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Previous weeks' headlines of The Latest for this month's issue are located below:
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The Latest:
Week of Monday February 25, 2002 |
| California State Legislature to Consider a Students' Bill of Rights:
On Friday February 24, State Assembly Member Judy Chu introduced draft legislation for a Students' Bill of Rights. See: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
 New Featured Added 2/21/02 - PowerPoint Presentation by Jeannie Oakes "A Qualified Teacher for Every Child A System of Teacher Quality for California"
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Week of Monday February 18, 2002
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 On February 20th, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments on the voucher controversy in what is perhaps the most important educational case heard by the Court since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and could arguably be the Court's most important case this year. To help clarify some of the key issues regarding the voucher controversy take a look at Rethinking Schools Online.
A recent study by The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, Latino Internet Content Study: Findings from Focus Group Sessions, found that education about the uses of Internet for non-users and the availability of bilingual sites and culturally-specific Internet content are important pieces to building a bridge across the Digital Divide. For more information, visit the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. (http://www.trpi.org/) |
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Week of Monday February 4, 2002
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| "I can see no alternative for educators to unity...in defending their rights. Such rights include the right to freedom in teaching, the right to speak, the right to better conditions for pedagogical work, the right to paid sabbaticals for continuing education, the right to be coherent, the right to criticize the authorities without fear of retaliation (which entails the duty to criticize truthfully), the right to the duty to be serious and coherent and to not have to lie to survive."
- Paulo Freire, Fourth Letter, On the Indispensable Qualities of Progressive Teachers for Their Better Performance
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Teacher Rights
