LA teachers are on strike: A guide for LAUSD parents

Schools will be open. But if you're a parent, you're going to have to make some difficult decisions.

KPCC’s podcast The Big One is ready to stream. When the actual Big One hits, it’ll take less than two minutes for more than 10 million Southern Californians to lose internet, power and a sense of security. You’ll need a plan if you want to survive, and this podcast will help you get started.

 On Wednesday's show: 

• About those class sizes...
• Prop 13 & Education Funding.
• The Big One podcast drops its second episode.
• What does all this rainfall mean for SoCal?
• Living without plastic...or trying to.
• Kids' questions about the L.A. teacher strike.
• Take Two is moving to a new time!

On Wednesday's show:

• Larry interviews the head of the state's charter school association
• YouTube wants to ban dangerous pranks on its platform. But how?
• To book lovers: In the war against clutter, how do you decide what stays in your library?

On Wednesday's show:

• Chris Smith, director of the documentary, "Fyre"
• reporter Julia Alexander on YouTube's struggle to police content
• an exhibit about the influential artist and critic Manny Farber

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