PBS Premiere: July 1, 1997
Synopsis
If Proposition 187 makes it through the courts, will hall duty become border patrol in California public schools? Fourth-grade-teacher-turned-filmmaker Laura Simon puts human faces on the issue as she takes us inside her classroom and into the faculty lounge at Hoover Elementary in Los Angeles. Law and learning converge as students, teachers and parents grapple candidly with the impact of policies that would deny public services to undocumented immigrants and their children.
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Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
Premiere Date: July 1, 1997
Filmmaker: Laura Simon Bio
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Offers neither palliatives nor comfortable conclusions.”
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