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Colorlines examines "No Child Left Behind" 10 Years later
Colorlines examines the gaps in No Child Left Behind Law after 10 years
Los Angeles Juvenile Courts Will Dismiss Curfew Tickets for Students on Their Way to School
LOS ANGELES - Students with tickets for being late to school faced hundreds of dollars in fines and were forced to miss more school time to appear in court.
Now Los Angeles' top judge for juvenile courts has released new guidelines to eliminate fines and unnecessary court time for students who were late to school and for other minor offenses. The court will also direct students who miss school to school- and community-based resources that are shown to improve academic achievement and get struggling students back on track.
Addressing the root causes of chronic absences and truancy
Publication Date:
Sep 16 2011
Perspectives do change
18 year-old BRU Bryan Mauricio member blogs on his experience in transformative organizing.
Brian Mauricio: Why I came back
by Ian Sawyer
Why'd you come back to your second BRU monthly meeting?
Strategy Center and BRU join newly formed Los Angeles Coalition Against State Violence
by Nicole Eng
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On Wednesday, March 25th,
The Los Angeles Coalition against State Violence announced their demands…to
reduce and restrict the LAPD budget allocation and instead focus resources on
prevention efforts, public transportation, affordable housing and other human
rights policies in the City of Los Angeles.
Clean Air and Economic Justice Plan interview #5
"The MTA does not care about low income people, and they really should, because they are making money out of us" - from the interview
