Visit most of the school's in the LAUSD school district, and you will find mostly African American and Hispanic students. That being the case, why are most of the teachers white, when there are practically NO white students at these schools?

The reason is because LAUSD discriminates against African American and Hispanic teachers. If you are interested in teaching, you must visit the Beaudry headquarter's office. You must then schedule an interview at that office for a teaching position. They will give you a 1-2 minute interview.

If you are non-white, they will tell you that they don't have any openings. You are even told this if you teach MATH AND SCIENCE. THERE IS SUCH A SHORTAGE OF MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS ACROSS AMERICA, THAT YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT!

LAUSD is RACIST!!!

LAUSD's hiring of teachers has nothing to do with race. I recently completed a teacher preparation program and the university was DESPERATE to find African-American and Latino teacher candidates. They recruited African-American and Latino candidates. The problem, however, is a matter of qualifications. FIrst, an applicant MUST have a college degree from a four-year university. This is not negotiable. In addition to this, the state of California, by virtue of No Child Left Behind, requires its teachers to pass the CBEST and the CSET. If an applicant has a college degree, has passed both the CBEST and CSET, he or she will be eligible to teach in LAUSD. If not, the applicant is ineligible. This is not racism. This is the law. If African-Americans and Latinos meet all of these requirements, they will not only be eligible, they'll be welcomed into the profession.

Please get your facts straight before you charge LAUSD's shortage of African-American and Latino teachers as being the result of a racist system. More than half of the African-Americans and Latinos in LAUSD dropout...this has more to do with the shortage of candidates than anything else.