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Black students added to discrimination probe at L.A. Unified
- 06-13-2010
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Under pressure from local community leaders, the federal Office for Civil Rights will look at whether low academic achievement of African American students results from discrimination -- intentional or not -- by the Los Angeles Unified School District. The probe, disclosed in a recent letter to community groups, expands an ongoing investigation into services provided to students who are learning English. Black community leaders hailed the news at a Saturday community forum at the Southside Bethel Baptist Church in the Green Meadows neighborhood of South Los Angeles. (more...)
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