There was no reported mayhem on Friday in Los Angeles Unified School District after thousands of teachers picketed/slept late to protest school budget troubles. (I was skeptical, but the threat against crossing a picket line seemed to work.)
Also last week, thousands of Los Angeles charter school supporters protested inequitable treatment for public charter schools. Noted former L.A. School Board President Caprice Young (a DFER board member): "The only way to be heard at the L.A. Unified School District is with a stampede or a lawsuit."