Melissa Pamer has covered Los Angeles Unified's South Bay and Harbor Area schools since joining the Daily Breeze in June 2008. She continues to marvel at the number of untold stories in the country's second-largest school district. She grew up outside Washington, D.C., and has lived in California (both Northern and Southern( since 2000. In addition to LAUSD, she covers the Palos Verdes Peninsula and welcomes tips, story ideas and comments related to either of her beats. E-mail Melissa at melissa.pamer@dailybreeze.com.
Toni Sciacqua is the managing editor at the Daily Breeze, where she has worked since 1998. Among other things, she's in charge of nagging reporters to update their blogs, but she helps them out by posting random tidbits from outside sources. She has two small children who will one day attend North Torrance schools.« Pick a candidate and vote | Main | What's fueling the rise in autism reports? »
The Associated Press recently ran a series of stories about how school bureacracy and legal loopholes help abusive teachers remain in schools. A follow-up story essentially says that since then, state lawmakers have been looking into the matter. If you don't want to wait for them to "look into it," you can take matters into your own hands and research your child's teachers yourself.
Go here to look up a teacher's credential.
Read the follow-up story.
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