Nearly a dozen parents raised their voices at an LAUSD board committee meeting Tuesday in an attempt to save the School Performance Framework and give parents access to vital data showing how well L.A. schools are helping vulnerable students grow academically in a given year.  

When Arlin Tellez crossed the Rio Grande River with her mother, she kept something nestled in her hand, a prayer card with a picture of the baby Jesus that her grandmother gave her the day before she left Mexico for the United States.