Decriminalize Now
This punishment was used against Black and Brown students more than any other group before community activism forced LAUSD to end it in 2014?
A. Expulsion
B. Suspended for fighting
C. Suspended for willful defiance
D. After-school Detention
C. Suspension for "willful defiance” aka not following orders
The number of total suspension in LAUSD went from 8,323 in 2011-12 to 396 in 2017-18.
In 2018, How much money was spent on each person in California to keep them in prisons compared to the money spent on educating each student?
A. $11,495 compared to $64,642
B. $64,642 compared to $11,495
C. $36,150 compared to $50,450
D. $50,450 compared to $36,150
In 2018, California spent $64,642 per person to keep them in prisons compared to $11,495 spent on educating each student.
Along with Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, which one of these people was instrumental in leading the the Farmers Right Movement of the 1960's?
A. Frida Khalo
B. Fidel Castro
C. Larry Itliong
D. Mirabal Sisters
C. Larry Itliong
This Filipino American was the lead organizer of the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, a predominantly filipino labor group who partnered with the United farm workers to win labor rights for Mexican, Filipino, Chinese, and Japenese farm workers.
Black students are 8% of LAUSD's student population, what percent of documented interactions with LA School Police did Black students represent from 2014-2017?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 35%
D. 20%
Black students represented 25% of all documented interactions with LA School Police from 2014-2017
Latinx students made up 71% of all documented interactions with LA School Police from 2014-2017
(71% of LAUSD student pop)
In 2018-19, approximately how much money did the LA county Probation Department spend to lock up youth in juvenile halls and camps?
A. $500 million
B. $50 million
C. $560 million
D. $70 million
C. $560 million
Juvenile operations cost about $560 million with 800 youth in placement (halls & camps) and 5,514 under supervision
US presidents are typically celebrated in the histories taught in school. Name one thing all these past U.S. presidents did that is a felony crime today - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Johnson, and Ulysses S. Grant.
A. Kidnap; Human trafficking; Assault; accomplice in the commission of a felony (murder, rape, assault)
B. Domestic violence
C. Tax evasion
D. Bank Robbery
A. Kidnap; Human trafficking; Assault; accomplice in the commission of a felony (murder, rape, assault)
They all enslaved other human beings at some point in there life (8 of which did this during their presidency plus John Q. Adams)
In 2018, black youth in LA county were ____ times more likely to be arrested compared to white youth?
A. 3.2 times more likely
B. 6 times more likely
C. 9 times more likely
B. 6.5 times more likely
Black youth were 6.5 times more likely arrested, and 26.5 times more likely to receive a placement or ankle monitor
Latinx youth were 1.8 times more likely to be arrested and 4.9 times more likely to receive a placement or ankle monitor
n 2023-2024, how much money did Los Angeles City spend law enforcement/police compared to libraries, parks and recreation programming?
A. $2billion vs $460million
B. $3.2billion vs $566million
C. $370million vs $1.7billion
D. $460million vs $2billion
$3.2billion vs $566million
In 2024, which race made up the largest percentage of LAUSD's teacher population?
A. Latinx
B. White
C. Black
D. Asian
A.Latinx
In 2024, 49.1% of LAUSD teachers were Latinx, 24.3% were white, 14/7% were Asian, and 7.4% were Black.
At the same time, 9.96% of LAUSD students were white, 73.14% were Latinx, 3.61 were Asian, and 7.12% were Black.