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Fall 2005 California Schools cover - Legally bound

Legally Bound

Students and/or their parents are suing teachers, administrators, school boards, even whole districts, for apparently ridiculous reasons: bad grades, failing to make a sports team, not being named valedictorian of the senior high school class.

In This Issue

The 4th R — Recovery: When ‘Rock Bottom’ hits before graduation, many teens finish high school one step at a time.

In a culture that often celebrates youthful partying and wild times as integral and entertaining rites of passage to adulthood, more and more young people are managing not only to stop drinking and drugging, but to stay stopped. Some of these very young recovering addicts and alcoholics are enrolling in a small but increasing number of so-called recovery schools, aka “dry highs.”

Prepped for life: Getting students ready for the world after high school

Part 1: Francis' story

The first in a four-part series examining typical student outcomes after high school.

Departments

A conversation with … Alan Bersin

California Secretary of Education Alan Bersin speaks about his vision for public education.

Short takes

Family centers in Capistrano Unified and Marin county's recovery programs keep kids on track.

Speak Up: Requiring excellence for all

Los Angeles board member Jon Lauritzen speaks about striking a balance between college preparedness and creating skilled workers.

That was then: Preschool: Just a passing phase?

Looking back over CSBA's 75-year history

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