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Mike Honda: “Is it not time to look at the public education as if it were a civil right?”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2010
Is it not time to look at the public education as if it were a civil right?
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Mike Honda
California

Editor's note · Context

Honda advocates for viewing public education as a fundamental civil right.

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