Education

• NEA: Poverty Pimp #1
  NEA: Poverty Pimp #1 By Larry Sand, Union Watch,  5/15/12 The teachers union not only plays the poverty card, but by battling [...]
• Want a good school? Go to a Charter School. Want failed education, find a gov’t school.
        Study finds Green Dot students have performance edge http://www.siacabinetreport.com/articles/viewarticle.aspx?article=2359 By Kimberly Beltran, slacabinetreport, 5/14/12 A new study from a nationally-recognized research center [...]
• CSU Long Beach secretly spends student MBA fees on professor pay
  Students thought their tuition money was being spent legally at Cal State University at Long Beach.  Instead, like most government [...]
• Court Rules San Fran MUST Fire Good Teachers, With Low Seniority—Keep the Bad Teachers
      Layoffs by seniority contested Districts interpret what state layoff law permits By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 5/14/12 Administrative law judges have ruled [...]
• California Gov’t Colleges and Universities: Rolls Royce Prices and Yugo Value For Most
        Great news: fewer kids going to California universities By John Seiler, CalWatchdog, 5/9/12 Youngsters finally are figuring out that going $100,000 in [...]
• CA Gov’t Schools Decide AGAINST Adequate Progress Each Year
      California seeks to dump Adequate Yearly Progress State Board of Ed will ask Feds for a waiver from NCLB By Kathryn Baron [...]
• San Fran School Board: Good Schools do not need the best teachers
      Board votes for teacher layoffs; SFUSD tried to shield schools in poorer areas By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner, 5/8/12 San Francisco’s school [...]
• California’s Open Enrollment Act threatens the status quo—and that’s why it’s under assault.
      Escaping Failure California’s Open Enrollment Act threatens the status quo—and that’s why it’s under assault. Larry Sand, City Journal,  5/8/12 Passing any kind [...]
• National Education Association Declared May 4 “Stand Up to Bullying Day”—But Continues to Bully Teachers Every Day
      Stand Up To Bullying Day By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 5/8/12 The NEA says that May 4th should be devoted to anti-bullying. [...]
• Grimes: CA Democrats: Killing off Business and Jobs for college students
      Killing off business for college students By Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog, 5/8/12 The widening chasm of political philosophy was on display Monday [...]
• Cal Berkeley Administrators Allow Criminals to Take Over Gov’t Property—For Weeks
        UC Berkeley sets midnight deadline for Occupy the Farm by Frances Dinkelspiel, Berkeleyside,  5/5/12 UC Berkeley officials have set a deadline for [...]
• UC Davis sues U.S. Bank for closing over protests they ALLOWED
      UCD sues U.S. Bank for closing over protests Davis Enterprise,  5/7/12 UC Davis filed suit Friday against U.S. Bank, alleging that the [...]
• San Fran Unionized/Gov’t “Teachers” to Strike? Must Decide: Union or Students First
      SFUSD teachers consider a strike as budget situation deteriorates By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner, 05/03/12 On the brink: The United Educators of [...]
• Education Union Demands Gov’t School VOLUNTEERS Join the Union
      Immersion Education for Parents Volunteers at Culver City schools face off against union demands that they pay dues. Pete Peterson [...]
• Democrats Want to End Quality Gov’t Education in CA—To Discriminate Against “The Wrong Color Kids”
      Affirmative action attacks GATE school program By Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog,  5/4/12 SACRAMENTO–If you thought that affirmative action was dead in California, [...]
• CA Gov’t School Bond Election Corruption Exposed—Your Vote Bought by Bond Selling Firms
        With campaign donations, bond underwriters also secure contracts Will Evans, California Watch,  5/3/12 Leading financial firms over the past five years donated [...]
• CA No Longer has “Local” Gov’t Schools—Funding and Curriculum Determined by State
      Local funding can come to the rescue of California schools By Jeff Camp, svef,  5/1/12 California parents often imagine that their children [...]
• Gov’t School TESTS Posted on Facebook/Twitter—No Secrecy—Does It Matter?
      Click and post: CST security breach What won’t they put on Facebook and Twitter? By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 4/28/12 The [...]
• Call the United Nations! “Union Leader Says Education Reforms Are an Attack Against ‘Human Rights’
    Call the United Nations!  “Union Leader Says Education Reforms Are an Attack Against ‘Human Rights’ Union Leader Says Education Reforms Are [...]
• San Diego To Fire 2600 Support Staff for Gov’t Schools? More scare tactics
    More lay-offs for massive California school district Jim Christie, 4/26/12 California’s second-largest school district is preparing lay-off notices for roughly 2,600 [...]
• The Tragic Consequences of Social Justice Education
      The Tragic Consequences of Social Justice Education By Larry Sand, Union Watch,  4/24/12 The president of the National Education Association continues to [...]
• States move slowly toward digital textbooks–end of dead tree books?
      States move slowly toward digital textbooks By Ben Wieder, Stateline, 4/23/12 Digital textbooks have gotten a lot of ink in recent months. [...]
• Senate Democrats Choose Adults Over Student Safety
    Senate Democrats Choose Adults Over Student Safety Quash SB 1059 (Huff, R-Diamond Bar), pass watered down SB 1530 (Padilla, D-Pacoima) Republican Senate Caucus, 4/19/12 [...]
• Scare tactics by Santa Barbara Teachers Union: 57 Teachers Retire—Demand Tax Increase for Mismanaged District
    Santa Barbara District Rescinds Pink Slips for Teachers, Considers Selling More Bonds By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk , 4/17/12 Several positions will be [...]
• LAUSD Working to Raise the Drop Out Rate by Instituting Elitist Requirements
      LAUSD Looks To Raise The Bar For Graduating Seniors CBS LA, 4/18/12 Officials with the Los Angeles Unified School District [...]
• CA Gov’t to Spend 37% MORE for Illegal Alien Education
        Dilemma over English learners   Weighted formula’s potential perverse incentives By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess , 4/16/12 English language learners currently get about [...]
• CSU Bribe Payers Threaten to Strike—Kill a Whole Year of Education
        CSU strike vote starts today Central Valley Business Times, 4/16/12 •  Fact-finding comes next •  ‘We hope we will get a [...]
• CTA-Teachers Union Delays Laws to Rid Classroom of Sex Molesters
      CTA opposition stalls bills Union cites denial of due-process rights By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 4/12/12 Amid concerted opposition from the [...]
• New Study Shows Radicals Rule at University of California
      New Study Shows Radicals Rule at University of California by Dan Gagliasso, Big Government,  4/10/12 Think a University of California degree is [...]
• CTA: California’s Unteachable Union
      California’s Unteachable Union The CTA backs a tax increase that would worsen the state’s economic travails. Troy Senik, City Journal, 4/10/12 Certain perennials [...]
• CSU also exploring two-tiered pricing plan=Premium Classes and Mediocre Classes
      CSU also exploring two-tiered pricing plan Erica Perez, California Watch, 4/6/12 All eyes are on Santa Monica College, where a controversial [...]
• CA Schools: Administrator Heavy & Union Controlled
      California Schools: Administrator Heavy & Union Controlled By Steven Greenhut, Union Watch,  4/6/12 California’s public schools continue to lay-off teachers, and the [...]
• Surprise! Los Angeles Unified School District is violating the law
    Surprise: Eval law requires student data First salvo in suit against LAUSD over Stull Act by John Fensterwald – Educated Guess [...]
• Union Owned/Run Gov’t Schools Hide Teacher Performance Ratings
      Few school districts release teacher rankings Mihir Zaveri, California Watch, 4/5/12 The New York City Department of Education’s release earlier this year [...]
• Harvard Study—Middle Schools INCREASE Drop Out Rate
    The Middle School Plunge By EducationNext—Harvard School of Education, 02/23/2012 According to a new study by Assistant Professor Martin West and Guido [...]
• Court Stops Democrat Effort to Bring Back Bigotry and Discrimination on Education System
      CA ban on racial preferences upheld Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog, 4/3/12 Proposition 209, a constitutional amendment that prohibits the government from granting [...]
• Snapshot: CSU has lost $1 billion in state funding in 4 years; tuition doubled–1/3 for Pensions
      Snapshot: CSU has lost $1 billion in state funding in 4 years; tuition doubled By Tami Abdollah, KPPC, 4/2/12 The California [...]
• Should your child have the best teacher possible? Or should your child have the best teacher the unions will allow in the classroom?
      Publishing Teacher Value Added Rankings: Shame on Whom? By Larry Sand, Unions Watch, 4/3/12 The release of teachers’ VA rankings should not [...]
• The Radicalization of the University of California
      The Radicalization of the University of California By Charlotte Allen, Minding the Campus, 4/1/12 Are the 234,000 students enrolled in the massive [...]
• Oakland Gov’t Schools: Putting healthcare where kids trip over it
      Putting healthcare where kids trip over it By Callie Shanafelt, California Health Report 4/2/12 The Oakland Unified School District wants [...]
• San Fran Gov’t Schools Bribe Students With Tattoos and Worms for Principals to do Well on Tests
      Schools aim to boost key test scores with treats By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner, 03/30/12 Two years ago, students at Mission High [...]
• 15,000 BAD CA Teachers Should Be Given Pink Slips—But NOT Happening
      Good Teachers: Beware The Ides of March -By Larry Sand, Publius Forum,  3/31/12 Julius Caesar came to a bad end on March [...]
• Illegal school fee bill called too harsh for struggling districts–Illegal OK to professional educators
  Government schools are supposed to be free to the students—textbooks, teachers, equipment and facilities.  In order to force parents to [...]
• Student Loan Default Rate OVER 50%–Gov’t wants to Make Transparent Loans “More” Transparent—and Expensive
    Officials zero in on private student loans Erica Perez, California Watch,  3/30/12 As the cost of higher education continues to increase and [...]
• Middle Schooler Writes Letter to Councilman: Gov’t School Propaganda in Action
    Middle Schooler Writes Letter to City Councilman Asking for Bicycle Lanes Since Local Kids Are Obese LA1st, 3/29/12 Who says middle [...]
• San Diego Schools Trustee Says District Dropping Ball On Academic Planning
      Schools Trustee Says District Dropping Ball On Academic Planning By Kyla Calvert,KPBS, 3/28/12 One San Diego Unified board of education member is accusing [...]
• Did sales tax diversion violate voters’ will?
      A lot hangs on Prop 98 ruling Did sales tax diversion violate voters’ will? By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess ,3/29/12 The onus [...]
• The American Federation of Teachers President’s half truths and hypocrisy can’t hide an obvious agenda.
      Taking Randi Weingarten’s Words with a Grain of Salt… and Some Maalox By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 3/27/12 The American Federation of [...]
• If Initiatives Are About the Schools, Why Aren’t Campaigns About the Schools?
      If Initiatives Are About the Schools, Why Aren’t Campaigns About the Schools? Joe Matthews, nbclosangeles, 3/27/12 California is supposedly having a debate [...]
• 65% Say Most High School Graduates Lack Skills to Enter the Workforce
      65% Say Most High School Graduates Lack Skills to Enter the Workforce Rasmussen Reports,  3/27/12 Americans strongly believe that most high school [...]
• More Corruption From the Los Angeles Unified School District—Questions About Honest Testing?
    Paper: Massive Cheating in L.A., Other Schools Districts Across America By JOHN SEILER, Cal Watchdog, 3/26/12 Yesterday the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran a [...]
• Layoffs: Keep Experienced Teachers or Good Teachers—Unions Prefer Experience Over Childrens Needs
      Losing experience in teacher layoffs Leg Analyst calls for changing pink-slip process By Kathryn Baron , svef,  3/23/12 California school districts should not [...]
• Gov’t Schools to Waste 50% of Class Time teaching in Foreign Language
      Dual-language lessons growing in popularity Eleanor Yang Su, Californian Watch,  3/22/12 At Chula Vista Learning Community Charter School, students are [...]
• San Fran Schools Ship Kids, without a voice, Three Miles From Home
      Slight increase in successful school placements By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner, 03/21/12 Although more students received top school choices this year than [...]
• Left Takes No Responsibility for 29% CA Drop Out Rate—Just Want Higher Taxes for Continued Failed Gov’t Education.
      Business Update on KPCC: Low graduation rates stall hiring Mark Lacter, LA Observed,  3/20/12 Students in California tend to drop out a [...]
• Demands to change teacher dismissals–specifically sexual deviants
      Demands to change teacher dismissals Spate of criminal charges in LAUSD to prod legislation By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess , [...]
• Phony Scary Tactic Headline: Teacher layoffs at 20,000 and counting
      Teacher layoffs at 20,000 and counting Not even veteran teachers are spared By Kathryn Baron,svef,  3/16/12 Cynthia Dalmacio has a mnemonic device [...]
• CA Gov’t universities plow ahead with construction despite tight budgets
      Public universities plow ahead with construction despite tight budgets Jon Marcus, California Watch,  3/14/12 Construction cranes sprout from the campus of UC [...]
• Unionists Hijacking Charter Schools
      Unionists Hijacking Charter Schools By NRTW Committee Staff, 3/14/12 Terrance Scanlon finds compelling evidence that the union bosses have sent their sights [...]
• Penn State open to going private
      Penn State open to going private By Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/14/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE Cornell, whose main [...]
• Harvard $17,000 Per year Tuition, Room/Board—Cal State $24,000 Per Year Tuition Room/Board
      Harvard Cheaper Than Cal State Well-funded private universities like Harvard have sought to attract more middle-class students by offering generous aid [...]
• Not just a YouTube phenomenon, but a model for educational transformation
      The Math of Khan Not just a YouTube phenomenon, but a model for educational transformation Laura Vanderkam, City Journal, 3/11/12 Watching videos online [...]
• Unions Oppose Gov’t School Finance Reform—Don’t Mess With Their $$$
      Thumbs down for finance reform Ed Coalition criticizes timing and formula By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess,   3/13/12 The Education Coalition, the powerful [...]
• Cal State Lies About Receiving Transparency Award
        Cal State Lies About Receiving Transparency Award By JOHN HRABE, Cal Watchdog, 3/13/12 Vox Veritas Vita – “Speak the truth as a [...]
• The Union War on School Volunteers
      The Union War on School Volunteers By Editor, Union Watch, 3/13/12 There are so many facets to the problem of public sector [...]
• CA Owes Government School $10 Billion—Can’t Pay
      Push for deferral reform–In the event they reappear instead of disappear By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 3/12/12 Given a choice between [...]
• Incoming UC Students May Be Asked To Declare Their Sexual Orientation
      Incoming UC Students May Be Asked To Declare Their Sexual Orientation CBS LA,  3/9/12 — The next influx of UC students may be [...]
• Hrabe: Legislators Flunk Cal State ‘Fuzzy Math’
      Legislators Flunk Cal State ‘Fuzzy Math’ By JOHN HRABE, Cal Watchdog,  3/12/12 Senate Republican leader Bob Huff flunked Cal State University’s “fuzzy [...]
• Racial disparity in CA school discipline–Liberals Want Non Punishment Based on Race
      Racial disparity in CA school discipline Black and Hispanic students receive harsher punishment By Kathryn Baron, svef, 3/7/12 In nine out of [...]
• State faces teacher shortage as more retire, fewer enter profession
  At the same time we are firing teachers, yet getting better test scores, folks are worried about a teacher shortage.  [...]
• Grimes: Students Protest Tuition Hikes –Should be Protesting Unions and Miseducation
      Students Protest Ed Entitlement Cuts By KATY GRIMES, Cal Watchdog,  3/5/12 Middle-aged, greying 1960s radicals, pimply faced kids, teachers, throngs of SEIU [...]
• Children a Second Thought at Gov’t Schools
      Adults’ Rights Come Before Children’s Health and Welfare in Public Schools By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 3/6/12 Parents send their children to [...]
• Do You Really Need a College Degree to Sell Insurance, Real Estate, Own a Hardware Store? Save $$ and Buy or Create a Business—Bill Gates Did
      Why Not Skip College? John Seiler, Cal Watchdog,  3/6/12 Katy Grimes reported here at CalWatchDog.com on the protests against cuts in aid [...]
• Charters choose Brown’s tax plan
      Charters choose Brown’s tax plan Loyal to governor whose support they can count on By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 3/5/12 Charter schools [...]
• Traditional Bookstores and Libraries are Doomed by the Internet
      Traditional Bookstores and Libraries are Doomed by the Internet, and so too are Many Other Ways to Distribute Content to [...]
• CA Gov’t Schools use Incompetent Tests for Remedial Classes
        Community college placement exams fail High school grades better predict college success By Kathryn Baron, svef,  3/1/12 Tens of thousands of California community [...]
• City College of San Fran Cuts Classes in Middle of Semester—Students Lose Time and $$
      Budget cuts at CCSF leave some students in the lurch By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner, 03/01/12 Many students bought textbooks only to [...]
• Obama: Lower College Admittance Standards to Return Racism to Enrollment Process
      Admission Standards and How to Lower Them Legally By Robert Weissberg, Manhattan Institute,  2/26/12 In December, the Obama Justice and Education Departments [...]
• Sand: Charter Schools and Vouchers Work for Students—Gov’t Schools Work for Unions
    School Choice: Time to Move Forward By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 2/28/12 As evidence mounts that the government/union education monopoly is failing [...]
• Cal Grants Trying to Limit Online Education
      Financial aid officials question Cal Grants for online degrees Erica Perez , California Watch,  2/27/12 The California Student Aid Commission last week explored [...]
• Would a Gov’t School With a Longer School Year Matter—or Just Waste $$$
    How About a Longer School Year? By JOHN SEILER, CalWatchdog, 2/24/12 One reason California schools perform so poorly is that the state’s [...]
• Why Not online Classes for ALL Students, Not Just the Failing One’s?
    Santa Barbara District’s New Credit Recovery Program Helping Seniors Graduate on Time Online courses provide a cost-effective way for local high [...]
• 2 million students in struggling CA school districts
      2 million students in struggling school districts By Kathryn Baron, svef,  2/24/12 Nearly a third of California students attend school in a [...]
• Unexpected cuts for CA colleges–due to financial incompetence
  Unexpected cuts for CA colleges Officials lobby legislature to intervene By Kathryn Baron, svef, 2/22/12 Stop me if you’ve heard [...]
• Grimes: Free College Education Brings 50% DROP Out Rate
  State Edu-Welfare Expansion Plans Katy Grimes:  Cal Watchdog, 2/21/12 More than 50 percent of California college students do not pay for school [...]
• Sand: CTA in Bed with the Occupy Crowd? LOL!
  CTA in Bed with the Occupy Crowd? LOL! By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 2/21/12 The California Teachers Association is seeking cover [...]
• Santa Barbara School District’s Newest Round of Layoff Notices Likely to Stick, Superintendent Says
  Santa Barbara School District’s Newest Round of Layoff Notices Likely to Stick, Superintendent Says District faces $6 million in cuts [...]
• Concern for Safety and Well-Being of Jewish Students and Faculty at CSUN
  Concern for Safety and Well-Being of Jewish Students and Faculty at CSUN Gary Aminoff,  Studio City Patch,  2/19/12 CSUN is sponsoring [...]
• San Diego Teachers Turning Against Elitist Union Leaders
  Rumblings from Teachers After Union Backs Away by [...]
• Runner: The Speaker’s Scholarship Plan: Too Good to Be True?
  The Speaker’s Scholarship Plan: Too Good to Be True? By George Runner, Member, CA Board of Equalization, 2/17/12   There’s [...]
• How CA Gov’t Education Steals $$ & Harms the Public
  Disapproving parents agree: Go back and fix your budget, governor By Crystal Brown, svef, 2/13/12 Parents from around the [...]
• Problem: Keeping Good Teachers and Firing Bad One’s
  Building teachers to last Bay Area teachers urge apprenticeships, career ladder By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 2/13/12 The biggest challenge [...]
• San Fran Gov’t Schools: Parents Beg for $ Just to Get Mediocre Education for Children
  Taking class out of San Francisco classrooms By: Amy Crawford 02/13/12 EdMatch wants local [...]
• San Fran Gov’t Schools Stop Quality Education for Honors Students–Mediocre Education for Them
  SFUSD veers away from honors classes By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner,  [...]
• Remedial Classes OVERLOADED in CA Colleges
  College students can’t get “passed” math Study finds community college math a barrier to success By Kathryn Baron, svef,  [...]
• Union Boss: Life Isn’t Fair When Union Bosses Control Education
  Union Boss: Life Isn’t Fair When Union Bosses Control Education On February 9, 2012, By NRTW Committee Staff New Jersey [...]
• CA Gov’t Schools Start to Provide Dinner–Along with Breakfast and Lunch–for FREE
  Supper is now on the menu at some California schools By Sue Frey ~ EdSource Extra, 2//12 You’ve heard about free school lunches [...]
• Seiler: More Taxes for Gov’t Skoolz?
  More Taxes for Skoolz? By JOHN SEILER, Cal Watchdog, 2/7/12 I’m enjoying the tiff between Gov. Jerry Brown and the other [...]
• 70% of Community College Students Get FREE Tuition
  LAO nixes Gov’s community college budget  Analyst gives task force proposals higher marks By Kathryn Baron, svef,  2/9/12   Gov. [...]
• Guv Brown to Steal Education Funds From One Project–Give to Others
  LAO wants to redirect QEIA funds Leg. Analyst says state should get leftovers By Kathryn Baron, Educated Guess,  [...]
• Another Obama Crony Half Billion $$ Loan Goes Bad
  Fisker Halts Work, Lays off Workers as It Renegotiates DOE Loan Company reveals it hasn’t been able to tap its $529 [...]
• CA Democrats Infighting Begins–When Democratic Party Bosses Cling to Power
  When Democratic Party Bosses Cling to Power by Paul Hogarth‚ Beyon Chron, 2/7/12 California’s new map of legislative [...]
• U.C. Berkeley ponders swapping state sugar daddy for federal one
  U.C. Berkeley ponders swapping state sugar daddy for federal one San Francisco Business Times [...]
• CTA Sponsored Legislation Could Cripple Charter School Growth–Union Hates Quality Education
  CTA Sponsored Legislation Could Cripple Charter School Growth By Larry Sand, Union Watch,  2/7/12 The California Teachers Association can’t realistically unionize [...]
• UC San Fran Admits to Conflict of Interest in Demanding Higher Taxes
    UCSF study: Boosting cigarette tax could bolster California economy by $2 billion San Francisco Business Times [...]
• LAUSD Pedophille Teacher to KEEP Lifetime Health Benefits
  L.A. Teacher Accused of Molesting 23 Children to Keep Lifetime Health Benefits; Not His First Investigation by [...]
• Put Textbooks on The Internet: Save $$ and Stop Killing Tree’s
  High cost of textbooks serves as barrier to education By: Amy Crawford, [...]
• Hell Froze Over!! Dems Vote to Slash School Funding–Cutting Quality Schools
  Dems Vote to Slash School Funding By KATY GRIMES, Cal Watchdog,  2/1/12 Anyone involved in state politics would concede that it would [...]
• KFI John and Ken on Target: LAUSD Students are “Solyndrites”
  KFI’s John Kobylt Makes Up New Insult By Richard Horgan, Mediabistro,  2/1/12  The gang at Media Matters for America (MMFA) [...]
• San Diego Gov’t Schools Choice: Firings or Wage Cutbacks–Unions Choice
  City Schools: Please Respond ASAP to Our Nonexistent Proposal by [...]
• San Fran scraps Transitional Kindergarten
  San Francisco scraps Transitional Kindergarten District cites uncertainty over state budget By Kathryn Baron, svef, 1/27/12 San Francisco Unified School [...]
• CSU trustees move to cap new president pay
  CSU trustees move to cap new president pay Sacramento Business Journal [...]
• Stamp Out ‘Early Start’ Now! Avoid More Chaos at LA Unified!
  Stamp Out ‘Early Start’ Now! Avoid More Chaos at LA Unified! Diana L. Chapman, City Watch LA, 1/23/12 MY [...]
• UC, employees to pay more into pension fund
  UC, employees to pay more into pension fund San Francisco Business Times [...]
• LAO: Gov’t Short changes Charter Schools–They Receive Less $$
  Comparing Funding for Charter Schools and Their School District Peers Executive Summary California Legislative Analyst Office, 1/26/12 The 1992 legislation that authorized [...]
• Sand: School choice is on the move everywhere—except California.
  Golden Missed Opportunity School choice is on the move everywhere—except California. Larry Sand,  City Journal,  1/24/12 January 22 through [...]
• CA Gov’t Schools: Higher Spending,Lower Test Scores
  Andrew Coulson: A case against more California taxes History of school performance argues that money would be better left in the [...]
• CA Schools: Higher taxes, little relief
  Higher taxes, little relief Districts unenthusiastic about Brown’s tax plan By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 1/23/12 Gov. Jerry Brown [...]
• Teachers Union Prefers to bankrupt San Diego Schools
  Teachers Union: We’ve Heard Budget Woes Before by [...]
• ‘The Worst of Times in California Public (Gov’t) Education’
  ‘The Worst of Times in California Public Education’ by [...]
• Florida: 85% of Jobs Do NOT Need College Degrees
  Most Florida jobs don’t require bachelor’s degree Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun Sentinel (Florida,  1/21/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE [...]
• LAUSD Students Roundly Reject Healthier (Obama Demanded) School Lunch Menu
  LAUSD Students Roundly Reject Healthier School Lunch Menu http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/01/19/lausd-students-roundly-reject-healthier-school-lunch-menu/ 1/21/12   The revamped school lunches at Los Angeles Unified School District have won awards, [...]
• Lawsuit against LAUSD could shake up how CA evaluates teachers.
  A 40-Year Shame A lawsuit against Los Angeles Unified School District could shake up how California evaluates teachers. Larry Sand, City [...]
• 5,000 janitors in the U.S. with Ph.D.s–Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Why Did 17 Million Students Go to College? By Richard Vedder, Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/20/10 Two sets of information [...]
• Santa Barbara School District Exploring Restorative Justice Model for Student Discipline: Bad Students told they are “Naughty”
  Santa Barbara School District Exploring Restorative Justice Model for Student Discipline System changes will begin to take shape in the coming [...]
• Brown: Cull the herd of wasteful non essential state tests
  Brown: Cull the herd of state tests State of State outlines education themes By John Fensterwald – Educated [...]
• Citing Costs, Poor Service, Charters Ditch District Special Ed
      Citing Costs, Poor Service, Charters Ditch District Special Ed Jumping Ship In recent years, dozens of charter schools have found ways [...]
• Guv’s Appointees Trying to Keep Kids Hostage in Failed Gov’t Schools
  State Board, CDE staff at odds on charter Rocketship wins; objections were overruled By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 1/16/12 [...]
• University of CA Tuition TRIPLES in Ten Years
    [stextbox id="grey"] Congratulations!!! The cost of a California government college degree has tripled in the past decade–union and administrative [...]
• CA student spending near bottom –As If $$ Will Fix Union Monopoly of Gov’t Schools
  CA student spending near bottom By some other measures, middle of the pack By Kathryn Baron, SVEF, 1/13/12 John Fensterwald [...]
• Seiler: CA Should Sell Univ. Football Teams
        CA Should Sell Univ. Football Teams John Seiler, 1/13/12 To avoid bankruptcy, any sensible business or family begins selling things: cars, [...]
• Thomas D. Elias: Do state campuses condone anti-Semitism?
  Thomas D. Elias: Do state campuses condone anti-Semitism? Thomas, Elias, Appeal Democrat, 1/9/12 Imagine the outcry if students on a [...]
• What Can We Learn From the LAUSD School Lunch Fiasco? Kids have Stomachs, Not “Palates”
  What Can We Learn From the LAUSD School Lunch Fiasco? by Dana Woldow‚Beyond Chron,  1/9/12 The recent Los Angeles Times [...]
• Brown Holds Students Hostage to Get More Tax $$
  Districts get power, if not cash, in Gov’s budget School fortunes would rely on the ballot box By Kathryn [...]
• San Diego Mayor Candidate Dumanis Reform: End Elected Boards of Education
  Dumanis releases reform plan for San Diego Unified School District San Diego News Room,  1/6/12 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – District [...]
• High School Classes ONLINE–Who Needs a Building?
    Next step for online ed initiative Positive fiscal analysis to help the cause By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 1/4/12 [...]
• CA teachers took pay hits last year–15,000 Fewer Teachers
  California and Sacramento-area teachers took pay hits last year Diana Lambert and Philip Reese, Sacramento Bee,  1/4/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK [...]
• Even Left and Unions Concerned About $32 Billion in Tax Increases on Ballot is Too Much
  Call for one tax on November ballot Groups reassert demand for reforms with revenue By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess  [...]
• Crazy Obama Administration: High school diploma requirement might violate Americans with Disabilities Act
  EEOC: High school diploma requirement might violate Americans with Disabilities Act By Dave Boyer, The Washington Times, 1/1/12 Employers are facing more [...]
• Religious Bigotry in Liberal CA: Charter school rejected because of applicant’s faith
        Charter school rejected because of applicant’s faith Becky Yeh – OneNewsNow, 1/2/2012 3:40:00 AM A California attorney says one city’s move [...]
• Cuts force Peninsula schools to learn to live with fewer teachers
              Cuts force Peninsula schools to learn to live with fewer teachers By: Katie Worth, Special to The SF Examiner, 12/28/11   Classroom sizes at [...]
• Visitors from Outer Space and Their Strange Ideas About Education Reform
    Visitors from Outer Space and Their Strange Ideas About Education Reform By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 12/27/11 There are those among us [...]
• Teachers Union to Public: You are Too Dumb To Serve on a School Board
  Teachers Union President Deems Education Too Complex for Tax-Paying Rubes Kyle Olson, Townhall, 12/21/11 It’s so reassuring to have the intellectual elites [...]
• Sand: The “Let’s Brainwash American Children Club” Has a New Member
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• California Runs Schools Like DMV
  California Runs Schools Like DMV Cal Watchdog, 12/19/11 “Race to the Top” federal education funding California just “won” is more like “Race [...]
• Unions “Allowing” $2 million health care cuts–to save jobs
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• LAUSD Students Hate New Award-Winning, Healthy School Lunches, Black Market for Cheetos and Ramen Springs Up
  This is a priori evidence of child abuse.  When will it stop? LAUSD Students Hate New Award-Winning, Healthy School Lunches, Black [...]
• Poor Test Scores to Close Charter Schools–Worse Gov’t Schools Stay Open
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• More Charter Schools–better Education/Kids Saved from Gov’t Schools
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• UC tuition: So many students pay zip. Illegal Aliens Qualify for FREE tuition
  UC tuition: So many students pay zip. Isn’t this news? No, says LAT. Chris Reed,CalWhine, 12/12/11 The California media have a troubling [...]
• College Professors Want You Taxed More–Then Get Raises
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• Fresno/Los Angeles Gov’t Schools–Major Failures
  Sobering NAEP scores for Fresno, LA Achievement gap grows sharply in San Diego By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess,  12/09/11 Fresno Unified Superintendent [...]
• San Fran Gov’t Schools Wastes $$ on “Reusable” Water Bottles for Students
  San Francisco students to receive personal water bottles under law By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner, 12/07/11 Students at five San Francisco schools [...]
• Fresno/Los Angeles Gov’t Schools–Major Failures
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• Sand: The Route to Teacher Union Extinction: Is the Other Shoe Dropping?
  The Route to Teacher Union Extinction: Is the Other Shoe Dropping? By Larry Sand, Union Watch,  12/06/11 http://unionwatch.org/the-route-to-teacher-union-extinction-is-the-other-shoe-dropping/ In addition to online learning, [...]
• Less than one-third of students considered fit –More phony gov’t “standards
  Less than one-third of students considered fit By Daniel Weintraub, Healthy Cal,  12/01/11 Less than a third of California’s public school [...]
• Are San Diego Gov’t School Principals Corrupt? Investigation begins
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• Dumb: CA Teacher Association (Union) Says $500,000 is a million bucks
  Jerry: Gouge Middle Class Even More John Seiler, Cal Watchdog, 12/01/11 It’s open season on California taxpayers. Gov. Jerry Brown is painting bull’s [...]
• LAUSD Teachers: Partially Freed From Unions–Still Pay bribes to work
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• UC Regents Raise Administrators’ Salaries–Continue to Misspend tax and tuition $$$
  Despite Angry Protests, UC Regents Raise Administrators’ Salaries Board asks state for more funding, while Cal faculty demand changes in police [...]
• UC Regents Raise Administrators’ Salaries–Continue to Misspend tax and tuition $$$
  Despite Angry Protests, UC Regents Raise Administrators’ Salaries Board asks state for more funding, while Cal faculty demand changes in police [...]
• Media Bias: Disgraced, Recalled Supreme Court Justice to Investigate UC Davis Law Enforcement
  Former justice to lead pepper spraying probe Sacramento Business Journal by Kelly Johnson, 11/28/11 A former California Supreme Court judge has been [...]
• Hell Freezes Over: Teachers Union OPPOSES New Tax–Along With GOP!
  Think Long proposal draws ire of California Teachers Association and state Republican Party Christopher A. Guzman, Independent Voters Network,  11/29/11 Usually clashing [...]
• Housing Crash Now Threatens School Construction in San Diego
  Housing Crash Now Threatens School Construction by Emily Alpert, voiceofsandiego, 11/22/11 The San Diego Unified school district has reaped less and less [...]
• Ballot initiative seeks to expand access to online education in CA
  Ballot initiative seeks to expand access to online education Joanna Lin, California Watch,  11/23/11 For public school students in California, where you [...]
• Officials huddle over long-term plans for higher education
  Officials huddle over long-term plans for higher education By Alisen Boada, Capitol Weekly, 11/23/11 The agency best suited to lead the discussion [...]
• Sand: CA Looming Fiscal Disaster: Sunlight and an Informed Public are the Best Disinfectants
  California’s Looming Fiscal Disaster: Sunlight and an Informed Public are the Best Disinfectants By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 11/22/11 With the state [...]
• In Los Angeles, truancy tickets hit kids of color
  In Los Angeles, truancy tickets hit kids of color By Robin Urevich, Healthy Cal, 11/21/11 In Los Angeles, a change in the [...]
• Some Oakland parents question need for school police–in war zone
  Some Oakland parents question need for school police By Rosa Ramirez, Healthy Cal, 11/21/11 Police take an oath to protect and serve. [...]
• LAUSD Hides Facts About Incompetent Teachers From Parents
  L.A. Unified Blocks Release of Teacher Performance Metrics, Fearing Responsibility to Parents By Troy Senik, Public Sector,   11/20/11 There’s a remarkable [...]
• Do Standardized Tests Raise Dropout Rates?
  Do Standardized Tests Raise Dropout Rates? by Bill Watkins, New Geography,  11/16/2011 The No Child Left Behind Act became law in 2002. [...]
• Preemptive action by UC and CSU over protests by Occupier Gangs
      Preemptive action by UC and CSU over protests UC Regents cancel meeting; CSU boosts security By Kathryn Baron,svef,  11/15/11 The University of [...]
• Sand: Why CA teachers’ unions will eventually go the way of Betamax.
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• LAUSD Blows Billions on Construction
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• Cal State looks at 9 percent tuition increase
  Cal State looks at 9 percent tuition increase Central Valley Business Times,  11/14/11 •  Says it depends on amount of state funding •  [...]
• Online ‘Bill of Rights’ for high school students–Initiative for November 2012
  Online ‘Bill of Rights’ for high school students Initiative would go to voters in November 2012 Posted on 11/14/11 • Categorized [...]
• California Gov’t Schools’ Idea of a Role Model: A Porn Star
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• Do Oakland Teachers Really Believe They’re Paid to Preach Political Views to Kids?
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• CA Kindergarten Students Graded on Algebra–NO Joke
  Putting kitchens back into kindergarten Districts start planning transitional classrooms By Kathryn Baron svef, 11/11/11 “To me, it’s what kindergarten used to be: [...]
• Grimes: Building State Schools Creates Jobs?
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• California schools have used all their stimulus money
  California schools have used all their stimulus money By Tom Chorneau, Capitol Weekly,  11/09/11 State auditors drew widespread media attention in August [...]
• Teachers’ Union Fat Cats
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• Sussman: Occupying the Minds of Our Youth
  Occupying the Minds of Our Youth By Brian Sussman, American Thinker, 11/4/11 A friend of mine is employed by a public elementary [...]
• Inglewood: Gov’t School District edges toward state takeover
  District edges toward state takeover Inglewood Unified squeezed by cuts, own blunders By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess,  11/7/11 Many school districts are [...]
• Radical Teachers Union members Join Riots in Oakland
  Radical Teacher’s Unionists Join Oakland General Strike By NRTW Committee Staff, 11/4/11 President Obama continues to push a bailout for teacher’s union [...]
• The book of broke: San Fran students rethinking whether student debt is worth it
  The book of broke: SF students rethinking whether student debt is worth it By: Paul Gackle, SF Examiner, 11/6/11 The sign Annabelle [...]
• CA students rank at bottom of national test
  Calif. students rank at bottom of national test Corey G. Johnson, California Watch, 11/3/11 While California’s math and reading scores have improved [...]
• Gov’t “Educators” Planning to take more $$ for your failed schools
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• Brown would raise new teachers’ retirement age to 67
  Pension reform’s impact on teachers Brown would raise new teachers’ retirement age to 67 By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess,10/28/11 Under Gov. Jerry [...]
• Study Concludes Public School Teacher Salaries $120 Billion Over Market Value
  Study Concludes Public School Teacher Salaries $120 Billion Over Market Value By MARK HEMINGWAY,Weekly Standard, 11/2/11 Those on the left are wont [...]
• Left Admits Gov’t Schools Failures and Dangerous–Sound Like Tea Party Folk
  Teachers Want Corporate America Assessed by Judy Rabin & Jim Horn‚ Beyond Chron, 11/2/11 It has been more than a week ago [...]
• LAUSD Teacher: “Jews have been run out of 109 countries throughout history – we need to run them out of this one.”
  #Occupy’s Favorite Anti-Semitic Teacher Turns Her Sights on LA School Board Kyle Olson, Townhall, 11/1/11 Patricia McAllister is the anti-Semitic gasbag who [...]
• Gov’t School Board Member Suggests Cutting Pay, Etc.–District is Broke
  San Diego Unified school board trustee Scott Barnett announces his plan for the district to avoid insolvency. By Will Carless and [...]
• San Fran schools grappling with pre-kindergarten program–can’t pay for it.
  San Francisco schools grappling with pre-kindergarten program By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner, 10/27/11 A new California law requires school districts to offer [...]
• Pension “Reform”: Brown Wants bad teachers to be in Classroom Till Age 67!
  Pension reform’s impact on teachers Brown would raise new teachers’ retirement age to 67 By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 10/28/11 Under Gov. [...]
• Gov’t Truancy Law Unfairly Punishes Minorities and Poor
  Truancy Law Unfairly Punishes Minorities and Poor Janet Denise Kelly, City Watch LA, 10/27/11 URBAN PERSPECTIVE – Parents and community leaders are [...]
• Dramatic Jump in Number of CA School Districts on Financial Brink
  Dramatic Jump in Number of School Districts on Financial Brink Rising costs, shrinking budgets put 110 California districts at risk of [...]
• Study: Students at career-tech schools more likely to graduate
  Study: Students at career-tech schools more likely to graduate Corey G. Johnson,California Watch, 10/26/11 Students enrolled in business-backed courses focused on career [...]
• Illegal Aliens Reading /Scores Worries Some–Not Their Violation of Our Laws
  State has one of nation’s highest gaps in Hispanic-white reading proficiency Sarah Garland, California Watch, 10/23/11 SOLEDAD – On a cool winter [...]
• The Real Cost of Serving Real Food–What about Education
  The Real Cost of Serving Real Food by Dana Woldow‚ Beyond Chron, 10/24/11 It was only just two years ago that Alice [...]
• LA Times Promotes”Quality” Education for Criminal Illegal Aliens Over Needs of Honest Students
  Study finds education gap for illegal Mexican migrants’ children They finished two fewer years of school than peers with legal [...]
• Obama Taking Over Pre-Schools–Like a Good Socialist
  Early Learning Race to the Top Nationalizes Preschool Education Liberty Watch,10/20/11 October 19th was the day that states applying for the Race [...]
• UC online instruction pilot sparks excitement, controversy
  UC online instruction pilot sparks excitement, controversy Erica Perez, CaliforniaWatch, 10/21/11 As a small cadre of University of California faculty prepares to [...]
• What Happens if Gov’t Schools Go Insolvent?
  What Happens if City Schools Go Insolvent by Keegan Kyle, voiceofsandiego, 10/16/11 Last week, top officials said the San Diego Unified School [...]
• Repeal Obamacare – but Keep Socialized Education?
  Repeal Obamacare – but Keep Socialized Education? By Josiah Cantrall, American Thinker,  10/18/11 During the recent Fox News and Google presidential debate, [...]
• LAUSD–Until Now principals Not Given Vital Information on Their Teachers
  L.A. Unified principals to see teachers’ effectiveness ratings The previously confidential ratings estimate teachers’ effectiveness in raising students’ standardized test scores. [...]
• LAUSD–Until Now Principals Not Given Vital Information on Their Teachers
  L.A. Unified principals to see teachers’ effectiveness ratings The previously confidential ratings estimate teachers’ effectiveness in raising students’ standardized test scores. [...]
• Bigoted LAUSD and feds reach civil rights accord
  LAUSD and feds reach civil rights accord Focus on English learners and Black students By Kathryn Baron, svef,10/12/11 Los Angeles Unified School District [...]
• California school spending marches to the bottom, study shows: AND TEST SCORES CONTINUE TO RISE
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• CA Nears Automatic Education Spending Cuts With Revenue $705 Million Short (Making the Dream Act Signed by Brown Look Even Sillier)
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• Recession may be escalating coming teacher shortage
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• Why would CA leave $100 million on the table for gov’t babysitting? 130,000 4 yr olds in gov’t schools
  Why would California leave $100 million on the table for early education? By David Kirp, svef, 10/05/11 With the Oct. 19 deadline [...]
• Jobs bill could save thousands of CA teachers– And Cause Test Scores to go Down AGAIN
  Jobs bill could save thousands of CA teachers Pres. and Ed Secretary face uphill battle even for a vote By [...]
• San Jose School districts Lies: Steals $8 million–no punishment for thieves
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• Should CSU pay executives using private foundation dollars?
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• UC Berkeley’s diversity machine loses its mind over cupcakes.
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• Gov’t Causes Charter School to Fail, Then Blames Victim
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• Seiler:Privatize the University of California
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• Role of Gov’t Schools? How can the content of character be measured? And should it be?
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• LA Unified Schools–Total Disaster–Students Running Classrooms
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• How useless “professional-development” classes for teachers cost taxpayers billions
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• Busing Scheme Crashing San Fran Schools
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• Short-Changed by State, School Districts Borrow and Students Lose
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• More Calif. students defaulting on loans–Now almost 8%–doubled in four years
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• Despite sweeping scandals, big states don’t check for cheating by teachers
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• More college-ready high school juniors–22%
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• The Ticking Time Bomb in San Diego School Finances
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• Faculty union ad targets CSU executive pay
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