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- Official Settlement Press Release
- Official Settlement Press Release (Spanish)
- Settlement Press Conference Recording
- Official Complaint Press Release
- Statement of Mark Rosenbaum, Public Counsel
- Statement of Erik Olson, Morrison & Foerster
- Statement of Fathers & Families of San Joaquin (“FFSJ”)
- Statement of Plaintiff David Moch, former La Salle Avenue Elementary School teacher
- Statement of Wanda M., Parent of Bernie M.
- Demurrer Denial Press Release
Selected News Coverage
- Judge Rules that Lawsuit Seeking Right to Literacy for All California Students Can Proceed” (7/26/18, Global Banking & Finance Review)
- Judge allows suit accusing California of providing inadequate education to kids (7/25/18, San Francisco Chronicle)
- Lawsuit Claims California Failing to Provide Basic Education” (7/25/18, KQED)
- Literacy Lawsuit in California Can Proceed, Court Rules” (7/24/18, Education Week)
- California lawsuit claiming literacy as a constitutional right can move to trial” (7/24/18, LA School Report)
- Only one fourth-grader at a Los Angeles school can read at grade level; now a lawsuit claiming California is violating students’ ‘constitutional right to literacy’ is on verge of moving to trial” (7/18/18, LA School Report)
- EdVoice’s Bill Lucia: Sacramento tries to sweep poor school performance under the rug (5/22/2018, LA School Report)
- Lawsuit Takes California to Task for Failing to Educate All Students (12/7/2017, US News)
- Lawyers sue California because too many children can’t read (12/5/2017, The Washington Post)
- Suit seeks to force state to improve student literacy (12/7/2017, Daily Journal - subscription required)
- California Parents Sue State Over Literacy Problems in Schools (12/6/2017, Courthouse News Service)
- California Sued for Literacy Failure (12/6/2017, Language Magazine)
- Lawsuit Claims California Students Are Failing To Learn To Read (12/6/2017, CBS Sacramento)
- Too Many Children in California Can’t Read, Lawsuit Claims (12/6/2017, The New York Times)
- California isn't doing enough to teach kids how to read, lawsuit says (12/5/2017, Los Angeles Times)
- California schools fail to teach children to read or write, suit says (12/5/2017, SF Gate)
- California sued over alleged failure to ensure children's literacy (12/5/2017, The Hill)
- Do Students Have a 'Right to Read' in California? So Argues This Lawsuit (12/5/2017, Education Week)
- Lawsuit alleges California’s literacy policies fail many students (12/5/2017, KPCC)
- Young People Can't Read in California, Lawsuit Claims (12/5/2017, Newsweek)
- Teachers sue California because too many students can't read (12/5/2017, UPI)
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