Mitchell Wu, a
Public Advocate Appointee on the Citywide Council on
English Language Learners, said the DOE is also seeking more
involvement from families who don't use
English as their primary language.
The list of problems with
public schools in L.A. — from effectively teaching
English language learners to dealing with an anti-reform-minded teachers» union to bad principals and teachers to a huge, messy bureaucracy to better parent
involvement and so forth — is long and varied.