01.28.22 Read Time: 1 min A seventh-grade teacher in South LA on why she is supporting the UTLA Beyond Recovery platform Watch Joy, a seventh-grade teacher in South LA, talk about why she is supporting the Beyond Recovery platform to help retain the educators our students need by increasing pay and improving working conditions and student supports. UTLA members are voting next month on the platform, which will form the demands we bring to negotiations with LAUSD in the spring. Our vote is a message that all 35,000 of us are united behind the Beyond Recovery demands and we will fight for them. Beyond Recovery Platform – Joy Recent News See All Posts How did $1 billion of the “Current Expense of Education” vanish? Maria Lopez 25.07.25 Passings: Douglas Martinez 25.07.25 How to Liberate $303 million for LAUSD Students UTLA Research Department 10.07.25 Select Language English Español