Villaraigosa Meeting With NEA Head

The Los Angeles Daily News (9/20) reports Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is scheduled to meet with National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel while in Washington, DC. He also will speak at the American Enterprise Institute "on how mayors can influence public education." His "speech will be a call-to-action for leaders to get past partisan and political differences to help failing public school systems" and include "the need for unions to be open to more flexible contracts than in years past."