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### Can STAP Be Stopped With A Better Plan?

Written by Barbara Broide on September 19 2022.

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## [Lawsuit, Because California is Failing Our Students Yet Again](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25533:lawsuit-because-california-is-failing-our-students-yet-again&catid=312)

On December 5, 2017 the advocacy law firm Public Counsel representing students and teachers from three poorly-performing schools - La Salle Avenue El…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 19 2022.

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Written by John Issakson on September 19 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on September 15 2022.

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Written by Barbara Broide on September 15 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 15 2022.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on September 15 2022.

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Written by Eliot Cohen on September 11 2022.

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Written by Patrick Range McDonald on September 11 2022.

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Written by Jamie Feiler / Jon Peltz on September 08 2022.

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Written by Dick Platkin on September 08 2022.

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Written by Miran Kalaydjian on September 05 2022.

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Written by Dick Platkin on September 01 2022.

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