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Features in Issue #2 Rights #2 & #3
Right # 2 = Adequate learning materials and resources

Right # 3 = A suitable learning environment and school classrooms, buildings, and facilities that enable learning and health, including:

Go to TCLA's Educational Bill of Rights in English & en español.
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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.

- John Rogers, Associate Director of IDEA
Photo: James Hahn
 Special Feature:
A Civic Conversation with Los Angeles Mayor 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."
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Facilities & Resources in Los Angeles' Schools
Read interviews with two attorneys and one teacher who attest to the increasing need for the state to take an active role in investing in school facilities that are sufficient for the education of all California students.

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UCLA © Marty Lipton, 2001
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 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.
. What Students at Roosevelt High School Think About the Year-Round Multi-Tracking System at Their School
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by Yvonne Ballesteros
Yvonne Ballesteros, a senior at UCLA, interviewed students she has previously worked with at Roosevelt High School about the realities of attending a year-round school.
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School Report Cards / Boletas de calificaciones escola
In the first issue, TCLA introduced the online school report cards in English and in Spanish. These are designed for students, teachers, and community members to use to help assess the conditions of facilities and educational resources at their schools. Click here to see what they are all about!
Stay tuned for the first round of reports from Roosevelt Elementary (SMMUSD), Woodworth Elementary (Inglewood Unified), & Grand View Blvd. Elementary (LAUSD)!
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