Stanford University
Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and author of Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America’s Public Schools
PROFILE
Terry Moe
Guest
FROM Terry Moe
Which Way, L.A.?
Rights of Teachers and Students: Can a Judge Find Balance? The fight over education reform went to court today in Los Angeles. State laws, backed by teachers' unions, are accused of violating the State Constitution — by depriving kids of the right to a good education — especially poor and minority children. Students Matter, a nonprofit backed by a Silicon Valley millionaire, has sued the state , including the Governor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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