TCLA: An Educational Bill of Rights: Vol.2, No.4 - Access to A Rigorous Curriculum

Archived Front Page of TCLA - Vol.2, No.4 - Rigorous Curriculum Issue (4/22/02)


Students' Bill of Rights	Declaración de los derechos de los estudiantes
I. Clear Standards II. Appropriate Materials III. Adequate Facilities IV. Quality Teachers V. College Prep VI. Safe Schools VII. Fair Tests VIII. Home Language IX. Rights Information X. Public Forums	I. Expectativas claras II. Materiales apropiados III. Edificios adecuados IV. Maestros de calidad V. Preparación para la universidad VI. Escuelas seguras VII. Exámenes justos VIII. Lenguaje materno IX. Información sobre sus derechos X. Foros públicos

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April 22, 2002
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DOUBLE ISSUE - Vol.2, No.5 - Safe Schools/ Right #6 & Fair and Authentic Assessment Issue/ Right #7 of "An Educational Bill of Rights" will launch Wednesday May 1!

Why don't grassroots organizations receive more foundation money? Bob Bothwell, President of the National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy, asks this question in his paper, "Foundation Funding of Grassroots Organizations."

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Features from the Past Issue - Quality Teachers

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Highlights

TCLA in the News:
Los Angeles' Spanish language daily newspaper, La Opinión, recently published an article on Teaching to Change LA's investigation of uncredentialed teachers in Los Angeles.

Click on map above to view an enlarged version of this
GIS map and more created by Jordan High students.

Students in George Acosta's Education and Power class speak out!
(added 4/18/02)

We Are The Future
by Lizbeth Antonio
"How does one expect students to be prepared for the future when they are not given the necessary materials?"

What Every Student Deserves
by Manuel Hakimi
"Every student in high school has to have fair treatment and equality in education."

What Every Student Deserves
by Matthew Hakimi
"Every student deserves freedom of speech, the right to ask questions from their teachers and the right to choose their teachers."

How Much Are We Worth?
by Natalia Guerra
"Sometimes people put me down for being Caucasion, while at the same time they confuse me for being Latina. Soon there will be many mixed people like me and there will no longer be discrimination."

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Read other issues of TCLA:

< School Report Card - 2002-2003 >

< The Digital Divide - Spring 2001 >

< Democracy 2000 - Fall 2000 >

Click here to read more about the map series & view an enlarged version of this animation.

The Disappearing Student Series
This series of maps follows the 1996 9th grade cohort as it moves through LA County public high schools. The red dots reflect the increasing number of students who disappear each year from the pathway to college.

Issue #4

~ Every Student Deserves Access to a Rigorous Curriculum

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Do students have the right to take the classes they need to compete for admission to California's public universities? Currently, only 35% of graduating high school students in California (22% of Latinos and 25% of African Americans) fulfill the requirements to have their applications considered by CSU and UC. Many Los Angeles parents are not well advised of the classes needed for college. Many students are discouraged from taking the required courses. And, sometimes, important courses for college admission are not even offered at the school. In this issue, students, parents and community leaders discuss why access to college preparatory courses matters.

- John Rogers, Associate Director of IDEA

Features in this Issue

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I nterview with Senator Richard Alarcón
by Solange Castro Belcher
"SB 1731 changes the fundamental premise of how we orient our high school students. Instead of having to make a conscious decision to say they do want to go to college, they have to decide that they don’t want to go to college. "

Parent U-Turn Examines The Importance of a College Education

"As a parent, I would like my children to go to college to broaden their minds."

- Emma Street, Parent U-Turn

"Para nosotros como padres estamos trabajando para que cada uno de nuestros hijos llegue al colegio, obtengan su degree y tengan mejores oportunidades en el futuro y mejores empleos."

"As parents, we are working hard so each one of our kids can attend college, receive their degree, and have better jobs and opportunities in the future."
- Evangelina Gutierrez, Parent U-Turn

Student Voices: Compton High Students Answer 4 Questions About College
"I have people that want me to go to college, and I have people waiting for me to flunk or drop out."

BOOK REVIEW
Radical Equations: The Civil Rights of Algebra Instruction
by Joi Spencer
"Boldly, Moses makes the connection between the systemic, oppressive and biased educational system of tracking, and the persistence of disproportionate levels of Black, Latino and poor peoples in our nation’s penal and correctional facilities."

Intermediate Algebra/Algebra II Course-Taking in 151 Los Angeles County Public High Schools: An Exploratory Study
by Julie Mendoza
"... it is likely that the barriers Latinos face in obtaining quality mathematics opportunities in extremely high-poverty schools are very different from those in extremely low-poverty schools."

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Background for A Students' Bill of Rights
This section includes links, resources, and readings to guide teachers and students in studying the Students' Bill of Rights.

Next Issue: Safe Schools
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Our next issue will focus on a students' right to a safe and supportive school environment. To prepare for our next issue, please review the ACLU Students' Rights handbook. For a Spanish version, click here.

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