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Is California’s Department of Education Leaving 20,000 Children Behind?
English is a new language for 1.5 million California school children, but at least 20,000 are not getting any of the services required by federal law and the State Constitution. We’ll hear what’s at stake for kids, teachers and school districts failing to make the grade.
By Warren Olney • • 26m ListenEnglish is a new language for 1.5 million California school children, but at least 20,000 are not getting any of the services required by federal law and the State Constitution. That’s from the state’s own records, according to a lawsuit being heard this week in Los Angeles. We’ll hear what’s at stake for kids, teachers and school districts failing to make the grade.
Also, a look back at Pacific Ocean Park, the amusement venue on the beach between Venice and Santa Monica. How did it bridge the gap between Frank Sinatra and Janice Joplin between the 1950’s and late 60’s?
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2 storiesAre California Public Schools Giving Up On Their Students?
Some 20,000 California “students cannot afford to wait any longer.” That’s according to the US Justice Department, which has backed the ACLU in a lawsuit against the state’s elected Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Torklakson, and the Department of Education.
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From the late 50’s until the late 60’s, if you wanted music, dancing and amusement rides, you could go to Pacific Ocean Park on the beach between Venice and Santa Monica. A new book tells about its beginning and ending, and the futuristic, cutting-edge design that made it such a popular attraction.
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