angeles Times Op-ed
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-vega-common-core-
20130919,0,4172556.story#axzz2qhTSsx79

Evaluating the New Common Core Educational Standards

8/01/13
Audio, KQED
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201308010900

Education Writers Association (EWA) Common Core conference

http://www.ewa.org/node/2129
Coverage of LAUSD Common Core Technology Project

Glimpses of LA Unified meeting: iPads and kumbaya

1-15-14
LA School Report
http://laschoolreport.com/glimpses-of-la-unified-meeting-ipads-and-kumbaya/

L.A. Unified needs enough iPads for the tests

1-14-14
Los Angeles Times Editorial
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ipads-lausd-20140114,0,1996007.story#axzz2qUqpLfUq

Common Core lines technology firms' pockets

1/9/14
By Michelle Malkin, Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune Opinion Page
http://www.columbiatribune.com/opinion/columnists/common-core-lines-technology-firms-
pockets/article_ed892a94-7957-11e3-ace6-10604b9f1ff4.html

Ipad debate overshadows learning revolution in LAUSD classrooms

11/23/13
By Barbara Jones, Los Angeles Daily News
http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20131123/ipad-debate-overshadows-learning-revolution-in-lausd-
classrooms

New LAUSD technology panel tackles details of iPad project

8/28/13
By Barbara Jones, Los Angeles Daily News
http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20130828/new-lausd-technology-panel-tackles-details-of-ipad-project

L.A. teachers give their new iPads a test drive

8/6/13
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/06/local/la-me-lausd-ipads-20130806

Common Core Technology Project: Skills For The 21st Century

8/5/13
By Hal Eisner, Fox LA
http://www.myfoxla.com/story/23047263/common-core-technology-project-skills-for-the-21st-century

LAUSD launches teacher training for $30M iPad project

8/5/13
By Barbara Jones, Los Angeles Daily News
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20130805/lausd-launches-teacher-training-for-30m-ipad-project
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Resources

Download the Common Core State Standards

Implementing the CCSS

http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/download-the-standards

Education Coverage News Links

Statewide and National

California Watch: K-12
http://californiawatch.org/topic/K%E2%80%9312

EdSource Today
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html

Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html

Local

LA School Report
http://laschoolreport.com/about/

LA Times: Education
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/education/index.html

LAUSD News
http://home.lausd.net/apps/news/

Pass / Fail (KPCC)

http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education

Witness LA
http://witnessla.com/

News from LAUSD

LAUSD News
http://home.lausd.net/apps/news/

Information on the LAUSD Common Core Technology Project (CCTP)

CCTP Defined: http://lausd.schoolwires.net/Page/627

 CCTP Newsletter Sign-Up Page: http://dm-mailinglist.com/subscribe?f=51d7b356
CCTP Website: http://lausd.schoolwires.net/cctp
CCTP Videos: http://lausd.schoolwires.net/Page/580
CCTP Email: CCTP@LAUSD.NET

CCTP Phone Line: 213-241-5532

Public Resources on the LAUSD Technology Project:
http://home.lausd.net/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=331505&id=0

Resources from the LAUSD Board of Education

Board Website
http://laschoolboard.org/

Resources from the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), a coalition of the nation’s largest
school districts

Background on the role of CGS in the implementation of Common Core

http://www.cgcs.org/domain/72

Roadmaps to Common Core – English Language Arts

http://www.cgcs.org/domain/36

Roadmaps to Common Core – Math

http://www.cgcs.org/Page/244

Spanish Language Roadmaps to Common Core – English Language Arts

http://www.cgcs.org/Page/261

Spanish Language Roadmaps to Common Core – Math

http://www.cgcs.org/Page/263

Resources from the Council of Chief State School Officers

Implementing Common Core Website

http://www.corestandards.org/

Resources from the Education Writers Association (EWA)

EWA Website
http://www.ewa.org/reporter-guides

Common Core and English-Language Learners

http://www.ewa.org/event/finding-common-ground-common-core-and-ells
 EWA News and Tutorials on Covering Common Core
http://www.ewa.org/common-core

Podcasts on Common Core

http://ewa.libsyn.com/ready-or-not-common-core-assessments

Resources from the UCLA Civil Rights Project

Education Research Tools

http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/resources/research-tools
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Selected Sources

School Districts
Los Angeles United School District
Tom Waldman
Director of Communications
Email: Waldman@lausd.net
Phone: 213 241 6766

Gayle Pollard-Terry
Deputy Director of Communications, LAUSD
Email: Gayle.Pollard-Terry@LAUSD
Phone: 213 241 6766

LAUSD Communications After-Hours Phone Line: 213 219 7982

Media request forms for LAUSD: Communications@lausd.net

LAUSD Board of Education

Contacts and Phone Numbers Available at: http://laschoolboard.org/

Long Beach Unified School District

Chris Eftychiou
Director of Public Information
Email: ceftychiou@lbschools.net
Phone: 562 997 8250

Lynwood Unified School District

Valerie Martinez
Communications Department
Phone: 909 445 1001

Montebello Unified School District

Superintendent Robert Henke
Phone: 323 887 7900

Pasadena Unified School District

Hilda Ramirez-Horvath
Communications Department
Email: ramirezhorvath.hilda@pusd.us
State of California
California Department of Education (CDE)
CDE Communications Department
Email: communications@cde.ca.gov
Phone: 916 319 0818

School District Association

The Council of the Great City Schools
Represents and serves the nation’s largest school districts

Michael Casserly
Executive Director
Email: mcasserly@cgcs.org
Phone: 202 393 2427

Education Policy
Kyndall Brown
Executive Director, California Mathematics Project, UCLA
Email: kbrown@gseis.ucla.edu
Phone: 310 825 1112

Gary Orfield
Education Department and Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles
Email: orfield@gseis.ucla.edu
Phone: 310 267 4877

Morgan Polikoff
Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California
Email: polikoff@usc.edu
Phone: 213 740 6741

Arun Ramanathan
Executive Director, Education Trust-West
Email: aramanathan@edtrustwest.org
Phone: (510) 465-6444
Advocacy Groups Involved in Education
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Ki Kim, Communications Director
Email: kkim@advancingjustice-la.org

MALDEF
Larry Gonzalez
Phone: 202 466 0879

NAACP
Derek Turner, Director of Communications
Phone: 202 463 2940 ext. 3383

Advocacy Groups: Parental Engagement

Asian American Parent Association
Email: info@aapa.net

Black Parent Union

Tony Hicks
Email: Tonyhicks5@gmail.com

Coalition for Educational Justice

Kahllid A. Al-Alim
Email: a2000ausar@yahoo.com

Consejo de Federaciones Mexicanas en Norteamérica/Council of Mexican Federations (COFEM)

Vanessa Aramayo
Phone: 213 417-8385

Families in Schools
Cynthia Perez, Communications Coordinator
Email: cperez@familiesinschools.org

La Educación
Bilingual newspaper produced by and for Latino parents
Phone: 323 822 8598 or 562 526 2228
Website: www.laeducacion.us

Parents Organization Network

The network is directed by Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), Los Angeles Urban
League, and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). The network
engages the following districts: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Montebello Unified
School District (MUSD), Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), Lynwood Unified School
District (LUSD), and Manhattan Beach Unified School District (MBUSD).
Contact: Goldie Buchanan, manager
Email: gbuchanan@apalc.org
Unions and Associations
California Federation of Teachers
Fred Glass, Director of Communications
Email: fglass@cft.org
Phone: 510 579 3343

California Teachers Association

Organization serves K-12 teachers and teaching faculty at universities
Rebecca Zoglman, Executive Director
Email: bzoglman@cta.org
Phone: 650 552 5320

United Teachers Los Angeles

Suzanne Spurgeon, Director of Communications
E-mail: sspurgeon@utla.net
Office phone: (213) 368-6247
Cell phone: (213) 305-9310