L.A. agrees to remedy academic disparities<br>October 12, 2011|Associated Press<br><br>LOS ANGELES - A 19-month civil rights investigation found that the Los Angeles Unified School District failed to provide an equal education to English-learners and black students, resulting in wide academic disparities, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.<br>
<br>The district, the nation's second-largest, agreed to remedy the disparities through various measures, including completely overhauling its English-learning program and improving resources such as computers and library books to schools with predominantly black student bodies.<br>
<br>U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the agreement would help ensure that every student in the district would have the same academic opportunities "regardless of race or national origin."<br><br><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-12/news/30271209_1_disparities-civil-rights-remedy">http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-12/news/30271209_1_disparities-civil-rights-remedy</a><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>
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