Commentary: By Marian Wright Edelman Across the country it’s back to school Read more…
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<strong>New America Media</strong></p>
<p>`Sixty years after the landmark Brown v. Board decision that desegregated public schools in the country, California has seen a new era of segregation, especially for Latino students, according to a new study.</p>
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<strong>UC Newsroom</strong></p>
<p>After graduating high school, Taheerah Mujahid put higher education on hold to become a new mother, promising herself that she would return someday to earn a college degree.</p>
<p>It took nearly two decades, but Mujahid kept that promise. She enrolled at Berkeley City College in 2009 and, earlier this year, transferred to UC Berkeley to pursue a major in sociology.</p>
After overcoming numerous challenges during a troubled childhood, Maria Aguilar left her Read more…
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<p>Cynthia Tejeda was both nervous and hopeful as she waited in a long line at the Mexican Consulate Office in Los Angeles last week to speak with an immigration attorney.</p>
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Editorial: Education budgets have been slashed across the board from colleges to Read more…
Commentary: By Rodolfo F. Acuña “Silence of the Lambs” is from the Read more…
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">A Puerto Rican/Mexican couple who changed the face of segregation and the civil rights struggle in the United States, seven years before Brown v. Board of Education.</span></p>
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<p>This week is National School Choice Week. But is it occasion to celebrate or cause for caution?</p>