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Big Win for Run-Down Schools Brings Hope Landmark Accord Still Must Be OKd by Judge in S.F. San Francisco Chronicle, 8/12/04
Landmark Deal Reached for State's Poor Schools 1 Million Low-Income Students to Get Equal Access to Good Facilities and Textbooks San Francisco Chronicle, 8/11/04
Bitter Battle Over Class Standards State spends millions to defeat students' suit San Francisco Chronicle, 5/5/03
Fight Over California Schools Raises New Issue of Priorities The New York Times, 4/18/03
Reading, Writing, and Rats Talks Break Down on ACLU Challenge to Terrible Learning Conditions LA Weekly, 10/17/02
The Gray Rat Blame the governor for no books, no desks, no toilet paper LA Weekly, 6/28/02
Poll Finds Disparity in Schools San Francisco Chronicle, 4/30/02
State tries to duck depositions in suit Class action demands school accountability San Francisco Chronicle, 12/9/01
School Inequity Lawsuit Expands Access to Essentials Sought for Students The San Jose Mercury News, 10/3/01
Schoolkids' suit likely to expand Inequality in education is claim San Francisco Chronicle, 9/21/01
Davis Feels Heat Over Student Depositions Critics say state's lawyers bully kids San Francisco Chronicle, 9/6/01
Warren Christopher v. Taxpayers, Schoolchildren et al. Slate, 9/5/01
Gov. Davis vs. Schoolkids High-priced legal team browbeats youths about shoddy schools San Francisco Chronicle, 9/2/01
Davis' Schools Lawsuit Stalled ACLU suit should go first, judge says San Francisco Chronicle, 4/12/01
Judge Puts Davis Suit Against Districts on Ice The Sacramento Bee, 4/12/01
Court Takes on Troubled Schools Lawsuit ACLU Tries to Make State Accountable San Francisco Chronicle, 2/8/01
ACLU Urges Judge to Toss Schools Suit The Sacramento Bee, 1/11/01
Little Schools of Horror Cheat California Students (Editorial) San Francisco Chronicle, 1/8/01
Gov. Davis to Students: Let Them Eat Lawyers The Sacramento Bee, 12/20/00
School Districts Sued by Governor Over Problems Conditions local responsibility, he says San Francisco Chronicle, 12/13/00
Hard Lessons Students without textbooks. Crumbling facilities. Rats. Spending time at Balboa High School can be a real education. SF Weekly, 10/11/00
Expanded Suit Says Rat Infested, Substandard Schools Deny Education to Poor The Associated Press, 8/15/00
The 'Mississippification' of California Schools How education reform can stumble for lack of a clear blueprint. The New York Times, 6/23/00
Mississippification of California Schools The Sacramento Bee, 5/24/00
Rights Groups Sue California Public Schools The New York Times, 5/18/00
ACLU Sues State Over Conditions in Poor Schools Los Angeles Times, 5/18/00
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