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...asked the legislature to suspend a law that guarantees education 40% of the state's outlays. Last week teachers, parents and politicians flooded the capital to protest his decision. "I'd give up a pay raise if they'd lower my class size," said fourth- grade teacher Melissa Stepanick of Fruit Ridge Elementary School. "I can't be effective with 33 kids." That is no wonder when 1 in 4 California children lives in poverty, 1 in 5 speaks English as a second language, and the school population is growing by 200,000 a year. Says Assemblywoman Delaine Eastin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starving The Schools | 4/15/1991 | See Source »

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