1. Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary
The film Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary by Laura Angelica Simon, a Mexican immigrant and fourth-grade teacher at Hoover Elementary School in Los Angeles was made in response to 1994 California voters approval of the controversial Proposition 187, a ballot initiative denying public education and health care to all undocumented immigrants. ... Myra is at the point in her life where her world extends beyond the home to the school as evident by her participation in the student council, recognition from her parents, teachers and peers is important to her as is being proficient in her schoo...
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