Education
- California’s powerful teachers’ union condemns Democratic reformers.
Blue vs. Blue California’s powerful teachers’ union condemns Democratic reformers. Larry Sand, City Journal, 5/16/13 If not for the activism of the California [...] - Will San Francisco’s Kindergartener Bank Accounts Catch On?
Will San Francisco’s Kindergartener Bank Accounts Catch On? By J.B. Wogan, Governing, 5/15/13 Douglas Vasquez, dressed in a sweater vest and glasses, [...] - Union Teachers Take Prop. 30 $$ From Students—Other Education $$ DECREASED!!
Santa Barbara District’s $2.7 Million in Prop. 30 Funding Used for Teacher Salaries By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk, 5/13/13 The Santa Barbara Unified [...] - Mothers Show Strong Support for School Choice in National Survey
Mothers Show Strong Support for School Choice in National Survey Friedman Foundation fro Education Choice, 5/8/13 INDIANAPOLIS—As Americans prepare to honor mothers [...] - LAUSD: No Punishment for Bullies or Classroom Disrupters
LAUSD May Ban Student Suspensions For ‘Willful Defiance’ CBSLA, 5/13/13 Officials with the Los Angeles Unified school district will consider a proposal this [...] - SCHOOL LAND DEAL GOES SOUR Sweetwater’s plan for new headquarters millions in the hole
SCHOOL LAND DEAL GOES SOUR Sweetwater’s plan for new headquarters millions in the hole By JEFF McDonald & ALLISON SAMPITE-MONTECALVO, San Diego [...] - LAUSD cracks down on teacher misconduct; 100 fired, 200 resign, 300 ‘housed’
LAUSD cracks down on teacher misconduct; 100 fired, 200 resign, 300 ‘housed’ By Barbara Jones, LA Daily News, 5/12/13 The personnel files [...] - The budget-strapped University of California squanders millions on mindless diversity programs.
Multiculti U. The budget-strapped University of California squanders millions on mindless diversity programs. Heather Mac Donald, City Journal, 5/8/13 In the summer [...] - UC classes easing into online world
UC classes easing into online world By Karen Kucher, San Diego U-T, 5/7/13 Like higher education institutions everywhere, the University of California [...] - Guv Brown Budget to Cutback on Technical/Vocational Education As Requirements Forced ALL Students to Qualify for Either UC or CSU
Legislature moves to protect career tech By Kimberly Beltran, SI&A Cabinet Report, 5/6/13 When Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his new [...] - Teachers Sue to Stop Being Forced to Pay Bribes to Unions to Work
California teachers sue NEA over forced $1,000 union dues Paul Bedard, Washington Exainer, 4/30/13 Ten California schoolteachers on Tuesday sued the National [...] - Parents, Students, Businessmen, Mayors, Reformers, Civil Rights Groups, Conservatives, Liberals et al vs. Teachers Unions
Parents, Students, Businessmen, Mayors, Reformers, Civil Rights Groups, Conservatives, Liberals et al vs. Teachers Unions By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 4/30/13 It [...] - Nearly 12% of Sac City students chronically absent, UC Davis study finds
Nearly 12% of Sac City students chronically absent, UC Davis study finds By Loretta Kalb and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee, 4/28/13 TO [...] - Seiler: Real school reform: homeschooling
Real school reform: homeschooling By John Seiler, Calwatchdog, 4/28/13 Public schools are a disaster, especially in California. Plummeting test scores, not enough [...] - Changes in California Graduation Requirements: 39% MORE will Fail
Study: California high school students ill-prepared for tougher courses Central Valley Business Times, 4/25/13 • High standards will flummox many • [...] - ACLU Sues California Schools: Demand More Spending for “Non-English” Speaking Students
California ignoring some English learners, lawsuit says California’s Department of Education has failed its obligation to give English-learning students legally required [...] - New Graduation Requirements Will Require Support–Many More Drop Outs
New Graduation Requirements Will Require Support By Kyla Calvert, KPBS San Diego, 4/25/13 SAN DIEGO — Freshmen in San Diego city high schools [...] - The Education Blob’s Revenge Against Education Quality
The Education Blob’s Revenge By John Stossel, Real Clear Politics, 4/24/13 I wrote recently how teachers unions, parent-teacher associations and school bureaucrats [...] - Economic Illiterate Students Demand Higher Taxes, Lower Wages, Fewer Jobs—to “Save the Earth”
CA Students Lead Earth Day Rally for Oil and Gas Extraction Tax by Kevin Singer‚ Beyond Chron, 4/23/13 Students and other [...] - Will Teachers Unions Kill Virtual Learning? Why? They Need the $$
Will Teachers Unions Kill Virtual Learning? New educational technologies could be great for kids—if regulations and politics don’t get in the [...] - Santa Monica Gov’t Schools Need $4 Million in DONATIONS to be Funded!!
SMMUSD debuts new funding plan for schools Ashley Archibald, Santa Monica Daily Press, 4/19/13 SMMUSD HDQTRS — District officials presented a [...] - Los Angeles Teachers Union: Who’s Running the Asylum?
Los Angeles Teachers Union: Who’s Running the Asylum? By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 4/17/13 A recent vote by the United Teachers of [...] - Will IDEO reimagine SFUSD’s cafeterias?
Will IDEO reimagine SFUSD’s cafeterias? by Dana Woldow‚ Beyond Chron, 4/15/13 The new SFUSD school meal initiative is just getting started, and [...] - Head Start a Failure. Obama Wants to Create Gov’t Pre-Schools With Tobacco $$
Obama budget would allocate $75 billion over next decade to preschool By Lillian Mongeau, 4/11/13 A girl plays at the water table [...] - Great News!! Los Angeles Unified School District Admits to Only a 34% Drop Out Rate!!
California high school graduation rate creeps up to 78 percent Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC, 4/9/13 California’s high school graduation rate is up to [...] - Bankrolling Failure Saving California’s schools will take more than a tax hike
Bankrolling Failure Saving California’s schools will take more than a tax hike. Larry Sand, City Journal, 4/7/13 On Election Day, Californians voted [...] - School District to Pay for Forcing Lawsuit for Records
District to Pay for Forcing Lawsuit for Records Terry Francke, Center for Public Forum Rights, 4/5/13 A San Diego County Superior Court [...] - Voters Approve Tax Hikes to Protect Schools – But Where Will the Money Actually Go?–Not the Classroom
Voters Approve Tax Hikes to Protect Schools – But Where Will the Money Actually Go? California Budget check—Assembly Republican Caucus, 4/5/13 Last [...] - Educrats: Having Quality Schools for Kids is “Segregation”
Teacher Asks: Is School Choice A Form Of ‘Segregation’ When parents enroll their kids in a specific school is that a [...] - Unions Put Line in Sand for California Education
The Good, the Ugly and the Uglier By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 4/2/13 After a loss in Indiana, the teachers unions’ war [...] - Do You Trust Guv Brown With the Education of YOUR Children?
State still has a role in supporting and holding districts accountable By Erin Gabel, EdSource, 3/3/1/13 With the passage of Proposition 30 and [...] - Course Load: The Growing Burden of College Fees
Course Load: The Growing Burden of College Fees by Marian Wang, ProPublica, 3/29/13 At the University of California Santa Cruz, where tuition [...] - Years in San Diego Gov’t Schools: Still Can’t Speak English
New Classes Target Students Who Struggle To Master English By Kyla Calvert, KPBS San Diego, 3/25/13 SAN DIEGO — About a quarter of [...] - California’s Two Highest Paid State Employees ($5 Million) Fired in Four-Month Span
California’s Two Highest Paid State Employees Fired in Four-Month Span Posted by Chris Nguyen, OC Political, 3/25/13 Making a combined salary of $5 [...] - Gun safety courses offered to elementary teachers in Galt–but no guns allowed for protection
Gun safety courses offered to elementary teachers in Galt By Susan Frey, EdSource, 3/25/13 In a new twist to professional development in a [...] - Capital Appreciation Bonds for Gov’t Schools: Mostly 1,000% Interest—Not a Typo
Capital appreciation bonds sidetracks building plan at Tracy district By Tom Chorneau, SLA Cabinet Report, 3/25/13 Almost two-and-a-half years ago, voters [...] - Courts Say UCLA can NOT Fire Professor for Telling the Truth
A Good Day for Academic Freedom By David French, National Review, 3/22/13 Within the past 24 hours, courts from both coasts handed down [...] - The radical roots of Jerry Brown’s school finance reform plan
The radical roots of Jerry Brown’s school finance reform plan By Wayne Lusvardi, Calwatchdog, 3/22/13 California Gov. Jerry Brown’s recently proposed radical [...] - LAO recommends $4.5 billion CalSTRS rate hike–$$ Taken From Classrooms and Students
LAO recommends $4.5 billion CalSTRS rate hike Ed Mendel, CalPensions, 3/21/13 The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office yesterday recommended that the Legislature adopt [...] - Why Antonio Villaraigosa fell short as LA’s education mayor
Why Antonio Villaraigosa fell short as LA’s education mayor Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC, 3/19/13 As Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa prepares to step [...] - State’s community colleges spend millions on duplicative administrators
State’s community colleges spend millions on duplicative administrators by Erica Perez and Agustin Armendariz, Bay Citizen, 3/18/13 The state’s 72 community college districts [...] - Tuition assistance to end for military, but not for illegal aliens
Tuition assistance to end for military, but not for illegal aliens by Jim Kouri, Conservative Alerts, 3/14/13 Across the board budget cuts, [...] - Outsourcing Public Higher Ed
Outsourcing Public Higher Ed Paul Fain and Ry Rivard, Inside Higher Ed, 3/13/13 A powerful California lawmaker wants public college students [...] - Keep Foster Youth Services out of governor’s funding formula of 30% EXTRA for English as Second Language
Keep Foster Youth Services out of governor’s funding formula Maya Cooper, EdSource, 3/10/13 Governor Jerry Brown’s new funding formula for education threatens [...] - UC Berkeley Students Protest—Want More $$ for Campus Workers and Higher Tuition
Mock funeral at UC Berkeley to support campus workers by Tracey Taylor, Berkelyside, 3/9/13 Yesterday, a group of UC Berkeley students and [...] - How Alabama is on the verge of breaking one of the nation’s most powerful teachers’ unions
How Alabama is on the verge of breaking one of the nation’s most powerful teachers’ unions Posted By Jeff Poor, Daily [...] - Prop. 39′s bounty: New dollars, a lot of them, head to schools
Prop. 39′s bounty: New dollars, a lot of them, head to schools By Greg Lucas, Capitol Weekly, 03/04/13 Districts say they don’t [...] - Michelle Obama “Obesity” Campaign—starves Children and Pregnant Women
Michelle Obama’s public school disaster By: John Hayward, Human Events, 3/4/13 First Lady Michelle Obama is running a campaign against childhood obesity [...] - La Jolla schools take one step closer to greater autonomy
La Jolla schools take one step closer to greater autonomy by Mariko Lamb, San Diego Community News, 3/1/13 The La Jolla Cluster [...] - Pasadena Unified School District Sends out PHONY BUT SCARY LAYOFF Notices
PUSD Announces Layoffs to Close $7M-$12M Deficit Pasadena Patch, 2/28/13 An equivalent of 81.5 employees will get layoff notices. Federal sequestration [...] - High cost of living thwarts school meal improvements–unions harming students
High cost of living thwarts school meal improvements by Dana Woldow‚ Beyond Chron, 2/16/13 Ever since fixing school food became a trendy [...] - Racist LAUSD Teachers Union protect Racism in Classroom and by Teachers
UTLA ♥ Marxists By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 2/26/13 Los Angeles teachers union continues its tradition of accommodating and supporting political extremists. As [...] - CA Bill would open the door to undergraduate teaching credentials–Like Texas
Bill would open the door to undergraduate teaching credentials By John Fensterwald, EdSource, 2/25/13 For the first time in decades, aspiring teachers in [...] - Less Than HALF of Santa Monica Gov’t Schools Students Prepared for Even Community College
Half of SMMUSD students not college ready Ashley Archibald, Santa Monica Daily Press, 2/22/13 Samohi students prepare to graduate in 2008. [...] - The Job Market: Is College Overrated?
The Job Market: Is College Overrated? by Pamela Villarreal, National Center for Policy Analysis, 2/20/13 Furthermore, today’s graduates carry an average student loan [...] - Unions Steal 20% of School Bond Money—and Union Owned School Board Applaud
Another Year Brings New Project Labor Agreements for Education Construction By Kevin Dayton, Union Watch, 2/19/13 Another year brings another rush of costly [...] - AB 32 CUTS 800 Students From UC Enrollment—More Than 2,800 in Future
Senate Budget Committee Recap: Cap And Trade Penalizes University Of California AB 32 Costs Displace 800 Students In 2013-14 Senator Bill Emmerson, [...] - Have Illegal Aliens Made the Central Valley the Nations’ Illiteracy Center?
Central Valley cities ranked among lowest for literacy Central Valley Business Times, 2/18/13 • Bakersfield put at the bottom • “This [...] - Brown proposal would force local school tax increases
Brown proposal would force local school tax increases By Wayne Lusvardi, Calwatchdog, 2/12/13 Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed re-engineering of the California public [...] - Charter School Petition is Approved–For Rich in Downtown Los Angeles
Charter School Petition is Approved Downtown LA News, 2/13/13 DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – Plans to bring a charter school to Downtown got [...] - Guv Brown Demands Illegal Alien Education Pays 35% More
Shame on districts seeking to perpetuate funding advantages By John Affeldt, EdSource, 2/14/13 Kudos to Jerry Brown for proposing to end the inequities [...] - Insolvent CalSTRS Now Wants to Make Management Decisions for Successful Disney
CalSTRS pushes for separate Disney governance by Mark Anderson, Sacramento Business Journal, 2/14/13 The California State Teachers’ Retirement System wants more independence [...] - California Government Schools: “Seat” Time More Important Than Results
Educational Impact of the Khan Academy and Provides Recommendations for Greater Adoption in California by Lance Izumi and Elliott Parisi, Pacific [...] - Want to graduate from High School and go to College? School choice pays off.
School choice pays off, literally The DC Opportunity Scholarship Program is not just good policy but smart budgeting Patrick Wolf, Michael Q. [...] - Great News!!! Long Beach School District Listed As One of World’s Great
See the full story by clicking on the blue headline Another trophy in the case for Long Beach Unified By John Fensterwald, EdSource, [...] - Education Reformers: Stop Suspensions and Expulsions—STOP protecting Children in Classrooms
School discipline reform groups question plans for armed security Susan Ferriss, Center for Public Integrity, 1/15/13 As the White House considers proposals [...] - Santa Ana Schools Caught Stealing Millions in Food $$ From Illegal Aliens
The Santa Ana school district refuses to allow a census as to how many students are illegal aliens. Suffice it [...] - Los Angeles Unified School District: Caught STEALING $158 Million From Students FREE Meals Fund
Report: K-12 districts take kids’ lunch money for other purposes Sacramento Bee, 2/6/13 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE As [...] - UC students dig deep to stay afloat
UC students dig deep to stay afloat By Cindy Baker, Capitol Weekly, 02/04/13 The Great Recession appears to be easing, but at least [...] - Algebra requirement dropped for California 8th-graders
Algebra requirement dropped for California 8th-graders Nannette Miranda, KABC, 2/5/13 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE SACRAMENTO (KABC) — Eighth-grade algebra [...] - Kindergartner in MCA bubble gun case to go back to school
Kindergartner in MCA bubble gun case to go back to school By The News-Item, 2/1/13 MOUNT CARMEL — A 5-year-old kindergarten [...] - Teachers Union in Los Angeles Keep Kids From Quality Schools
Carpenter Hammers Out Plan to Combat Enrollment Fraud Enrollment jumps to more than 1,000 and there just isn’t enough space—and potentially [...] - UC staffers demand a better labor contract
UC staffers demand a better labor contract Labor protests under way at all 10 campuses KCRA, 1/31/13 University of California staff members protested [...] - Pro-reform Los Angeles teachers may be gaining a role in union leadership
Pro-reform Los Angeles teachers may be gaining a role in union leadership By Brittany Clingen, EAGnews.org, 1/31/13 LOS ANGELES – United Teachers [...] - College Students Feel Sting of ObamaCare
College Students Feel Sting of ObamaCare by Alieta Eck, MD, Medibid, 1/30/13 College students will soon wake up to the fact that [...] - Washington, DC Union Schools: Spending More and Lowering Standards
Washington, DC Union Schools: Spending More and Lowering Standards www.thereportcard.org, 1/29/13 In Washington, DC a mere 56% of students who attend [...] - Dishonest Kids in Line for College Grant $$–Money HONEST Kids Will NOT Get
Dream Act students apply for college aid Jill Tucker, SF Chronicle, 1/27/13 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE In San Francisco, [...] - Mismanaged, Failed Government College in San Fran “Not too Big to Fail”
CCSF is not too big to fail, state official warns By: Andrea Koskey, SF Examiner, 01/24/13 State chancellor for California Community Colleges [...] - Innovation and Technology Can Help Us Reduce the Costs of Higher Education —Logue’s AB 51
Innovation and Technology Can Help Us Reduce the Costs of Higher Education —Logue’s AB 51 By Assemblyman Dan Logue,: California Political [...] - Despite budget woes, superintendents’ pay rises
Despite budget woes, superintendents’ pay rises Many school districts on state’s financial watch list reward top administrators By Peter Erikson, Bay Citizen, [...] - Teachers Unions Demand Right to Hold Children Hostage to Government Schools
School Choice for Kids? Ravitch and NEA Say No By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 1/22/13 Widely discredited ex-reformer and teachers union try [...] - Legislative leaders assert role in shaping school finance plan
Legislative leaders assert role in shaping school finance plan By John Fensterwald, EdSource, 1/17/13 Brown wants to keep details of his school [...] - Charter schools see largest boom since their inception 20 years ago
Charter schools see largest boom since their inception 20 years ago By Rob Kuznia The Daily Breeze, 1/18/13 Charter schools across the [...] - Parents Take Back Government Schools Using “Parent Trigger”
A third Parent Trigger effort is launched in California, and officials expect little opposition from L.A. school board By Steve Gunn, [...] - Oakland Teachers Group Goal: NOT Educate But Abolish Capitalism
Oakland Teachers: “#1 Goal Abolish Capitalism By Bill Korach, www.thereportcard.org, 1/14/13 The Occupy Oakland Education Committee – comprised of public school teachers [...] - San Jose State to offer low-cost, for-credit online courses
San Jose State to offer low-cost, for-credit online courses By Katy Murphy, San Jose Mercury News, 1/15/13 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK [...] - Government Schools Raise $$ Through Use of FOR PROFIT “Charities”
Buy a house, help a local school or charity By Rob Kunzia, Daily Breeze, 1/13/13 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE [...] - Brown Education Finance Plan: “Rich” Districts Get Less $$–“Poor” Districts Get Rich Districts $$
What the Governor’s Budget Means for O.C. Schools One local superintendent helped the Governor craft the plan that would change how [...] - CA “Professional Educators”: Quality Equals Money
California drops to 49th in school spending in annual Ed Week report By John Fensterwald, EdSource, 1/14/13 California tumbled two more spots, [...] - Another Guv Brown Lie Exposed: Prop 30 “Education” $$ Going to State Workers
Budget packs boost for state workers By Christopher Cadelago, San Diego U-T, 1/12/13 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE “It’s clear [...] - Is Gov. Brown Right to Dole Out Money to Schools Unequally?
Of course, if vouchers and charters schools were totally allowed, this would not be a problem. Democrats always find another [...] - State to Spend More $$ at Yuba College—Not Pay or Textbooks—Light Bulbs
Yuba college district gets funding for energy-efficient lighting Sacramento Business Journal, 1/10/13 The California Energy Commission has awarded a $900,000 loan to [...] - San Leandro School District Intentionally Violates States Law to Steal $$ From Businesses—“For the Children”
Will Judges Cut or Keep $2.4 Million For San Leandro Schools? An Appeals Court will decide whether it is okay for [...] - San Fran City College “Professionals” Can’t Keep Deadline to Keep College Open
CCSF officials to ask for extended deadline to meet accreditation requirements By: Andrea Koskey, SF Examiner, 01/09/13 City College of San Francisco [...] - True Cost of San Fran School District Meal Contract is Unknown
True Cost of SFUSD Revolution Foods Meal Contract is Unknown by Dana Woldow, Beyond Chron, 1/7/13 History is being made today as [...] - City College of San Fran Reorganization: Biggest Department? English as Second Language
Proposed reorganization central to plans to save City College of San Francisco By: Andrea Koskey, SF Examiner, 01/03/13 City College of San [...] - Obamacare $75 Million to Planned Parenthood to “Teach Sex Ed” in Government Classrooms—Starts at KINDERGARTEN
ObamaCare to Fund Planned Parenthood Sex Ed Heartland Institute, Mary Petrides Tillotson, 11/09/12 The nation’s largest abortion provider will soon teach more [...] - Assemblyman Dan Logue: AB 51 Creates $10,000 College Bachelors Degree!!
Could Californians get a college degree for $10,000? Sacramento Bee, 1/2/13 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE With the cost [...] - Sand: Head Start Studies: “We are worthless–But Cost is $180 Billion”
Head Start or Dead End? By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 1/2/13 The only “lasting impact” of the Head Start program is on [...] - 2 Million Home schooled—2 Million in Charter Schools—More Abandoning Government Education
Keep it in the family Home schooling is growing ever faster Economist, 12/22/12 Who needs teachers? Every morning five-year-old Tristan starts his school day [...] - Some Want Underperforming Charter Schools Closed. Close ALL Underperforming Schools Instead
Why California must lead the way in closing underperforming charter schools By Jed Wallace, EdSource, 1/1/13 Many of California’s charter schools are among [...] - CA Gov’t Schools Turned into Health Clinics Instead of Education Facilities
Nipomo nonprofit to use federal funds to help low-income students By Bob Cuddy, San Luis Obispo Tribune, 12/31/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY [...] - No Guns in School? Armed guards have long been the norm on California campuses.
No Guns in School? Armed guards have long been the norm on California campuses. Larry Sand, City Journal, 12/28/12 It was only natural [...] - School districts are lining up against L.A. County’s clean water fee
School districts are lining up against L.A. County’s clean water fee By Kelly Puente, Daily News, 12/25/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK [...] - UC Berkeley’s newly appointed chancellor denies he signed anti-Israel petition—Admits WIFE Did.
UC Berkeley’s newly appointed chancellor denies he signed anti-Israel petition—Admits WIFE Did. By Oliver Darcy, Campus Reform, 12/27/12 The newly appointed Chancellor [...] - California is “Proud” Again! 49th LOWEST High School Graduation Rate
State rankings of high school and college graduation rates The Business Journals by G. Scott Thomas, 12/27/12 Wyoming has the highest percentage [...] - A Blow to the College-Industrial Complex–Teens Can Get Good Jobs, Not Bad Education
A Blow to the College-Industrial Complex By Heather Mac Donald, National Review Online, 12/26/12 The New York Times seems concerned that teens in [...] - New law will open higher education fee increase process to students helping determine tuition
New law will open higher education fee increase process to students By: Andrea Koskey, SF Examiner, 12/25/12 Out in the open: AB [...] - CA Gov’t PREFERS Mediocre Education—Tell Feds NO
California’s No Child Left Behind waiver was rejected, state says Sacramento Bee, 12/26/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE Schools [...] - Oakland school district mishandled federal money, state finds
Oakland school district mishandled federal money, state finds Department of Education says district must pay back some of the funds By Will [...] - Appeals court imposes restrictions on parcel taxes for government schools
Appeals court imposes restrictions on parcel taxes By John Fensterwald, EdSource, 12/20/12 Democrats in the Legislature are poised to help make it [...] - Ramona School Administrators: Build Facilities THEN Demand Bond Passage to Pay
As Loans Come Due, District Asks Ramona Teachers to Sacrifice by Will Carless, vocieofsandiego, 12/19/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON [...] - College leaders consider making Florida’s next public university online-only
College leaders consider making Florida’s next public university online-only The Board of Governors was presented with four options for distance learning, [...] - My turn: Schools approaching tipping point with technology
Why do we kill tree’s to provide textbooks that are out of date? Why do we give our students textbooks [...] - Grimes: More ‘educators,’ less education
More ‘educators,’ less education By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 12/17/12 I attended California public schools, kindergarten through college, starting in the late 1960s [...] - UC Waste’s Hundreds of Thousands $$ on New Logo
Avoiding a Logo Backlash Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 12/17/12 The University of California system on Friday opted to stop defending [...] - New East Salinas school named after outlaw/murderer
New East Salinas school named after outlaw Amy Larson, KSBW, 12/13/12 A new public elementary school in East Salinas was named after [...] - LAUSD School Board Stops THEIR Superintendent From Forcing Budgeting/Projects on Them
LAUSD board seeks control over grant applications By Barbara Jones, Daily News, 12/17/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE In crafting [...] - Academic senate influence challenged at community colleges
Academic senate influence challenged at community colleges By Kathryn Baron, EdSource, 12/13/12 An Oakland-based policy and advocacy organization is alleging that the Board [...] - City College of San Fran: Even Losers Stay Away
Woes mount for CCSF with latest enrollment challenges By: Andrea Koskey, SF Examiner, 12/07/12 More trouble: CCSF expects to fall short of [...] - First sign of better times for schools under Prop 30?
First sign of better times for schools under Prop 30 By Kathryn Baron, EdSource, 12/5/12 Deferred payments to California schools and community [...] - UC Merced: Public university hosts ‘sex toys’ event
Public university hosts ‘sex toys’ event Oliver Darcy, Campus Reform, 12/5/12 A major public university hosted an event last Wednesday which was [...] - Government Education: Better Than What We Have Today?
Better Than What We Have Today? By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 12/4/12 Reportedly “historic” teacher evaluation deal between Los Angeles Unified and [...] - Stanford to Cut 28% From Time to Earn Ph.D
The 5-Year Humanities Ph.D. Scott JaschikInside Higher Ed, 12/4/12 Complaints about doctoral education in the humanities — it takes too long, it’s [...] - College Physics Text: $4.99 on Your IPad—Not $100 at the bookstore
Free, Unless You Want to Pay Alexandra Tilsley, Inside Higher Ed,12/4/12 OpenStax College, the nonprofit, open-access publisher out of Rice University, announced [...] - Accrediting agency under federal pressure to be tougher on community colleges
Accrediting agency under federal pressure to be tougher on community colleges By Louis Freedberg, EdSource, 12/2/12 The commission that accredits California’s community [...] - Government College $5 Million Corruption/Theft Exposed
College of the Desert inflated enrollment, overbilled state Erica Perez, California Watch, 11/30/12 The College of the Desert in Palm Desert will [...] - It’s Time for LAUSD to Create a Trade-Tech Diploma
It’s Time for LAUSD to Create a Trade-Tech Diploma Kevin James, City Watch LA, 11/30/12 SCHOOLS AND POLITICS – In recent years [...] - College Professors Lose Hours Because of Obamacare
College Professors Lose Hours Because of Obamacare -By Warner Todd Huston, Publius Forum, 11/27/12 One of my favorite stories this week is [...] - Great uncertainty over direction of state standardized tests
Great uncertainty over direction of state standardized tests By John Fensterwald, EdSource, 11/26/12 With the statute authorizing state standardized tests due to expire [...] - Solano College to recruit higher-paying international students
Solano College to recruit higher-paying international students Academic senate worries move will hurt local students already feeling squeeze of budget cuts By [...] - California’s English language learners getting stuck in schools’ remedial programs
California’s English language learners getting stuck in schools’ remedial programs By Rob Kuzni, San Bernardino Sun, 11/24/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY [...] - Does Texas Have an Answer to Sky-High Tuition? $10,000 for Four Years of College
Does Texas Have an Answer to Sky-High Tuition? Gov. Rick Perry pushes $10,000 bachelor’s degree, but critics wonder if his plan [...] - Nearly half of San Francisco public school juniors lack credits needed to graduate in 2014
Nearly half of San Francisco public school juniors lack credits needed to graduate By: Andrea Koskey, SF Examiner, 11/16/12 Up to the [...] - Training Teachers for ‘Social Justice’
Training Teachers for ‘Social Justice’ Education Reporter—Eagle Forum, November, 2012 At the Fifth Annual Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice, race, [...] - UC Berkeley spending $3.1 million to study the power of gratitude
UC Berkeley spending $3.1 million to study the power of gratitude San Francisco Business Times by Steven E.F. Brown, 11/13/12 November is [...] - Prop 30 Million$, Intended for Cal Schools, Headed for Wall Street
Prop 30 Million$, Intended for Cal Schools, Headed for Wall Street Leighton Woodhouse, City Watch LA, 11/15/12 VOTERS BLINDSIDED – Millions of [...] - The Public Eye: Student loans, defaults rising fast in Sacramento region
The Public Eye: Student loans, defaults rising fast in Sacramento region By Phillip Reese and Melody Gutierrez, Sacramento Bee, 11/11/12 TO SEE [...] - As Digital Learning Draws New Users, Transformation Will Occur
As Digital Learning Draws New Users, Transformation Will Occur By Michael B. Horn, Education Next, Winter 2013 The growth of online, or [...] - Government Colleges NAME Buildings: Instead Create Low Cost Education Like Texas
Community college bucks trend on naming rights Erica Perez. California Watch, 11/6/12 Cash-strapped colleges seem to take every opportunity to rustle up [...] - LAUSD Union: Students Don’t Need $40 Million Federal Grant—Just $50 Billion Tax Increase
Opinion: Union’s self-interest costs L.A. schools $40 million LA Daily News, 11/1/12 Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy should be [...] - The Public Education Jobs Program
The Public Education Jobs Program By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 10/30/12 As you go to the polls next week, please consider [...] - CA Gov’t Promotes Radical Environmental Propaganda in Schools—Kids Hostage to Al Gore Ideology
New environmental curriculum corrects plastic bag information Industry trade group had influenced text in 11th-grade teachers’ edition By Susanne Rust, California Watch, [...] - IMPROVING CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: MORE MONEY OR REFORM?
IMPROVING CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: MORE MONEY OR REFORM? Carl Brodt, Certified Management Accountant, and Alan Bonsteel, M.D., 10/30/12 California’s November ballot has two [...] - Zombies Support Tax Increase—THEY Get to Pay—PLUS Tuition Costs
Zombies Get Political: Community College Students March As “The Walking Debt” LA1st, 10/27/12 Community college students decided to get into the spirit [...] - Watchdog Report: Fresno USD avoids competitive bidding : Pretending to be Chicago–with Tax $$
Watchdog Report: FUSD avoids competitive bidding New method of awarding contracts has some contractors crying foul, but officials defend it. By Bill [...] - In search of quality teachers, charter network trains its own
In search of quality teachers, charter network trains its own Aspire matches recruits with mentors in effort to prepare, retain new [...] - New law dumbs down Calif. math performance
New law dumbs down Calif. math performance By Bill Evers and Ze’ev Wurman, Calwatchdog, 10/22/12 Gov. Jerry Brown recently sent California several [...] - Our Kids are Alright (at least the college bound ones)
Our Kids are Alright (at least the college bound ones) by Silicon Valley Education Foundation, 10/19/12 In the last month both the [...] - Don’t Give Guv Brown Ideas: Non-California nuttiness for a change
Non-California nuttiness for a change By John Seiler, Calwatchdog, 10/21/12 It’s a statistical fact that 99 percent of the nuttiness in America [...] - Cal State flunks 27 state lawmakers –politics over education with tax $$
Cal State flunks 27 state lawmakers Central Valley Business Times, 10/18/12 • Six from the Senate, 21 from the Assembly get [...] - Grimes: Dan Harrison–Student Stands Up to Corrupt Cal State Fresno University Teacher
Cal State teachers ‘bulldogging’ for Prop. 30 By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 10/16/12 Even after California State University instructors received a mild rebuke [...] - Sand: Small Class-Size Balloon Punctured Again
Small Class-Size Balloon Punctured Again By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 10/17/12 It’s time to “just say no” to the small class-size [...] - Apollo Group to close 115 University of Phoenix campuses, cut 800 jobs–Some in CA
Apollo Group to close 115 University of Phoenix campuses, cut 800 jobs Sacramento Business Journal by Angela Gonzales, 10/17/12 Apollo Group Inc. [...] - UC Merced Spends $80,000 Promoting Socialism
University of CA spends $80k on socialism project Oliver Darcy, Campus Reform,10/16/12 The University of California — Merced (UCM) spent $80,000 in [...] - Texas: Lower College Costs by Online Education
Texas MOOCs for Credit? Steve Kolowich, Inside Higher Ed, 10/16/12 So far the universities partnering with edX and Coursera on massive [...] - $13 in Interest for $1 Borrowed: Bond gimmick taxes the future and public’s trust
Editorial: Bond gimmick taxes the future and public’s trust Redding Searchlight, 10/16/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE “The Pacheco Union [...] - Unions Still Winning Control of California’s Community College Construction
Unions Still Winning Control of California’s Community College Construction By Kevin Dayton, Union Watch, 10/15/12 On October 10, 2012, leaders of the [...] - Less $$–Fewer Teachers: SDUSD Surpasses State API Score Target
SDUSD Surpasses State API Score Target San Diego News Room, 10/11/12 SAN DIEGO (CNS) – The San Diego Unified School District’s Academic [...] - Grimes: Fear and loathing of charter schools
Fear and loathing of charter schools Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 10/10/12 I received a distressed phone call yesterday from a reader about a [...] - Construction Unions Could Grab Billions Through Education Bonds
Construction Unions Could Grab Billions Through Education Bonds By Kevin Dayton, Union Watch, 10/8/12 Among the many Californians who only occasionally [...] - Oakland schools seek kitchen upgrades with November ballot measure
Oakland schools seek kitchen upgrades with November ballot measure New infrastructure needed to make healthier, tastier meals, proponents say By Katharine Mieszkowski, [...] - In Chicago, and Now CA the Dems Favor Teachers’ Unions Over Students
In Chicago, and Now CA the Dems Favor Teachers’ Unions Over Students by Bill Korach www.thereportcard.org, 10/5/12 In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel [...] - Bill Lockyer Ignored for CSU Chancellor: “Professional Educator” Chosen Instead of “Professional Politician”
New Boss for Cal State Paul Fain, Higher Ed, 10/5/12 Timothy P. White will take over as chancellor of the California [...] - Sucking the Life Out of America’s Public Schools The Expense of Teachers Union Contracts
Sucking the Life Out of America’s Public Schools The Expense of Teachers Union Contracts Steve Gunn, United Educators of San Francisco, Summer, [...] - University of CA Student Association condemns entire country of Israel of ‘racism’ in secretive vote
University of CA Student Association condemns entire country of Israel of ‘racism’ in secretive vote By Oliver Darcy, Campus Reform, 10/1/12 The [...] - Wall of debt could crush state’s role in funding school construction
Wall of debt could crush state’s role in funding school construction By Kimberly Beltran, slacabinetreport, 10/1/12 Unless there is a major [...] - Obama-care supporting quiet boom in new school-based health centers
Obama-care supporting quiet boom in new school-based health centers By Tom Chorneau, slacabinet report, 10/1/12 If all goes as planned, the [...] - California Government Schools Have No idea if Classroom Teachers are Qualified—But They DO Pay Union Dues
State reported inflated rate of teachers lacking credentials Joanna Lin, California Watch, 9/28/12 The rate was startling: Nearly six in 10 teachers at [...] - SAT scores down, participation up–Educators Use Racist Excuse
SAT scores down, participation up Daniel Weintraub, Healthy Cal, 9/24/12 California scores declined this year on the SAT test used by many [...] - Grimes: The California Lottery–$$ for Education?
CA Lottery: State’s cash cow Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 9/27/12 I am not sure why Californians are faced with two tax increase measures [...] - Diversity Forever The University of California backs a tax hike to support its ever-expanding bureaucracy.
Diversity Forever The University of California backs a tax hike to support its ever-expanding bureaucracy. Heather Mac Donald City Journal, 9/20/12, The University [...] - In California, Should Your Tuition Depend on Your Career?
In California, Should Your Tuition Depend on Your Career? By Joe Mathews nbclosangeles, 9/20/12 As he approaches retirement at the end of [...] - Report Shows Statewide Decreases in Non-teaching Credentials, Employment
Report Shows Statewide Decreases in Non-teaching Credentials, Employment California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 5/10/12 SACRAMENTO – The number of new [...] - Enrollment in new teacher programs down 33 percent since recession hit
Enrollment in new teacher programs down 33 percent since recession hit By Tom Chorneau, siacabinet report, 9/19/12 The number of students [...] - I Have to Leave LAUSD … Teaching Ate Me Alive
This is a first hand account of a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. For years I have been [...] - Cal State tuition and fees face stiff increases — regardless of tax increases
Cal State tuition and fees face stiff increases Central Valley Business Times, 9/17/12 • Some are triggered if voters reject governor’s [...] - Great News!!! Gov’t High School Teaching CAPITALISM
San Marcos Launching Academy to Teach Students the Business of Entrepreneurship The program is designed to connect students to [...] - Sacramento Gov’t School District—Pays $12 in Interest on $1 Borrowed—School Board Economically Illiterate
Some Sacramento-area school bonds have long-term, pricey payments By Phillip Reese and Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee, 9/16/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK [...] - UCLA Forced to Stop Education Program for Criminals From Foreign Nations—Illegal Aliens
Exclusive: UCLA shuts down controversial illegal immigrant college program By Claudia Cowan, Fox News, 9/13/12 EXCLUSIVE: Following scrutiny from a California lawmaker, [...] - So-Called Black and Latino “Leaders” DEMAND Racism in Gov’t School Suspension Policies
Down in hell George Wallace must be laughing his head off at this form of bigotry! Blacks and Latinos Unite [...] - San Fran VIOLENT Students: No Suspension—Tutoring and Mental Health Assistance.
Parents, teachers protest SF school violence, dismissals Angry demonstrators say MLK Middle School administrators mishandled violence By Trey Bundy, Bay Citizen, 9/12/12 About [...] - Gov’t Schools in Orange County Becoming Gov’t Health Care Centers
Schools Where Dental Clinics and Algebra Classes Share a Hallway http://voiceofoc.org/healthy_communities/article_6cda1b1c-f2ce-11e1-b48f-001a4bcf887a.html AMY DePAUL, voiceofoc.org, 9/4/12 It’s not easy to keep up with Principal [...] - School Beat: California’s Competing Tax Measures
School Beat: California’s Competing Tax Measures by Lisa Schiff, Beyond Chron, 9/6/12 California voters concerned with fate of our public schools [...] - USDA Tells Schools to Waste Food—and $$
The Federal government knows what your child in a Goleta classroom wants to eat for lunch. That is how smart [...] - Santa Barbara Schools: “Talking it Out” Rather Than Punishment for Wrong Doing on Campus
Restorative Justice Discipline Program Gains Foothold at Santa Barbara Junior High School district’s pilot project ushers in new era of behavior [...] - CSU TRUSTEES STILL DON’T GET IT; NEITHER DOES LEGISLATURE
CSU TRUSTEES STILL DON’T GET IT; NEITHER DOES LEGISLATURE BY THOMAS D. ELIAS, California Focus, 9/4/12 It became clear early last [...] - With LESS $$ CA Government School Students Get Better Test Scores
S.F. schools program may have helped boost test scores By: Andrea Koskey, SF Examiner, 09/02/12 More California students than ever before are [...] - As college tuition soars, questions about fairness arise Activists and legislators push back against Robin Hood-style use of revenue
As college tuition soars, questions about fairness arise Activists and legislators push back against Robin Hood-style use of revenue By Jon Marcus/Hechinger [...] - More California community colleges stop offering federal loans
More California community colleges stop offering federal loans 16 schools have stopped participating in loan program out of fear of sanctions [...] - Pension reform: top-paid school administrators to take biggest hit
Pension reform: top-paid administrators to take biggest hit By John Fensterwald, Edsource, 8/29/12 The retirement age for new teachers will be pushed back [...] - Union victory in Sacramento: Sex Offenders Stay in Classrooms—Children No Longer Safe in Gov’t Schools
California bill on teachers accused of sex crimes fails From Kyung Lah, CNN, 8/27/12 A California teacher was charged with [...] - Great News!!! Jerry Brown is TAKING $28 million from the UC and CSU system—money meant for education will instead be used for Cap and Trade
New carbon emissions rule could cost UC, CSU millions By BRIAN JOSEPH / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 8/20/12 TO SEE [...] - Unions on the Run? Colorado County Proposal Seeks to End Collective Bargaining of Teachers’ Unions
Douglas County Colorado Proposal Seeks to Terminate Collective Bargaining of Teachers’ Unions Mishs’ Economic Global Economic Trend Analysis, 8/25/12 Three members of [...] - Community college districts’ bonds inflate taxpayers’ repayments
Community college districts’ bonds inflate taxpayers’ repayments Deals involving long-term capital appreciation bonds will cost up to nine times the principal By [...] - Cities, School District Spread Bond Payments Over 60 YEARS
Taxing 60 years ahead for jobs now By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 8/23/12 When the government tries to create jobs, taxpayers beware. Government-created [...] - San Fran Gov’t Schools Prove Spending Extra $$ Does Not Improve Education
Students doing better, but scores don’t show San Francisco program impact By: Beth Winegarner, SF Examiner, 08/22/12 Many more black and Hispanic [...] - Brown/Munger/Union Tax Increases Will Harm Students That are Poor Education Achievement
Cost of living can affect student achievement, study says Bernice Yeung, California Watch, 8/21/12 Poor children living in higher-cost areas like the [...] - SFUSD Superintendent Makes Student Nutrition a Priority
SFUSD Superintendent Makes Student Nutrition a Priority by Dana Woldow‚ Beyond Chron, 8/20/12 As students in San Francisco head back [...] - Boy’s ejection from SF school illustrates struggles in violence prevention
Boy’s ejection from SF school illustrates struggles in violence prevention Trey Bundy, California Watch, 8/16/12 When Tori was 9, a shooting near [...] - Unions: No Love for Irreplaceable Teachers
No Love for Irreplaceable Teachers By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 8/14/12 According to a recent study, many public schools do not [...] - Great Idea From Michigan: Bill Would Require Parental Permission For Children To Be Taught By Ineffective Teachers
Bill Would Require Parental Permission For Children To Be Taught By Ineffective Teachers By Tom Gantert, Michigan Capitol Confidential, 8/13/12 A bipartisan [...] - Major tuition break OKd by Assembly: Cost is $1 Billion and Lots of Jobs
Major tuition break OKd by Assembly Marisa Lagos, SF Chron, 8/14/12 TO SEE COMPLETE STORY CLICK ON BLUE HEADLINE “The speaker noted Monday [...] - California Students Rejected for Being In-State—Out of State Students Welcomed Instead
Rejected for Being In-State Scott Jaschik,Inside Higher Ed, 8/13/12 In state after state, one of the ways public colleges and universities [...] - State moving forward on plan to upgrade schools, seek 2014 bond
State moving forward on plan to upgrade schools, seek 2014 bond By Kimberly Beltran, siacabinetreport, 8/13/12 State officials have set to [...] - Hearing: Bulk of school spending will go to construction
Hearing: Bulk of school spending will go to construction By Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 8/8/12 SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers say they want to help [...] - City College of San Francisco told to do less (or be closed)
City College of San Francisco told to do less By Kathryn Baron.EdSource, 8/7/12 California Community College Chancellor Jack Scott told a roomful of [...] - UCLA to Offer Illegal Aliens Classes at ‘National Dream University’
UCLA to Offer Illegal Aliens Classes at ‘National Dream University’ by Michael Patrick Leahy, Big Government, 8/5/12 Former SEIU Attorney Kent [...] - Say NO to Ethically Challenged Bill Lockyer for CSU Chancellor
Lockyer for CSU Chancellor? Think Again By Larry Gerston, nbclosangeles, 8/3/12 It’s hard to blame Bill Lockyer for wanting the CSU Chancellor [...] - Union Owned Gov’t School: SF college uses 92% of budget on salaries, benefits
SF college uses 92 percent of budget on salaries, benefits Erica Perez, California Watch, 8/1/12 The accreditation commission that has threatened to [...] - Hrabe: New Cal State contract swindles faculty
New Cal State contract swindles faculty By John Hrabe,Calwatchdog, 8/1/12 Every good protest has a catchy rallying cry. A simple memorable phrase [...] - Calif. universities could expand without tax increases
Calif. universities could expand without tax increases By Michael Poliakoff and Andrew Gillen, CalWatchdog,7/30/12 From coast to coast, discontent rocks the great [...] - Proposed Santa Monica school bond is greed not need
Proposed school bond is greed not need By Bill Bauer, Santa Monica Daily Press, 7/30/12 On Wednesday, Aug. 1, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified [...] - Parent Trigger is welcome school reform
Parent Trigger is welcome school reform By Joseph Perkins, Calwatchdog, 7/27/12 California public schools received their annual report cards last month. [...] - Valley school districts using public transit to bus students
Valley school districts using public transit to bus students By Minerva Perez, California Health Report 7/19/12 As valley school districts turn [...] - Inglewood Unified to ask California for a bailout loan; will lead to district takeover
Inglewood Unified to ask California for a bailout loan; will lead to district takeover By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC, 7/27/12 Inglewood’s school [...] - Obama Actively Promoting RACIST Discipline Policies for Government Schools
Obama backs race-based school discipline policies By Neil Munro, Daily Caller, 7/27/12 In this June 25, 2012, photo, President Barack Obama addresses [...] - Guv Brown Policies: Schools that still ‘shock the conscience’
Schools that still ‘shock the conscience’ By UCLA IDEA, 7/27/12 Twelve years ago, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of California [...] - CSU leans on British-owned company to offer online courses
CSU leans on British-owned company to offer online courses Central Valley Business Times, 7/24/12 • Hires Pearson to handle ‘Cal State [...] - Larry Sand: Don’t Buy NEA Snake Oil
Don’t Buy NEA Snake Oil By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 7/24/12 The teachers union uses bogus numbers to con the [...] - Leftist Berkeley Schools Hide Sexual Harassment Costs
Berkeley Unified’s total spending on harassment case unknown Anika Anand and Emily Hartley, California Watch, 7/25/12 After a Berkeley High School student [...] - San Diego Unified School District Wants $2.8 Billion and Sacramento City Unified School District Wants $346 Million from Taxpayers; Unions to Get Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
San Diego Unified School District Wants $2.8 Billion and Sacramento City Unified School District Wants $346 Million from Taxpayers; Unions [...] - California lawsuits target teachers’ union work rules.
Students vs. Status Quo California lawsuits target teachers’ union work rules. Larry Sand, City Journal, 6/6/12 When politics fails, reformers turn to the [...] - Coupal: Education: Who Loves Ya Baby?
Education: Who Loves Ya Baby? By Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, 7/23/12 Support for education consistently polls well in California and [...] - It’s still true: The future tends to happen first in California
It’s still true: The future tends to happen first in California By Merrill Vargo, Edsource, 7/23/12 It often seems as if the [...] - Higher costs, lower benefits prompt reevaluation of college costs, experts say
Bursting the High Ed Bubble Higher costs, lower benefits prompt reevaluation of college costs, experts say BY: Tyler O’Neil, Washington Free Beacon, [...] - Star-Studded Cal State fundraising galas net little profit
Star-Studded Cal State fundraising galas net little profit By John Hrabe, Calwatchdog, 7/17/12 When Grammy-award winning funk legends Earth, Wind and Fire [...] - State defunds program to fix ‘slum’ schools
State defunds program to fix ‘slum’ schools Joanna Lin, California Watch, 7/18/12 Carlos Puma/California Watch Moreno Valley High School is awaiting $26 [...] - California Community Colleges Begin Their Meltdown
Three Strikes in California San Francisco isn’t only Calif. community college in accreditation meltdown Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed, 7/19/12 City College of [...] - Steve Poizner leads the way toward modern, cost effective higher education
Empowered UCLA Extension Reinvents Education and Career Counseling for Today’s Job Market New Career Development and Certificate Program to Close the Skills [...] - Texas State University System developing $10K degree –UCLA is $200,000
Texas State University System developing $10K degree Dallas Business Journal by Katherine Cromer Brock, Managing Editor, 7/13/12 The Texas State University System [...] - Los Angeles Unified School District: A Reason to End Government Schools
Sucking the Life Out of America’s Public Schools The Expense of Teachers Union Contracts United Teachers Los Angeles [...] - CA Gov’t Schools Waste Food—Feed Uneatable Foods to Kids—they Demand Burgers and Fries
School lunches missing the mark for nutrition standards Most California districts fail to meet at least one nutritional requirement By Eleanor Yang [...] - City College of San Francisco is a government agency—it is poorly run and managed
Something Has to Give Accreditation crisis hits City College of San Francisco Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed, 7/6/12 Public higher education in California [...] - ‘ObamaTAX’ May Force School Boards to Cut Nonessentials
‘ObamaTAX’ May Force School Boards to Cut Nonessentials By Wayne Lusvardi, CalWatchdog, 7/2/12 Local school boards in California are going through their [...] - Gov’t School District Refuses to Allow Debate on Union Contract and Budget—Corruption in San Juan Capistrano
Expert: CUSD Goofed in Snuffing Budget Debate When four trustees agreed to end debate of the teachers’ contract and 2012-13 budget [...] - The Math Scam
The Math Scam By Stan Brin, Calwatchdog, 6/26/12 Some of us are good at math, some of us struggle merely to get [...] - Are CA Gov’t Schools As Bad as Alabama Schools in the 1950’s?
For blacks and Latinos, few Calif. high schools offer path to college Research highlights ‘broken pipelines’ to post-secondary education By Joanna Lin, [...] - Another Report Showing CA Gov’t Education a Failure
Report: State fails to help failing students Central Valley Business Times, 6/27/12 • Existing programs are flunked in new research • [...] - Assembly Committee Kills Bill That Would Expedite Dismissal of Problem Teachers
Assembly Committee Kills Bill That Would Expedite Dismissal of Problem Teachers Padilla Bill Would Have Empowered School Boards to Act Decisively [...] - Education Report: Tutoring Does Not Increase CA High School Exit Exam Passage Rate
No Exit Extra support no help for high school exit exam By Kathryn Baron, svef, 6/27/12 Years of interventions designed to help [...] - Drop in immigration clouds future of school for Spanish speakers Enrollment at San Fran elementary school plummets
Drop in immigration clouds future of school for Spanish speakers Enrollment at San Francisco elementary school plummets By Grace Rubenstein, Bay Citizen, [...] - Democrat Bill to Hide Gov’t School Corruption Moves Forward
Lara’s Educational Equity Measures Move to the Senate Bills Seek to Ensure Student’s Constitutional Right for a Free Public Education, Recognize [...] - Democrats Threaten to Cut TWO Weeks of Gov’t Education If We Don’t Bankrupt Ourselves
Not one, but two 160-day minimum years http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/06/26/not-one-but-two-160-day-minimum-years/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheEducatedGuess+%28SVEF+Blog+-+Thoughts+On+Public+Education+%28TOP-Ed%29%29 Trailer bill permits cutting 3 more weeks By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 6/26/12 Call [...] - LAUSD Buys Solar Panels With Pay Back Time of 245 Years (not a typo)
What’s the payback period for LAUSD’s solar projects? by Paul Hatfield, Village to Village, 6/25/12 The Los Angeles Daily [...] - Districts used deregulated $$$ to stay solvent–limit experimentation and socialization
Districts used deregulated dollars to stay solvent By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 6/25/12 Given more control over how they could [...] - Democrats and Brown Play the Public for Fools on Education Reform
Legislature deep-sixes Gov. Brown’s education ‘reform’ By Lance T. Izumi, CalWatchdog, 6/19/12 Last week, I wrote about Governor Jerry Brown’s weighted-student-formula proposal, [...] - Beware: Sick Story of SEX in San Diego Gov’t Schools With Permission of Teacher.
Students Suspended for ‘Gay Test,’ Watching Porn on Cell Phones While Masturbating in Class LAist, 6/19/12 Nine seventh-graders at a San Diego [...] - California students’ improvement on AP exams deserves more attention–not more $$
California students’ improvement on AP exams deserves more attention By Michael Kirst, svef, 6/18/12 There is some good news in California [...] - Will Obama Stop Christians From Home Schooling?
Swedish home-schooler to be reunited with parents http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1617292 Bob Kellogg – OneNewsNow, 6/18/2012 A reunion is in the works three years after a [...] - Sacramento’s Stupid Argument Over Prop 98
Sacramento’s Stupid Argument Over Prop 98 By Joe Mathews, nbclosangeles, 6/16/12 Sacramento no longer fights about schools. It fights about school formulas. Consider [...] - Union Contract Demands Sacramento “Teacher of the Year” Be Fired
Sacramento “Teacher of the Year” Laid Off; Who is to Blame? Mishs Global Economic Trend Analysis, 6/16/12 I have a great deal [...] - State Stops $57 Million To Fix Santa Monica Gov’t School–Brown Needs it to Cover Deficit Instead
State denies $57M in Samohi improvements City Hall, school district struggle to change minds By Ashley Archibald, Santa Monica Daily Press, [...] - Liberal Racism in Action: The Trap of Minority Studies Programs
The Trap of Minority Studies Programs Posted by John Ellis, Minding the Campus, 6/6/12 When Naomi Schaefer Riley was fired by the [...] - UCLA Privatizing MBA Program? Faculty Says YES
Self-Sufficiency or Privatization? Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 6/8/12 The Academic Senate at the University of California at Los Angeles voted 53 [...] - Gov’t School Try to Wear Down Taxpayers
Failure of Santa Barbara schools parcel tax measures leaves many questions http://thedailysound.com/2012/06/failure-of-school-parcel-tax-measures-leaves-many-questions/ By Nick C. Tonkin, Daily Sound, 6/9/12 The future of some [...] - Judge OKs Prop 98 shell game
Judge OKs Prop 98 shell game More manipulations if November tax fails By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 6/8/12 A Superior Court [...] - Business warns state is millions of degrees short–are they worth the price?
Business warns state is millions of degrees short By Kathryn Baron, svef, 6/8/12 Business and civic leaders weighed in on the condition [...] - Brown wants to CUT $5 billion From Education—GOP Can STOP the Cuts
If Education Were a Legislative Priority, Would Trigger Cuts Be Necessary? California Republican Assembly Caucus, 6/7/12 A central feature of the Governor’s budget [...] - Sand: CA lawsuits target teachers’ union work rules
Students vs. Status Quo California lawsuits target teachers’ union work rules. Larry Sand, City Journal, 6/6/12 When politics fails, reformers turn to the [...] - Class size reduction program continues to unravel
Class size reduction program continues to unravel By Louis Freedberg and Sue Frey, EdSource Extra, 5/31/12 In just three years, California’s class size [...] - Finance reform without accountability could devastate career technical education
Finance reform without accountability could devastate career tech By Jack Stewart, svef, 6/3/12 Under the current K-12 public education system in California, [...] - San Jose Government: Racist Slogans Approved by Government School Principal
A Elementary School Slogan: ‘Keeping Our Black and Brown Boys in Mind’ by Ben Shapiro, Big Government, 6/1/12 CBS 5 in [...] - LA groups want test scores part of teacher evaluations
LA groups want test scores part of evaluations Between a quarter and a third of evaluation score By John Fensterwald – [...] - Grimes: Democrats Demand Bigoted Discipline Policies in Government Schools
Bill to create ‘segregated’ school discipline Katy Grimes, Calwatchdog, 5/31/12 With all of the recent talk about nanny states and politicians interjecting [...] - ACLU suing for “equal” education opportunity for illegal aliens.
Lawsuit over ‘nonsense’ EL program ACLU sues State, Dinuba Unified By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess , 5/31/12 In a special state [...] - Unions Want San Diego Gov’t Schools to Not Fire 1500—Though NO $$ to Pay
San Diego Education Associates protest Board of Education vote to lay off 1500 school workers By Ashley Mackin | SDUN Editor, [...] - CTA: Politically Correct, Clueless and Shameless
CTA: Politically Correct, Clueless and Shameless By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 5/29/12 Recently dubbed “the worst union in America,” the California Teachers [...] - Kids with Cell Phones: Record Your Socialist Teachers! (If Legal)
Kids with Cell Phones: Record Your Socialist Teachers! Doug Giles, Townhall, 5/27/12 God bless cell phones. With them we can chat with [...] - Gov’t Education Holding Back Boys—Sexism
News Conference: Author Calls Attention to Achievement Gap Between Boys, Girls By Conan Nolan , nbclosangeles, 5/27/12 Have girls been flourishing at [...] - Assembly Republicans Try to Stop Phony Education Financing
Assemblymembers Nestande and Olsen Introduce Measure to Prioritize Education Funding and Stop Budget Gimmicks Assemblywoman Kristin Olsen and Assemblyman Brian Nestande, [...] - UC San Fran CAUGHT in Political Payoff Scandal
UC San Fran’ s hypocrisy on Prop. 29 campaign funding By John Seiler, CalWatchdog, 5/25/12 I love this part of the political [...] - More dismal CA science test results
More dismal science test results Hope that new standards will make difference By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 5/25/12 Once again, California [...] - CTA Encourages Teachers to Use Classrooms to Promote Political Agenda
CTA Encourages Teachers to Use Classrooms to Promote Political Agenda By Editor, Union Watch, 5/25/12 The May 2012 issue of “California Educator,” [...] - Grimes: Growing CA’s education welfare system
Growing CA’s education welfare system By Katy Grimes, Cal Watchdog, 5/25/12 SACRAMENTO — Democratic Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, has been pushing [...] - Los Angeles Unified Barack Obama Global Preparatory Academy Has Twelve Year Old ARRESTED for School Fight—bigotry?
Los Angeles school police citations draw federal scrutiny Susan Ferriss, Center for Public Integrity, 5/25/12 Alexander Johnson arrived at Barack Obama [...] - Publicly Funded CSUN Continues to Flaunt the Law, Allow Anti-Semitic Website
Publicly Funded CSUN Continues to Flaunt the Law, Allow Anti-Semitic Website Katharine Russ, City Watch LA,, 5/24/12 Last month, District 30 [...] - Racism in Oakland Gov’t Schools? 55% of Black Boys May Not Graduate
In Oakland schools, chronic absence, suspension derail black boys Research finds 55 percent are at risk of not graduating By Joanna Lin, [...] - CA School Board Association: Tax the Hell Out of the Families of CA—WE WANT $$$.
CSBA: Vote for both tax plans Battle between ‘purists and pragmatists’ over ed money By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 5/22/12 The [...] - Failed Government Schools? Look for the Union Label
The Worst Union in America How the California Teachers Association betrayed the schools and crippled the state Troy Senik, City Journal, Spring [...] - Ending Tenure Could Alter Education Landscape in California
Earthquake Could Alter Education Landscape in California By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 5/22/12 Latest temblor to hit the Golden State is [...] - UC researcher gets $5.6 Million to research gratitude—Private Foundation Funding
Thank you. Thank you very much Central Valley Business Times, 5/21/12 • UC researcher gets $5.6 Million to research gratitude • [...] - CA breaks another bad record–Record number of schools on fiscal crisis list
CA breaks another bad record Record number of schools on fiscal crisis list By Kathryn Baron, svef, 5/22/12 More California school districts [...] - LAO: No need to cut schools $5.5 billion
LAO: No need to cut schools $5.5 billion LAO, Brown disagree over Prop 98 obligation By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, [...] - Gov’t Schools do not want Charter Schools to have classrooms.
Charters, Ed Coalition at odds over buildings Brown wants surplus buildings given to charters By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 5/18/12 The [...] - Students Forced to Sue School District and Unions to Get Quality Education, Not Union Permitted
Full-scale assault on tenure, dismissal laws New nonprofit with big name attorneys files lawsuit By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 5/17/12 A [...] - Brown demands $$ for Education: No Reforms and No Accountability—Unions to have final word
Persuade, not threaten, me to vote for your initiative, Governor By Arun Ramanathan, svef, 5/16/12 A few Saturdays ago, my kids [...] - School district ‘volunteers’ oversee shutdown of redevelopment agencies
School district ‘volunteers’ oversee shutdown of redevelopment agencies But they may not have the experience necessary for the complex task By Kendall [...] - 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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Poor test scores may shut Leadership High in San Francisco By: Amy Crawford, SF Examiner, 12/15/11 A San Francisco high school is [...] - More Charter Schools–better Education/Kids Saved from Gov’t Schools
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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
Sobering NAEP scores for Fresno, LA Achievement gap grows sharply in San Diego By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 12/09/11 Fresno Unified Superintendent [...] - Sand: The Route to Teacher Union Extinction: Is the Other Shoe Dropping?
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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
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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.
Disrupting Class Why California’s teachers’ unions will eventually go the way of Betamax. Larry Sand, 11/14/11 Slowly but surely, “disruptive technology” is penetrating [...] - LAUSD Blows Billions on Construction
LAUSD Blows Billions on Construction http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/11/14/lausd-still-spending-billions/ By KATY GRIMES, Cal Watchdog, 11/14/11 At a hearing last week, officials from the Los Angeles Unified [...] - 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
California’s Schools’ Idea of a Role Model: A Porn Star godfatherspolitics, 11/12/11 California apparently is running out of heroes who can serve [...] - Do Oakland Teachers Really Believe They’re Paid to Preach Political Views to Kids?
Do Teachers Really Believe They’re Paid to Preach Political Views to Kids? by Education Action Group, 11/12/11 OAKLAND, Calif. – We were [...] - 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?
Building State Schools Creates Jobs? By KATY GRIMES, Cal Watchdog, 11/10/11 The state’s economy is devastated. The stock market took another big [...] - 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
Teachers’ Union Fat Cats By RiShawn Biddle, American Spectator, 10/26/11 They’re in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, which actually should be camping [...] - 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
Reform/revenue plan for ‘12 ballot Higher taxes coupled with finance, personnel reforms By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess,11/3/11 A partnership of education, parent, [...] - 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
California school spending marches to the bottom, study shows Central Valley Business Times, 10/13/11 • On per-student basis, state’s spending lags rest [...] - CA Nears Automatic Education Spending Cuts With Revenue $705 Million Short (Making the Dream Act Signed by Brown Look Even Sillier)
California Nears Automatic Education Spending Cuts With Revenue $705 Million Short (Making the Dream Act Signed by Brown Look Even [...] - Recession may be escalating coming teacher shortage
Recession may be escalating coming teacher shortage By Tom Chorneau, Capitol Weekly,10/10/11 Less than two years have passed since demographic trends touched [...] - 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
San Jose school district misled state to get $8M in funds, officials say Corey G. Johnson, California Watch, 10/05/11 A San Jose-area [...] - Should CSU pay executives using private foundation dollars?
Should CSU pay executives using private foundation dollars? Erica Perez, California Watch, 9/30/11 Leaders at the state’s public four-year universities need to [...] - UC Berkeley’s diversity machine loses its mind over cupcakes.
Half Baked UC Berkeley’s diversity machine loses its mind over cupcakes. Heather Mac Donald, City Journal, 9/28/11 Tuesday’s now infamous affirmative-action bake sale [...] - Gov’t Causes Charter School to Fail, Then Blames Victim
Charter failure prompts scrutiny Dept. Supt. Zeiger sees tens of millions of dollars lost By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess, 9/29/11 The bankruptcy [...] - Seiler:Privatize the University of California
Privatize the University of California John Seiler, Cal Watchdog, 9/29/11 The University of California suffered more controversy in recent weeks on two [...] - Role of Gov’t Schools? How can the content of character be measured? And should it be?
How can the content of character be measured? And should it be? By Jeff Camp, SVEF, 9/28/11 My daughter’s first-grade report card [...] - LA Unified Schools–Total Disaster–Students Running Classrooms
At Manual Arts High, a caring teacher is at the end of his rope Jeremy Davidson, an art teacher at Manual [...] - How useless “professional-development” classes for teachers cost taxpayers billions
Contract on California How useless “professional-development” classes for teachers cost taxpayers billions Larry Sand, City Journal, 9/23/11 With California reeling fiscally and education [...] - Busing Scheme Crashing San Fran Schools
Busing Scheme Crashing SF Schools By KATY GRIMES, CalWatchdog, 9/20/11 San Francisco, known for its dare-to-be-different progressive policies, may be a haven [...] - Short-Changed by State, School Districts Borrow and Students Lose
Short-Changed by State, School Districts Borrow and Students Lose by Will Carless, voiceofsandiego.org, 9/18/11 The last time Phil Stover saw a state [...] - More Calif. students defaulting on loans–Now almost 8%–doubled in four years
More Calif. students defaulting on loans Erica Perez, California Watch, 9/16/11 About 8 percent of California student borrowers who took out federal [...] - Despite sweeping scandals, big states don’t check for cheating by teachers
Would we fire cheating teachers? Would the unions allow this? Despite sweeping scandals, big states don’t check for cheating by teachers Central [...] - More college-ready high school juniors–22%
More college-ready high school juniors CSU program is national model By John Fensterwald – Educated Guess,9/13/11 A record number of high school juniors [...] - The Ticking Time Bomb in San Diego School Finances
The Ticking Time Bomb in San Diego School Finances Two Gambles, and a Gamble on a Gamble By Will Carless and Andrew [...] - Faculty union ad targets CSU executive pay
Faculty union ad targets CSU executive pay Erica Perez, California Watch, 9/12/11 http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/faculty-union-ad-targets-csu-executive-pay-12544 The California Faculty Association has launched a new online [...]
- California’s powerful teachers’ union condemns Democratic reformers.
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