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Texas, Step Up To The Plate And Compensate: Face To Face With Joyce Ann Brown, Wrongfully Convicted Never To Receive Compensation, Natasha L. Brooks
Texas, Step Up To The Plate And Compensate: Face To Face With Joyce Ann Brown, Wrongfully Convicted Never To Receive Compensation, Natasha L. Brooks
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
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All Children Can Learn: Providing Equal Education Opportunities For Migrant Students, Michelle R. Holleman
All Children Can Learn: Providing Equal Education Opportunities For Migrant Students, Michelle R. Holleman
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
The United States Supreme Court ruled that once a state undertakes to provide children with educational opportunities, such education services must be available to all children on equal terms. However, even though all states must offer a public education system, certain classes of children are not receiving equal educational opportunities. Migrant children are one of the most disadvantaged groups in today’s education system. Some of the unique challenges these children face include interrupted schooling, limited English proficiency, poverty, lack of health and nutrition, pressures from work and family responsibilities, and a lack of parental involvement in their education. These hurdles …