The California Supreme Court ruled today that students at UC schools can continue to benefit from AB-540, which grants in-state tuition status to graduates of California high schools as long as they attended a California high school for at least three years. This is a welcome ruling, even if it is only a small step [...]
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Et Tu, NYT?
November 15th, 2010 · No Comments · AS, Immigration, Law and Justice
Tags: AB-540·California·California State University·citizens·CSU·DREAM Act·education·Hazleton·high school·illegal immigration·Immigration·Kris Kobach·Martinez v. Regents of the University of California·New York Times·Nice Work If You Can Get It·permanent residents·students·This American Life·UC·UCLA·undocumented students·University of California
Other Bills Not Worth Reading
May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · AS, Law and Justice, Politics
We have already said a few things here about how dumb Arizona is with its unreadable laws against all things Latino. But lost in the discussion of racial profiling is this other creepy law Jan Brewer signed regarding public school curricula. Arizona schools are now forbidden from having courses which “promote the overthrow of the [...]
Tags: ACLU·after-school club·Arizona·education·ethnic studies·First Amendment·Immigration·Jan Brewer·Jim Crow·Old South·public education·race·racial bias·racial profiling·racism·segregation·students·Tom Horne·Tuscon·white people