On the eve of passage of amendments to the Senate’s Every Child Achieves Act, the Rev. Dr. William Barber, a distinguished contemporary Civil Rights leader, released a powerful statement of support that gave qualified support for the law’s draft reauthorization and pointed to the work ahead. He said: But as we under-resource our public […]
Catholic Sainthood For Junipero Serra Will Erase Native Americans All Over Again
This guest post comes from Pamela Casey Nagler, who is a teacher in California. This piece is part of a series, Why We Need Ethnic Studies. This is why we need better history courses — more ethnic studies in our high schools. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player The Pope has just announced that […]
UTLA Bilingual Education Committee PSA: LAU V. NICHOLS
40th Anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision on Rights of Linguistic Minorities In 1974, the attorneys for Kenny Lau and 1800 Chinese speaking students sued the San Francisco School District on the grounds that these students were not receiving equal access to an education by virtue of their inability to comprehend English. The unanimous decision […]