History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Immigrant presses for English programs
- 01-06-2010
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La Opinión
Miriam Flores is a 42 year old Mexican immigrant who worried, as any Hispanic mother would, about her children's education, and has taken the issue of English as a Second Language to the highest courts of the land. Flores, mother of three girls and living in the border town of Nogales for more than 20 years, is the woman behind the case Flores vs. Arizona which demands additional funds for English as Second Language programs. In 1992, several Hispanic families, among them Flores' filed a lawsuit against the Nogales Unified School District stating that it was violating the rights of ESL students, limiting their oportunity to succeed in school. (more...)
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