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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 October 21, 2002
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 Tropical America
An online educational video game takes players through 13 historical episodes of Latin America. Developed in collaboration with Los Angeles artists, teachers, writers and high school students, the game features a bilingual, thematic gameplay.
Diploma as a Political Passport
Regular NPR commentator, Connie Rice discusses why a high school diploma is a political passport that shouldn't be denied merely on the basis of test results.
Education News Links as of 10/21!
TCLA's weekly compilation of links to web articles related to issues in education.
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The Latest
Week of Monday October 14, 2002
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 Decent Schools for California
This site, sponsored by the team of civil rights organizations, public interest law groups and private law firms that filed the Williams v. California law suit, provides information about the Williams suit and the state of education in California.
Education News Links
TCLA's weekly compilation of links to web articles related to issues in education.
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The Latest
Week of Monday October 7, 2002
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 High School Exit Exam Resources
The following page consists of articles, links, data and other resources on standardized testing and the High School Exit Exam.
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The Latest
Week of Monday September 30, 2002
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On October 8th, Californians for Justice took action to stop the high school exit exam by staging protests in San Francisco, San Jose, Fresno, Los Angeles and San Diego.
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The Latest
Week of Monday September 23, 2002
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To raise awareness regarding the censorship of books, events, exhibits and read-outs across the country will be held during Banned Books Week, September 21-28. The read-outs will feature local celebrities and community members reading from their favorite banned book, with a focus on American classics such as Steinbeck's novels, "Catcher in the Rye," "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "The Color Purple" and "To Kill a Mockingbird." The American Library Association's web site offers lots of useful information.
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The Latest
Week of Monday September 9, 2002
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On September 5, 2002 Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) and Represenative Chakah Fattah (D-Penn.) propose a new legislation which would require each state to determine the level of resources (such as teachers, curricula, textbooks, libraries, facilities, etc.) necessary for a quality education and to ensure that all of its schools have these resources.
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