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    The Accidental Activist: One mom’s unlikely crusade to bring better schools to Northern California

    Often, big social movements start with just one worried parent. That’s the case in Redwood City, just south of San Francisco, where two new charter schools recently opened their doors. In Redwood City, that worried parent was Maritza Leal, a mother of three who, along with her husband, played a major role in bringing a...

    By Richard Whitmire | April 12, 2016



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