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Litigation

May 31, 2014

State robs students in impoverished areas of learning time: lawsuit

Schools in high-poverty areas disproportionately rob students of learning time - a situation that violates its students' rights to equal education, according to a statewide class action lawsuit filed Thursday.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


By a variety of means, schools in high-poverty areas disproportionately rob students of learning time - a situation that violates its students' rights to equal education, according to a statewide class action filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, Public Counsel and others.


High teacher and administrator turnover contribute to this problem, as ...

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