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Sunday, June 15, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-15-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:





The Kids Crossing The Border
The new crisis at the border: undocumented and unaccompanied minors TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD | http://lat.ms/1jsiznz Immigration authorities have opened a shelter at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas to house a rising number of unaccompanied minors who have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. (Department of Health and Human Services) June 15, 2014  ::  Facing a massive rise in the

A Textbook Case Of Meddling In California

TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD | http://lat.ms/1y4tXzP June 15, 2014  ::  For all the criticism that's (justifiably) leveled at Texas over its right-wing rewrite of its history textbooks, California is surely the nation's capital of legislative interference with what should be the job of academics. The latest effort comes from Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena). His AB 1912would pressure the state


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-14-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT  Lausd To Pay $5 Million In Telfair Child Abuse CaseLAUSD to pay $5 million in Telfair Elementary teacher molestation case By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1l8tdpi 6/11/14, 12:25 PM PDT  ::  Los Angeles Unified School District officials agreed to a $5 million payout to settle a lawsuit br