Pass/fail vote on school reform

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took off his jacket, grabbed the microphone in Jordan High's auditorium and began trying to convince more than 200 Watts parents, teachers and students to join his educational reform effort. Naush Boghossian in the Daily News.

The pitch was reminiscent of a one-month blitz of town hall meetings last year in which Villaraigosa exhorted support for legislation that would have given him a substantial role in Los Angeles Unified.

"I believe there's no magic wand, that this isn't going to be simple, that we're not going to put this partnership together and overnight turn around the schools," Villaraigosa told the crowd last week.