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Quality Teacher Issue launches Tues. Feb.5!

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January 28, 2002
News:
Research Proves Student Achievement is Higher in Response to Skills Teachers Possess
After evaluating 88 classes in Florida, New York, California and Texas, researchers at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) found that students who achieve at a higher level of literacy than might be expected, benefit from their teachers' skills in classroom instruction. Read six approaches that contribute to achievement, regardless of a school's characteristics or demographics.
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Talk Back Ask a Civil Rights Attorney: What are my rights?
Do you have questions about your legal rights as a student? Send them to tcla@gseis.ucla.edu. Students from Jordan High School and Santa Monica High School asked attorneys Andrea Ramos & Rocio Córdoba questions about students' rights. Read their responses!

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Background for A Students' Bill of Rights

Why a Students' Bill of Rights?
"Educational justice is born out of larger movements of students, educators, and parents who bring pressure to bear on the political and educational system," John Rogers, founder of Teaching to Change LA.

Transformation Through the Students' Bill of Rights: An Interview with Third Grade Teacher, Salina Gray
"Since our initial conversations on their rights...my students place more emphasis on becoming good citizens and leaders...They speak up for themselves now because they realize that their opinions and views are valued and respected. "
Read other issues of TCLA:
< The Digital Divide - Spring 2001 >
< Democracy 2000 - Fall 2000 >

Map of Multi-Track Schools in LAUSD

Click on map above to view locations of
multi-track schools in LAUSD.
Features in this Issue
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The Right to Adequate Facilities & Appropriate Resources (Rights #2 & #3)
Many students in Los Angeles attend schools with facilities and resources that have proven inadequate to meet students’ needs for a quality education. One critical problem facing LA students is overcrowding. TCLA asks elected officials, civil rights attorneys, a teacher, and students to comment on how overcrowding impacts access to a quality education.
  • Special Feature:
    A Civic Conversation with Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn
    Photo: James Hahn "LAUSD has a poor record of school construction, having failed to open a new high school in thirty years. But in the past year LAUSD has developed new strategies to streamline projects and has nearly 60 sites in development in Los Angeles."
  • Interviews with Legal Experts, Teachers and Students on Overcrowding in LA Schools

    Peter Eliasberg: Legal Expert
    "Unfortunately, many children in the state go to schools that are falling apart. This sends a terrible message to children."

    Hector Villagra: Legal Expert
    "I can't see overcrowding reaching crisis levels in other communties, and having no one at the district, board or state level respond to it."

    Cicely Morris: Kindergarten Teacher, Woodworth Elementary, Inglewood Unified
    ""The primary problem I see with year round schooling is that it has the potential to bar access to certain resources for certain kids."

    Roosevelt High School Students
    "It seems that Tracks A, B, C are in some type of class structure or hierarchy. Track C being the first class because almost all of the AP and Honors classes are given during that time."

  • Perceptions of Computer Literacy: A Case Study
    Over the summer a group of five high school students studied the perceptions of computer literacy of students, teachers, and policy-makers. As part of their research, the students investigated access to computers and the technological visions of educators at two Los Angeles area high schools. Here are their findings.

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