An activist coalition in Los Angeles recently claimed victory after education officials voted to end mandatory, random student searches in the city’s public schools, a policy that has been in place for nearly 26 years.
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), a union that represents more than 31,000 educators in the L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD), partnered with the ACLU, Black Lives Matter, and student-led organizations that claim the practice unfairly discriminates against black, brown, and Muslim children, creating an authoritarian environment that makes some schoolkids more likely to become incarcerated in the future.
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