Learning Lapses: How Families, Teachers and Local Organizations Are Navigating L.A.’s Educational Crises - L.A. Parent

Learning Lapses: How Families, Teachers and Local Organizations Are Navigating L.A.’s Educational Crises - L.A. Parent

Finding Strength in Music In Catherine Borek’s Dominguez High School classroom in Compton, turning off cell phones helps students focus and connect. PHOTO COURTESY CATHERINE BOREK Brandon Jay, a well-known L.A. musician and father of two based in Altadena, suffered the unthinkable when he lost his family’s home in the wildfires that decimated the area this past January. While many schools in his neighborhood were destroyed, his children’s campu…