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Learn collection 1974-1999 1991-1999

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The collection contains the records of the nonprofit educational reform organization, LEARN (Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now), a major reform movement in one of the nation's largest school systems, the Los Angeles Unified School District. The holdings in this collection span the years from 1974 to 1999 and document the internal and external history of the organization.

149 archival document boxes, 4 oversize boxes

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Loyola Marymount University. Library. Department of Archives and Special Collections.

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Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now

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The Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now (LEARN) stands as one of the nation's most significant school reform movements, and was launched in 1990 by such business leaders as Robert Wycoff (President and CEO, ARCO), Richard Riordan (lawyer, businessman, and soon to be elected as mayor of Los Angeles), and Roy Anderson (Chairman Emeritus, Lockheed Corp.). A response to demands for changes in the severely criticized Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), this private, non-pr...

Riordan, Richard

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Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructing Now

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Biography / Administrative History The Los Angeles Educational Alliance for Restructuring Now (LEARN) was launched in 1990 by business leaders such as Robert Wycoff (President and CEO of ARCO), Richard Riordan (lawyer, businessman, and soon to be elected as mayor of Los Angeles), and Roy Anderson (Chairman Emeritus, Lockheed Corp.). A response to demands for changes in the severely criticized Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), this ...

Los Angeles Unified School District

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Crawford et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles et al. was a case in which the California Supreme Court ordered the Los Angeles Unified School District to formulate a feasible plan to desegregate its schools. In 1977 the LAUSD came up with a plan that was later deemed one of if not the most drastic plans of mandatory student reassignment in the nation. The board proposed a desegregation busing plan which would be implemented in 1978. In response to the proposal the group Bustop ...

Roos, Mike

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Michael Roos was born on August 6, 1945 in Memphis, but later moved to New Orleans to attend Tulane University where he earned a B.A. in political science in 1967. Roos then accepted a National Institute of Child Health Fellowship to study aging and public administration at the University of Southern California where he graduated in 1970 with a master's degree in Public Administration. Roos settled in the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake, the area which he would represent his entire legislat...