10/31/09:
Opinion: Walters: Race for next schools superintendent will shape future of ...
San Jose Mercury News - Dan Walters - Oct 31, 2009
The CTA and its allies, meanwhile, say California's chief education issue is money, specifically its below-average level of per-pupil spending.
Governor says stimulus is working in California
Press-Enterprise - Ben Goad - Oct 31, 2009
In particular, he praised $7.1 billion in stabilization dollars that helped 62000 teachers keep their jobs. "Those teachers would have been gone if it ...
State News:
Taxes And Bonds Top Local Ballots -- Many cities and school districts, hit hard by the recession, will ask voters Tuesday to approve new spending. JEAN MERL and ANN M. SIMMONS in the Los Angeles Times -- 11/2/09
11/1/09:
Walters: Stage Set For Battle On Districts -- When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and political reform groups enacted a ballot measure to shift legislative redistricting from the Legislature to an independent commission, they purposely left congressional redistricting in lawmakers' hands. DAN WALTERS in the Sacramento Bee -- 11/1/09
Op-Ed: California's deficit of common sense
Los Angeles Times - Rebecca Solnit - Nov 1, 2009
California is rich. Even in the midst of a drought, we have lots of water, and in the midst of a recession, we have lots of money.
Education news: 10/30/09
Walters: School Reform Duel Shifts To Surrogates -- One of the more obscure – and probably more important – of California's many political conflicts pits an organization called EdVoice against the California Teachers Association and other school unions. DAN WALTERS in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/30/09
Study: California Sets Among Highest Math, Reading Standards -- California's testing standards for public school students in reading and math are tougher than in most states, a National Center for Education Statistics study reveals. FERMIN LEAL in the Orange County Register -- 10/30/09
College Enrollment Up, Mostly At 2-Year Schools -- Some are there because of the recession, and others despite it. Regardless, more young Americans than ever are in college — especially community college, according to a new report. JUSTIN POPE AP -- 10/30/09
Protesters rally in Balboa Park against cuts in education
KFMB - 3 hours ago
Teachers, union members and local colleges are calling on California lawmakers to do a better job of balancing the state budget.
Cut libraries? Not so fast, says O'Connell
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - 17 hours ago
The State Board of Education authorized O'Connell in March to develop the standards, based on California Education Code Section 18101 that required the ...
Why isn't our union fighting?
Socialist Worker Online - 12 hours ago
And they're much better at saying "no" to merit pay than many of their counterparts in the American Federation of Teachers. But the issue isn't about how ...
Los Nietos teachers, classified staffers get 8-day furlough this year
Whittier Daily News - Tracy Garcia - 15 hours ago
... that contract negotiations with the Los Nietos Teachers Association and the local California School Employees Association chapter were not hostile.
Senority system in LAUSD keeps good teachers out
Los Angeles Daily News - Larry Sand - 17 hours ago
Larry Sand, a classroom teacher in Los Angeles and New York for more than 28 years, is the president of the California Teachers Empowerment Network ...
Federal Researchers Find Lower Standards in Schools
New York Times - Sam Dillon - 15 hours ago
In California, for instance, elementary schools must raise the percentage of students scoring above the proficient level by 11 percentage points every year ...
State News: 10/30/09
Media opinions vary widely on California's woes in the Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert
Education news: 10/29/09
Many L.A. Students Not Moving Out Of English Language Classes -- Almost 30% of those placed early on in such programs in L.A. Unified were still in them when they started high school, study says. The sooner students moved out, the more they excelled. ANNA GORMAN in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/09
Study: English-learning too slow in LA schools
San Jose Mercury News - Amy Taxin - 21 hours ago
The study by Tomas Rivera Policy Institute at the University of Southern California showed 29 percent of English learners in the Los Angeles Unified School ...
A third of lausd's English learners fail in the Contra Costa Times
STUDENTS, FACULTY REACT TO NEW STATE MANDATE
Santa Ynez Valley Journal - Jim Luksic, Marissa Clifford - 1 hour ago
In addition, Turnbull said California's system of teacher evaluations isn't emblematic of state teaching standards.
State of education: Poor
San Mateo Daily Journal - Bill Silverfarb - 6 hours ago
California is 30 percent behind the rest of the country in funding education and that was before the state had to slash an additional 20 percent from its ...
Education not an expense, speaker tells Riverside County summit
Press-Enterprise - Dayna Straehley - 11 hours ago
California schools are a revenue source, not an expense, educators heard Wednesday during the Riverside County Education Summit at the ...
State schools chief attends San Mateo town hall San Mateo County Times
UC Students March for Education: Are You Game?
Berkeley Daily Planet - Victor Sanchez - 1 hour ago
UC Berkeley has announced to admit 600 fewer California students to make space for out of state students as a way to address their budget shortfall since ...
Yudof Seeks More Federal Aid for Public Universities Daily Californian
A Little More Conversation for a Little More Action City on a Hill Press
Solidarity is key against budget cuts
Laney Tower - Ryan Villarreal - 6 hours ago
Students, faculty and staff from educational institutions across California numbered in the majority of the more than 600 people who were at the conference ...
State News: 10/29/09
Reform group seeks rewrite of Calif. Constitution
The Associated Press - Juliet Williams - 16 hours ago
California's government is so broken it can be fixed only by rewriting the state constitution, a coalition of business and civic groups said Wednesday as it ...
CFT In the News: 10/28/09
Social Security Penalties Cost California Widow $19,000 Annually
Real penalties costing real people real money ... that's what the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) are. The widow in this scenario lives in Fair Oaks, Calif. If she lived in another state she'd probably get her full Social Security benefits. California is one of 15 states with these penalties, and it has the largest number of employees impacted by these
"public servant penalties" including public safety, fire fighters, teachers,and local government public servants.
Education news: 10/28/09
Editorial: Oil tax worth study--but not for education
San Jose Mercury News - 17 hours ago
California's general fund is already too constrained by spending mandates. Higher education is getting short shrift, but this provision would only add to ...
Teacher salaries
Napa Valley Register - Chris Burns - 12 hours ago
The design defects and structural problems with the California education system are everywhere. The State of California goes out if its way to make a ...
L.A. Unified To Allow Parents To Initiate School Reforms -- Under the superintendent's school-control resolution, low-performing campuses can be forced to undergo major changes if a majority of parents demand it. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/28/09
California's Charter Schools Show Strong Growth -- Charter schools - a major component of President Barack Obama's education reform crusade - appear to be thriving in California. DAN WALTERS SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/28/09
State News: 10/28/09
STEVEN MAVIGLIO
Democrats Bring Mop to GOP HQ
All Reports by Steven Maviglio October 28, 2009 @ 2:09 AM
Gotta like this: the California Democratic Party invaded GOP headquarters in Sacramento with some mops. The reason: to help get the GOP to clean up the mess Bush left Democrats to clean up.
It's a cute little video, starring long-time CDP campaign strategist Bob Mulholland.
There's a pitch for $5 for the CDP that goes along with it. Send 'em an Abe Lincoln. This is the kinda thing the CDP should have been doing a long time ago.
Education news: 10.27.2009
Some profs want Cal to stop subsidizing sports -- When UC Berkeley lends its Department of Intercollegiate Athletics millions of dollars to pay its bills each year - and even forgives that debt at times - it's helping a top-tier college sports program beloved by thousands of fans. Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/27/09
LAUSD plan to have outsiders run 36 of its schools nears reality -- Pushing aside the threat of lawsuits and complaints about the process, Los Angeles Unified officials today will begin finalizing a controversial reform plan that allows the outside operation of three dozen schools. Connie Llanos in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 10/27/09
Furlough frenzy hits California colleges
California State University budget cuts cause stir among students
By Kerianne Okie - Tufts Daily Tuesday, October 27, 2009
“No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ dirty looks:” This is no longer a joyous tune for CSU students.
College students generally revel in the prospect of missing class without repercussions, rejoicing over snow days and surprise class cancellations. But for students in the California State University (CSU) system, in which statewide budget cuts have led to a marked decrease in the number of classes being held, the joy is becoming increasingly bittersweet.
School board to look at kindergarten readiness
High school achievement, Paly bleachers also on meeting agenda
October 27, 2009
by Chris Kenrick - Palo Alto Online Staff
The Palo Alto Board of Education tonight will be asked to approve a "Springboard to Kindergarten" program, aimed at boosting school readiness among certain children in an effort to head off the need for costly extra services later.
Calif. high schools post dance contracts
DOWNEY, Calif., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Contracts between Southern California schools and students, addressing acceptable moves at dances, are getting positive reviews from students and parents.
Some high schools require parents and teenagers to sign "dance contracts" before students may step onto the dance floor, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
The Downey High contract specifies "no touching breasts, buttocks or genitals. No straddling each others' legs. Both feet on the floor." Ventura Unified School District has a similar contract.
Rowland Unified joins California ShakeOut
By Richard Irwin Staff Writer 10/26/2009
It looked a little like the opening episode of the new television series "Flash Forward." Millions of Californians fell to the floor on the morning of Oct. 15 and held on.
Unlike the TV plot, though, no one lost consciousness as they participated in the world's largest earthquake drill, the California ShakeOut. Everyone just thought they should shake up their daily routine to prepare for a big earthquake.
The State Of Our Schools
Hannah Heineman, Mirror Staff Writer— Santa Monica Mirror
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is in better shape both financially and in terms of academic achievement than other school districts throughout California but it is still confronting some major challenges
State News: 10.27.2009
Bass tiring of governor's closed-door water talks -- Assembly Speaker Karen Bass bristled Monday at the series of closed-door "Big 5" water negotiations that have been held between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders of both parties recently. Jim Sanders SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/27/09
State says 3 low-level prisons no longer needed -- California officials say a drop in the number of minimum-security inmates is allowing them to end contracts with the companies that operate three private prisons. AP -- 10/27/09
Boxer, Feinstein pushing for public option -- As the Senate prepares to debate a massive health care overhaul, California Democratic Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein are pushing hard for a public option, which would allow the federal government to compete with private insurers. Rob Hotakainen SacBee Capitol Alert -- 10/27/09
CFT News: 10.24-26.2009
60,000 Teacher Jobs Restored with Stimulus, Educators Say It's Not Enough
New America Media, News Report, Rupa Dev and Aaron Glantz, Posted: Oct 24, 2009
More than 60,000 of the 250,000 education jobs saved nationally by President Barack Obama's stimulus package were in California, according to data released this week by the California Department of Education.
Community activists expressed relief over the saved jobs, but Fred Glass, spokesperson for the California Federation of Teachers, cautioned that while the stimulus package "stopped some of the bleeding," the state still had to lay off an estimated 10,000 teachers.
"It's slightly better than we thought it would be," Glass said. "But that's because most of the districts depleted their reserves or found other ways to keep cuts away from the classroom ... They cut back on supplies, gardeners, school support secretaries, and food service workers."
Education news: 10.26.2009
Schools putting dance moves on hold -- Contracts have helped tone down the hyper-sexed dance floor at some campuses, giving students clear guidelines on what's acceptable and what's not. Carla Rivera in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/26/09
Commentary: California students are being squeezed out of college
The Fresno Bee
It's a difficult time for higher education in California because of the state budget crisis, which has meant more fee increases for students and pay cuts for professors and staff. That still hasn't closed the budget gap at California's public universities and they've had to limit admissions and reduce the number of classes they offer.
Nearly 900 California Schools Implement Reading Program
By Scott Aronowitz10/26/09 The Journal
Seeking to make reading proficiency and comprehension a priority, nearly 900 schools throughout California have implemented the Lexia Reading program, which helps students in grades pre-K through 12 improve their reading skills while offering teachers a tool for fully integrated assessment reporting.
Education news: 10.25.2009
SFCC holds garage sale to save classes -- They loaded up their shopping bags with paperback books, lightly used handbags and tarnished copper plates. They scooped up fancy soaps and decorative hair pins. Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/25/09
$600,000 budget windfall for Sonoma State University -- Sonoma State University will get a $600,000 boost in federal stimulus funds, money that will help restore classes the were dropped as a result of state budget cuts, officials said Friday. JEREMY HAY in the Santa Rosa Press -- 10/25/09
Boren: Dim future lies ahead for state's colleges -- We'll soon be celebrating two important centennial events in Fresno, and the entire San Joaquin Valley is expected to participate in the festivities honoring the work of two educational institutions. Jim Boren in the Fresno Bee -- 10/25/09
Students must be involved speaking out for higher education
Daily 49er Opinion By Tom Jacobson Fresno Bee
Sunday, October 25, 2009
As students of the higher education system in California, we have rights and responsibilities, but we have given our silent consent to others. We are not taking the initiative to become active in determining our future.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard students say, “All I want is a C because C’s get degrees.” In my opinion,
@issue: the walkout
By Tony Petersen | October 25, 2009 The Fresno Collegian
On last Wednesday afternoon, an estimated 400 student-activists marched on California State University, Fresno’s campus, protesting budget cuts, higher fees and class cuts. The “walkout” was an impressive show of solidarity and as The Fresno Bee put it, “succeeded in publicizing complaints about rising costs and reduced benefits.”
Discussion, not flaming torches, should drive teacher pay reform
By Doug Lasken 10/25/2009 The Daily News
WE live in a time when government is a form of theater; it manages us by appearing to manage us.
The current presidential administration, perhaps because it came in with so much support, has broken new ground in what I call fantasy government. It rails against health insurance companies, after giving them everything they want; it makes a show about debating our presence in Afghanistan, when all that is debated is the number of troops; it bemoans excessive bonuses on Wall Street, after making those bonuses possible.
Education news: 10.24.2009
UC to raise $1 billion for financial aid -- The University of California system plans to raise $1 billion over the next four years for student aid, UC President Mark Yudof said Friday. Matt Krupnick in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/24/09
California's adult education system in jeopardy -- Miguel Agil dropped out of Kennedy High School at 18, but he found his second chance in a welding class at Serra Adult School. Katy Murphy in the Contra Costa Times -- 10/24/09
Statewide Online Charter School Attempt Angers Some -- A group that wants to start the first statewide kindergarten-through-12th grade online charter school has blanketed school districts throughout California — including many in the East Bay — with petitions seeking approval for its plan. Eric Louie in the Contra Costa Times
-- 10/24/09
2 CCSF officials in scandal are leaving -- San Francisco City College trustees have accepted the departures of two administrators caught up in a bond money scandal being investigated by the city's district attorney. Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/24/09
State News: 10.24-26.2009
Skelton: Threatened with mass demotion, California lawmakers finally focus -- The new Committee on Improving State Government gets an all-day earful from experts. Advice includes forgoing useless or inane bills and making tougher spending decisions. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/26/09
Senate leader introduces partial water bill -- The state Senate leader says he will introduce a bill this weekend that could serve as the foundation of a plan to address California's water problems. AP -- 10/24/09
Education news: 10/23/09
Governor's Run Put Aside, California Schools Chief O'Connell Eyes Next Move -- State schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell, who had explored a run for governor but dropped the idea this month, jokes that maybe he'll be free to manage his beloved Los Angeles Dodgers if Joe Torre steps down after next season. JIM SANDERS in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/23/09
Art Supplies: $20. Soccer Uniform: $25. Cost Of Public Education? Supposedly Free -- Guadalupe Amro loves soccer -- and so does his teenage son Mario. But he doesn't love the price tag. To play on the team at Serra High School, Amro said he shells out money for a ball and an official school uniform. Ordinary shorts and a T-shirt won't do. EMILY ALPERT Voiceofsandiego.org -- 10/23/09
UC Merced Touts Its Economic Impact -- UC Merced said it has contributed nearly $456 million in direct economic value to the San Joaquin Valley since starting operations in July 2000. The item is in the Fresno Bee -- 10/23/09
Education Is Human Rights Issue, Richmond City Officials Say -- Richmond city leaders want state lawmakers to make education spending a priority and this week called upon the West Contra Costa school district to resolve working and learning conditions at campuses. KATHERINE TAM in the Oakland Tribune -- 10/23/09
the fight for public education
Socialist Worker Online - 12 hours ago
SEVERAL HUNDRED college students, faculty, campus workers, and pre-K to grade 12 teachers and students from across California will gather at the University ...
Teacher salaries
Napa Valley Register - Chris Burns - 10 hours ago
Considering the new testing scores came out and California ranks just ahead of Mississippi for the BOTTOM of the list, I can see why teachers DON'T want to ...
San Mateo County schools show up on "unsafe" lists
Alameda Times-Star - Neil Gonzales - 2 minutes ago
A student in a school deemed dangerous can attend another campus. But no California school has been deemed dangerous since the current definition was ...
State News: 10/23/09
The End of California? Dream On!
TIME - Michael Grunwald - 1 hour ago
Nevada aired ads mocking California's business climate to lure its entrepreneurs. The media portray California as a noir fantasyland of overcrowded schools, ...
CFT In the News: 10/22/09
Both local CSU trustees oppose oil extraction tax bill
Enterprise-Record - Larry Mitchell - 10 hours ago
According to Fried's analysis, supporters of the measure, in addition to the CFA, are the California Federation of Teachers, California Nurses Association,...
Education news: 10/22/09
UC Week of Action Begins
Berkeley Daily Planet - Richard Brenneman - 1 hour ago
A week of major events focusing on the crisis in California education kicks off Saturday with a daylong event, the Statewide Mobilizing Conference for ...
Editorial: UC strays from its mission
Visalia Times-Delta - 6 hours ago
When the University of California system was founded, its mission was to provide the highest quality college education for all Californians, including those ...
California Teacher's Program Helps Underprivileged Students Prepare for College
Voice of America - Mike O'Sullivan - 19 hours ago
To help them, California teacher Mary Catherine Swanson started a program that has expanded to more than 4000 schools and is making a difference in the ...
Cal State Fullerton Ghost Town Is Its Own Lesson -- A three-day state-mandated class furlough at the campus graphically illustrates the effects of California's budget crisis on higher education. MIKE ANTON in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/22/09
Veteran L.A. Substitute Teachers Losing Work -- L.A. Unified Supt. Ramon Cortines stands by a one-year deal made with the teachers union to give assignment preferences to laid-off instructors, including those with less seniority. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/22/09
Marchers Protest Fresno State Fees, Class Cuts -- About 400 Fresno State students marched Wednesday in an organized protest against higher fees, class cuts and other reductions on campus. CYNDEE FONTANA in the Fresno Bee -- 10/22/09
Analysis: Schwarzenegger reversals erode trust
The Associated Press - Juliet Williams - 20 hours ago
Now he has icy relations with the California Teachers Association, whose input will be crucial to his special session on education reform.
Violence Shocks CSUS -- A Sacramento State student allegedly beat his roommate to death with a baseball bat Wednesday afternoon, delivering the fatal blows before he was shot and wounded by campus police. LAUREL ROSENHALL, KIM MINUGH and ANDY FURILLO in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/22/09
State News: 10/22/09
Furlough Fights -- Furlough tussles between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and various interests are keeping the courts and a legion of lawyers busy. More than 20 lawsuits are challenging the policy, which cuts state workers' hours and pay by 14 percent each month. JON ORTIZ in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/22/09
Governor Blames Budget Woes On Judges 'Going Absolutely Crazy' -- After railing against labor unions, waste and fraud in the past, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday found a new target to blame for California's budget woes: judges who "are going absolutely crazy." KEVIN YAMAMURA in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/22/09
‘Paycheck Protection’ Proposition Pondered For 2010 Ballot -- A ballot fight looms over limiting the use of government workers’ union dues for political purposes, a life-or-death issue for organized labor. JOHN HOWARD in Capitol Weekly -- 10/22/09
There Doesn’t Appear To Be Any Let-Up Whatsoever -- Although the state Legislature is in recess until the beginning of January the quest for campaign contributions certainly isn’t. GREG LUCAS California's capitol weblog -- 10/22/09
Education news: 10/21/09
Recession drives up college tuition nationwide
Los Angeles Times - Larry Gordon - 14 hours ago
The increases came at a time when the consumer price index declined about 2%, prompting some criticism about higher education's inability to control ...
California Public Universities Hike Fees By Rates That Beat The National Average -- The recession took its toll on college tuition costs this year, with students across the country facing bigger bills because of reduced state spending on higher education and diminished campus endowments, according to a College Board report released today. LARRY GORDONin the Los Angeles Times -- 10/20/09
Matier & Ross: UC Berkeley To Admit More Out-Of-State Students -- Starting next fall, UC Berkeley will admit hundreds of additional out-of-state residents and international students instead of Californians as a way to make up for state budget cuts. PHILLIP MATIER, ANDREW ROSS in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/21/09
State News: 10/21/09 - none
Education news: 10/20/90
College tuition cost rising again this fall
The Associated Press - Justin Pope - 2 hours ago
"Every sector of the American economy is under stress and higher education is no exception," said Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the American ...
UCSC to react to campus protests differently each time
San Jose Mercury News - J.M. Brown - 1 hour ago
... to approve a plan to increase student fees by more than 30 percent, pushing the annual cost of a University of California education well past $10000.
Unity Needed in the Fight for Higher Education
Daily Californian - Mark Yudof - 11 hours ago
We at the University of California have upheld our end of the deal: giving students of all backgrounds a world-class education, generating life-changing ...
L.A. Unified Takes Anti-Truancy Effort Door-To-Door -- Supt. Ramon Cortines and other top officials visit the homes of some of the 20,000 students who failed to show up this year. About a dozen teens began working out plans to return to school. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/20/09
Stimulus Saved 6,000 Education Jobs In L.A., Report Says -- More than 250,000 full- and part-time jobs escaped budget cuts nationwide. A more complete accounting will be posted online next week. JOE MARKMAN in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/20/09
Bay Area News Group Sues Peralta Over Public Records -- The Bay Area News Group has sued the Peralta Community College District for refusing to release documents related to stories the news group published. MATT KRUPNICK in the Oakland Tribune -- 10/20/09
Job Market Lands More Grads Back At Home -- They feel like failures. Disillusioned, like a runner who trips out of the starting gate. NANETTE ASIMOV in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/20/09
Better Training Could Help Fill Technical Jobs -- California must improve adult education and community college programs to help laid-off workers retrain for technical positions that will open up in the next several years due mainly to retirements, according to a report issued Monday. TOM ABATE in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/20/09
Tobar: Literacy Brings Immigrants Closer To Full Participation In Life -- Native Spanish speakers break the code of the written word with help from an L.A. adult-education center. HECTOR TOBAR in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/20/09
CFT In the News: 10/18/09
Our guests on Sunday, October 18, 2009
NBC Bay Area - Oct 16, 2009
Gary Ravani is the president of the Early Childhood/K-12 Council of the California Federation of Teachers. He has 35 years experience as a classroom ...
Education news: 10/17-19
10/19:
Editorial: A turnaround school inspires
Published: 12:00 am
What should school districts do when a school fails to meet academic performance targets year after year after year?
Systematic problems hit at-risk students
Vallejo Times-Herald - Lanz Christian Bañes - 2 hours ago
At-risk students have difficulties in the system and often cannot progress to higher education. A variety of breakout sessions explored subjects as diverse ...
Report: Federal aid created or saved 250000 education jobs
Washington Post - Nick Anderson - 55 minutes ago
30 under the economic stimulus law, state and local budgets for public schools and higher education would be hemorrhaging. The report previews more detailed ...
Endorsement Proves Newsom's Potential as California Governor
Daily Nexus - A.J. Rawls - 9 hours ago
As for education, UC students know how much the budget crisis is affecting California schools. California experiences some of the lowest levels of ...
10/18:
Editorial: Take big steps for big school changes
Updated: 9:25 am
It took the push of money, but President Barack Obama's new "Race to the Top" competitive grants are getting California's political and educational leaders to act with some urgency on areas long-identified for change.
Superintendent spreads the gospel of 'value-added' teacher evaluations
Los Angeles Times - Oct 18, 2009
... championed by now-Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this month signed into law two measures that put California on the path
Commonly asked questions about the 'value-added' approach to teacher assessment Los Angeles Times
State Community Colleges Struggle With Cutbacks In Funding -- California community colleges, long seen as a resource for students looking to pursue goals of higher education or pick up job skills, have seen both state and federal funding decline. DOUGLAS MORINO in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 10/18/09
Teachers' Unions Uneasy With President Barack Obama -- A skirmish between powerful teachers’ unions and President Barack Obama over nearly $5 billion in education spending is shaping up as a preview of the battle to come over No Child Left Behind in Congress early next year. NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON Politico -- 10/18/09
10/17:
O'Connell Plans To Retire, Not Run For Governor -- Jack O’Connell, the school-teacher-turned-politician who has been a fixture in politics on the Central Coast and in California for more than a quarter century, said today he has decided against running for governor next year and will retire from politics after his term as state superintendent of public instruction expires in January 2011. TIMM HERDT in the Ventura Star EVAN HALPER in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/09
Educator Sees The Value In 'Value-Added' Approach To Evaluating Teachers -- Terry Grier, former superintendent of San Diego schools, encountered union opposition when he tried to use the novel method. His fight offers a peek at a brewing national debate. JASON FELCH and JASON SONG in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/17/09
State News: 10/17-19
Education news: 10/16/09
UC Shelves Plan To Charge Engineering, Business Undergrads More -- The proposal for those students to pay $900 extra a year is postponed for further study but could eventually come before the regents in a revised form, a spokesman says. LARRY GORDON in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/16/09
L.A. Teachers Union Advised To Sue To Block Potential Handover Of New Schools To Charter Operators -- Fifty new schools are scheduled to open over the next four years, and charter schools could bid to operate them under a resolution passed in August by the Los Angeles Board of Education. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/16/09
California Budget Crisis Diaries: Furloughs, education, and funds for shelters
SDNN: San Diego News Network - Steven Bartholow - 21 hours ago
“Bob Samuels, UC president of the American Federation of Teachers, said the UC system doesn't have a budget problem, but a priority problem,” according to ...
Out-of-State Dreams
Inside Higher Ed - 10 hours ago
Patrick M. Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, said he worried about any state -- like California -- that moves ...
Late news: Democrats and Schools
New York Times - Nicholas D. Kristof - Oct 15, 2009
The National Education Association has announced an initiative to improve teaching in high-poverty high schools, and the American Federation of Teachers is ...
State News: 10/16/09
New CALPIRG Report Details the Ins and Outs of California’s New Government Transparency Website – By Pedro Morillas, Legislative Advocate, CALPIRG – in the California Progress Report
The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) Released a new report today, Budget Transparency 2.0: Online Tools for Better Government.
Governor Raises Funds From Donors Interested In Pending Legislation -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger collected tens of thousands of dollars for his political causes in September from donors interested in some of the 700 bills that were sitting on his desk, and invited other past and potential contributors to a series of meet-and-greet events to raise money. MICHAEL ROTHFELD in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/16/09
CFT News: 10.15.2009
California joins race for school stimulus funds -- California is back in the race. Sunday afternoon Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that took away the biggest obstacle to the state winning a share of $4.35 billion in federal Race to the Top funds for education.
California Joins Race For School Stimulus Funds -- California is back in the race. Sunday afternoon Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that took away the biggest obstacle to the state winning a share of $4.35 billion in federal Race to the Top funds for education. ...Marty Hittleman, president of the California Federation of Teachers, said the union negotiated hard for the old language and the new legislation leaves him feeling betrayed. "It makes you question whether you can trust people," Hittleman said.
Diana Lambert in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/09
Education news: 10.15.2009
Public-school refugees find help at private colleges -- With budget cuts making it difficult for some students to maintain a full load of courses, some private Bay Area colleges are opening their doors to help those students remain eligible for financial aid and keep their graduation plans on track. Matt Krupnick in the Contra Costa Times -- 10/15/09
'USF Steps Up' to Offer Half Price Courses
Thu Oct 15, 2009 Reuters
Response to California's Budget and Education Crisis
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of San
Francisco, a private Jesuit university, will offer a limited number of general
education courses for half price at its regional campuses starting in January
2010. The courses are offered through USF Steps Up, a new program to help
non-USF students trapped by the devastating budget cuts at California's public
universities and give them the classes they need to graduate.
University 'forced to ration' education
SDSU's Weber sets out to explain policy change
By Matthew T. Hall
UNION-TRIBUNE
October 15, 2009
As high school seniors send off college applications, San Diego State University's president is pushing for wider acceptance of admission changes that were made in response to deep budget cuts.
President Stephen Weber spoke to The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board yesterday, one of six stops in two days in San Diego and Imperial counties to discuss the circumstances and rationale for the new approach.
Selected recent California newspaper editorials
By The Associated Press
10/14/2009
Los Angeles Times: "UC revenue plan is a major mistake"
No matter how squeezed the University of California is, it makes no sense to single out students our economy will need—such as its future engineers—and levy a surcharge on them for their chosen major.
Community colleges remain a vital link in education
By Roe Darnell - Modesto Bee
California’s economic future requires a better educated workforce. Educating our residents is one of the most important investments the state can make. The higher the quality of our education system, the higher the quality of life for all.
Campus organizations join forces to rally on City Hall
by Robin Hug, staff writer - Xpress-SFSU
OCTOBER 14, 2009
Campus organizations from colleges across the city are joining together to gather on the steps of City Hall at noon on Oct. 15 to call attention to the mayor's office the fact that higher education was not a topic in the gubernatorial campaign.
The "Take a Stand" rally is the last event planned for this week's political days of action, October 14 and 15 that tried to bring further attention to this year's budget cuts to higher education across California.
Our View-Daylight clouded over in Sunshine State
By Staff - Julio Salgado- Daily 49er
Perhaps Gov. Arnold “the Educ-Hater” Schwarzenegger got it right when he vetoed Senate Bill 218 on Sunday.
Sen. Leland Yee’s pesky little bill would have provided transparency in how California State University, University of California and California Community College foundations and auxiliaries use private money as personal money — even when it’s in the public domain.
UC Budget Crisis at Forefront of UCSB Teach-In
Speakers at the forum say administrative salaries and rising fees are taking a toll on higher education
By Lara Cooper, Noozhawk Staff Writer | 10.14.2009
Hundreds of students and others filtered in and out of UCSB’s Campbell Hall on Wednesday as part of “Defending the University: A Teach-In On the Current Crisis,” organized as an educational and political response to the University of California budget woes.
Opinion: Reforms in testing can help close the achievement gap
By John R. Porter, Jr.
Special to the Mercury News
10/14/2009
Despite broken promises and political games, the federal No Child Left Behind Act did uncover an unfortunate truth about our nation's and state's educational history: Many of our children were left behind. These include children of color or those who lived in poverty; children of immigrants, coming from different cultures and speaking other languages at home; girls and young women — as well as children like me, labeled "educationally handicapped" by the system.
Teachers, Pupils Criticize UC Cuts
Finance Troubles Spark Meeting of Scholarly Dispute
By Richard Lau / Staff Writer
October 15, 2009
Alexandr Kilpelainen / DAILY NEXUS
Teachers, students and council members meet on campus at Corwin Pavilion to review pressing issues of the University’s current budget crisis. Attendees explored alternative solutions other than furloughs and UC-wide increases in tuition.
From discussions about the University of California’s budget woes to protests against the executive handling of the crisis, yesterday’s teach-in offered a variety of takes on the current fiscal climate.
State News: 10.15.2009
More Pain for State's Taxpayers, Cities -- The cost of shoring up Calpers, the troubled $200 billion pension fund for California public employees, will ultimately fall on the state's 38 million residents, who are already dealing with tax increases and reduced public services. STU WOO and JIM CARLTON in the Wall Street Journal -- 10/15/09
Skelton: Two nuggets of political wisdom for the Golden State -- Two profound observations about state government and politics have been uttered in recent days. One is destined to become a classic. The other sounded an alarm for all Californians to wake up and look in the mirror. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/15/09
Education news: 10.14.2009
California's data-tracking system on students misfires -- After years of effort, California has launched a statewide system that can track all manner of data for individual public school students as they move from kindergarten through high school. But it's off to a shaky start. Diana Lambert in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/09
LAUSD makes up $140M budget cut with stimulus funds -- The Los Angeles Unified School District will use federal stimulus money to make up for a recent $140 million cut in state funding - but officials said they'll feel the pinch next year. Connie Llanos in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 10/14/09
Governor praised for signing education funding eligibility bill
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan calls the bill, which eliminates a ban on using test data to determine educator pay or promotions, 'a victory for children.'
By Jason Song and Jason Felch - LA Times
The nation's top education official praised Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday for signing a bill that will make California eligible for competitive federal education funding.
Education a Priority for Council Candidate Cruzito Cruz
The Santa Barbara native supports programs and collaborate efforts to help at-risk youths
By Lara Cooper, Noozhawk
Stressing education as the main tenet of his campaign, Santa Barbara native Cruzito Cruz is the 13th candidate in the race for three — possibly four — City Council seats.
California math scores among the lowest
San Francisco Chronicle - Jill Tucker
Federal education officials also noted that the achievement gap between higher scoring white and Asian students and their black and Hispanic peers has stagnated over the past two decades.
California lawmakers must tighten their belts
We have all felt the pinch of the California state Legislature’s latest budget cuts to education.
A greater number of adults are returning to community colleges to retrain after losing their jobs in this frightful economy.
This increase has more students vying for college courses.
Add to that a 13.4 percent reduction in fall 2009 course sections as compared to a year ago, plus $26 per unit enrollment fees and the pain becomes quite real.
It may get even worse. - The Clariononline
Our View: California teachers dropping like flies
By Staff - The Daily49er
The most vital occupation to society — and what essentially makes a society — seems to be losing players on its team. We all know that when a team begins to lose its players it loses its fans.
The teaching “industry” in the United States is facing a recession. The economy has really affected the future of the profession. There are tens of thousands of laid-off teachers around the nation and, notably, thousands in the Golden State of California.
Fed Dollars Help California Schools
by Margaret Carrero -KMJNOW
Federal stimulus dollars are helping keep California educators on the job.
State schools chief Jack O'Connell says approximately 28,000 jobs from pre-k to 12th grade have either been created or saved by an infusion of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money
State News: 10.14.2009
Field Poll finds Californians want state government overhauled -- Frustrated California voters think a state government overhaul is needed, but a majority believe it shouldn't be so easy for them to change the state's constitution at the ballot box, a new Field Poll has found. Susan Ferriss in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/09
Walters: Right on schedule, state budget springs a leak -- Three months ago, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature enacted a much-revised state budget, this column pointed out that the state was seemingly operating on a five-month budget cycle. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/14/09
Education news: 10/13/09
Teachers benefit from job-saving stimulus spending The Associated Press
Inland Educators Not Counting On Federal Stimulus Dollars, Despite Governor's Effort -- Inland and state educators reacted with caution and uncertainty Monday to the governor's effort to bring hundreds of millions of federal stimulus dollars to the state's schools system. MELANIE C. JOHNSON and MICHELLE L. KLAMPE in the Riverside Press -- 10/13/09
Schwarzenegger Lifts Ban On Measuring Teachers From Test Scores KPBS
UC revenue plan is a major mistake
Los Angeles Times - 19 hours ago
But California should not be ready to abandon the idea that a top-quality, subsidized undergraduate education is good for the state's young people and the ...
Are the rich paying their fair share?
Los Angeles Times - Michael Hiltzik - 21 hours ago
In higher education, the University of California receives 60% of its core operating budget from the taxpayers. Last year, 23% of its undergraduates came ...
College Cutbacks Making It Harder To Earn Degrees -- It isn't just tuition increases that are driving up the cost of college. Around the country, deep budget cuts are forcing colleges to lay off instructors and eliminate some classes, making it harder for students to get into the courses they need to earn their degree. The likely result: more time in college. TERENCE CHEA and JUSTIN POPE AP -- 10/13/09
Plan emerges to solve new $140-million gap in LA schools budget
Los Angeles Times - 21 hours ago
The benefit is that many California school districts, including LA Unified, won't face an immediate new deficit that could imperil their finances.
State News: 10/13/09
Schwarzenegger Receives Failing Grade from Consumer Rights Organization By Richard Holober
Executive Director Consumer Federation of California in the California Progress Report
CFT In the News: 10/8/09 – late post
Alternative Berkeley school proposed
Contra Costa Times - Doug Oakley - Oct 8, 2009
It also could face resistance from the teachers union. The Berkeley Federation of Teachers considered an official position on the charter proposal at its ...
Education news: 10/12/09
Schwarzenegger OKs School Bill Required By US Law -- California is removing a legal ban on using the results of student achievement tests to evaluate teachers, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. DON THOMPSON AP -- 10/12/09
Governor Vetoes Three Bills Attempting Reform of the UC By David Greenwald, Editor, in the California Progress Report
Bill To Bring Transparency To SSU Gets Governor's Veto -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Sunday intended to increase transparency at public universities, drawing sharp criticism from the bill's author and the union group representing professors. NATHAN HALVERSON in the Santa Rosa Press -- 10/12/09
Obama’s and Duncan’s Chance to Spark Real School Funding Reform By Tara Kini, Staff attorney, Public Advocates Inc.in the California Progress Report
UC May Hike Tuition For Some Undergraduate Majors -- The plan, used at some other public schools, would target disciplines with costlier faculty and higher salaries for graduates. LARRY GORDon in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/12/09
California Bill Seeks Oil Tax To Aid Colleges -- A state lawmaker says he's found a way to give California's cash-strapped colleges and universities nearly a billion extra dollars a year - but those schools, at least for now, are saying "no thanks." NANETTE ASIMOV in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/12/09
Union Firing Up Protests At CSUS -- A week of rallies, speeches, testimonials and teach-ins at California State University campuses begins today at Sacramento State. LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/12/09
California bill seeks oil tax to aid colleges
San Francisco Chronicle - Nanette Asimov - 5 hours ago
Companies that extract oil from California would pay 9.9 percent of its gross value into a California Higher Education Fund, intended to also help extract ...
Proposal would reduce UC diversity San Francisco Chronicle
State News: 10/12/09
Blue Ribbon Commission’s Tax Proposals Erode Fundamental Democratic Principles, By Willie L. Pelote, Sr., Assistant Director ASFCME, in the California Progress Report
Education news: 10/9/09
Suit Looming Against California Over School Funding -- Top California school leaders said they soon will sue the state over chronically underfunded schools — a move that in other states has infused billions of dollars into school systems. SHARON NOGUCHI in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/9/09
Cal Poly To Launch Ambitious $150 Million Effort To Expand Educational Opportunities -- After a record fundraising year, Cal Poly Pomona has an even more ambitious goal of raising $150 million over the next five to seven years. CANAN TASCI in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 10/9/09
Fresno Schools May Lose $16 Million -- Nineteen low-performing Fresno schools will lose close to $16 million -- money already accounted for in this year's budget -- if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger allows nearly $400 million in Quality Education Investment Act funds to be cut, Fresno Unified School District officials said Thursday. TRACY CORREA in the Fresno Bee -- 10/9/09
Big Man on Campus
New York Times - 12 hours ago
These missions of access, excellence and vision have been the essence of California's Master Plan for Education since 1960.
State News: 10/9/09
Walters: State Must Change Its Tax System -- Someday, some way and somehow, California will overhaul the way it finances services because the current system is unsustainable. DAN WALTERS in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/9/09
CFT In the News: 10/8/09
Unions Put UC President to a Vote
City on a Hill Press
Mike Rotkin, the president of the University Council of the American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) Local 2199, which represents lecturers and librarians,
Education news: 10/8/09
Editorial: Wanted: Partners to save higher ed
Public colleges and universities educate 80 percent of students in the United States. They remain an engine of opportunity for students from all backgrounds.
State News: 10/8/09
Education news: 10/7/09
UC Leadership Looks Into Alternative Ways To Save Public Universities By David Greenwald, Editor, California Progress Report
California's Higher Education Needs Transparency
New America Media - 9 hours ago
... and waste of taxpayer dollars that were intended to improve the quality of education in the classroom for California's students on the 23 CSU campuses.
To soften cuts, UCSD to borrow from itself
San Diego Union Tribune - Eleanor Yang - 8 hours ago
“We're trying to maintain the quality of education as best we can.” Others criticized the move as delaying funding problems that will only grow larger.
Master plan for higher education laid to rest
Sonoma State Star - Tiffany Call - 16 hours ago
After the master plan for higher education in California was laid to rest, there were many speakers including Lillian Taiz who is the president of the ...
Daniel Weintraub: UC fee hike stings, but it's best solution now
Tri-Valley Herald - 10 hours ago
The state is spending more on prisons now than on higher education. The university's administrators, meanwhile, seem oblivious to what is going on in the ...
UC Leaders Propose State-Federal 'Hybrid" -- UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has proposed that top public research schools become state-federal "hybrids" that receive basic operating funds from the U.S. government. MATT KRUPNICK in the Contra Costa Times -- 10/7/09
Due To State Cuts, Covina School For Disabled Loses 80 Percent Of Students -- Due to cuts in the state's budget, the Covina Development Center has only six of its former 30 students. In recent days, the center has been forced to lay off eight teachers and cut the remaining staff's hours by 20 percent. MARITZA VELAZQUEZ in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 10/7/09
UC Merced Sees Enrollment Growth -- There are 3,414 students on campus this year, up from 2,718 last fall and slightly more than the 3,200-student estimate officials used for planning. DANIELLE E. GAINES in the Fresno Bee -- 10/7/09
Education Agency Will Offer Grants for Innovative Ideas
New York Times
State News: 10/7/09
Lawmakers Slam Governor Over Veto Threat -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature could be headed for a high-stakes game of chicken as the deadline approaches at midnight Sunday for the governor to sign or veto more than 700 bills that are on his desk. WYATT BUCHANAN in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/7/09
Governor In Showdown With Lawmakers -- Schwarzenegger warns of mass vetoes if legislators don't approve upgrade to state's water system. ERIC BAILEY and PATRICK MCGREEVY in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/7/09
Big 5 Meeting Dissolves In Rancor -- A private meeting of legislative leaders and Gov. Schwarzenegger ended abruptly Tuesday amid bad blood between Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and his GOP counterpart, Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth of Murrieta. ANTHONY YORK in Capitol Weekly -- 10/7/09
Drought Of Goodwill During Final Bill-Signing Week -- Egos are clashing in the Capitol during this final week of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's bill-signing period. KEVIN YAMAMURA in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/7/09
CFT In the News: 10/6/09
Teach-In at UCSB to Explore Solutions to UC Budget Crisis
Noozhawk - 20 hours ago
Other speakers include Robert Samuels, president of the UC-American Federation of Teachers; Robert Meister, professor of political science at UC Santa Cruz ...
Education news: 10/6/09
Staring At The Abyss In Higher Education By Professors Thomas Jue and Jerold Theis, UC Davis in the California Progress Report
As California Tightens Purse Strings, UC Turns To Uncle Sam -- The federal government already has sent the UC system $700 million in stimulus funds to help ease the pain of historic state budget cuts. LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/6/09
uc's fee hike stings, but it's best option now
Modesto Bee - 9 hours ago
The state is spending more on prisons now than on higher education. The university's administrators, meanwhile, seem oblivious to what is going on in the ...
Grants Feed Clovis School District Career Tech Training -- Forward thinking by Clovis Unified leaders nearly three years ago has netted the district millions of state dollars that it's using to build new career technology programs on all of its high school campuses. MARC BENJAMIN in the Fresno Bee -- 10/6/09
Official Urges Return Of Education Funds -- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell on Monday called on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature to immediately restore funding for instructional materials and the development of new K-8 curriculum frameworks - which serve as a guide for educators and as the basis for educational standards. CANAN TASCI in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 10/6/09
Sweetwater Teachers to Rally Wednesday
Voice of San Diego - 22 hours ago
The school district has argued that the changes are necessary to survive the budget crisis imposed by California and that Gandara has been targeted unfairly
State schools chief candidate comes to S. Paula
Ventura County Star - Anne Kallas - 17 hours ago
“I'ma native Californian and I had the pleasure of going to California public schools, which were the best in the nation.
State News: 10/6/09
California Federation of Teachers In the News:
Education Digest: Oct. 4, 2009 – entire article follows:
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Oct 4, 2009
Teacher TV show airs Monday
The next edition of "Teacher, speak out!" a Community TV co-production by host Peter Nichols and the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers, will air at 12:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday on cable channels 25 and 71. The topic will be "Taxes, the Mother's Milk of Education."
The show will discuss an idea presented by Bruce Woolpert to move to a more regressive tax structure to help stabilize school funding. The panel will look at the pros and cons of local funding sources, including parcel taxes.
The panel will include George Martinez, a math teacher at Harbor High; Amy Speirs, sixth-grade teacher at Branciforte Middle School; Andy Hsia-Coron, Pajaro Valley High School chemistry teacher; and Sandra Nichols, Pajaro Valley school board member.
For a complete list of show dates and times, visit CommunityTV.com. For those without cable, "Teacher, speak out!" is also available online at http://teacherspeakout.blip.tv.
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Education news: 10/5/09
Suit Looming Against California Over School Funding -- Top California school leaders said they soon will sue the state over chronically underfunded schools—a move that in other states has infused billions of dollars into school systems. SHARON NOGUCHI in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/5/09
UC Berkeley To Pay Consultant To Find Cost Cuts -- UC Berkeley has agreed to pay a consultant $3 million to help the school find new ways to save money - an agreement that has irritated some faculty members whose pay is being cut this year. NANETTE ASIMOV in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 10/5/09
Prepaid College Savings Plans Might Not Cover All Costs -- In the last two decades, more than a million families around the country have invested in state funds that pledged to cover the cost of attending their state’s public colleges and universities, regardless of how much tuition increased. SEAN D. HAMILL in the New York Times -- 10/5/09
When State Universities Lose State Support
New York Times - Nancy Folbre - 3 hours ago
The budget of the public higher education system of California has been slashed by over 20 percent, on top of previous cuts.
Educators Say Future is Bleak for CA Schools
KCBS - 2 hours ago
(KCBS) - California education leaders today painted a bleak picture of the future, as they asked Governor Schwarzenegger to restore a small piece of their ...
10/4/09:
Save California's universities
guardian.co.uk - Oct 4, 2009
The University of California's students and faculty demand answers University of California Berkeley students and faculty protest against fee increases and ...
An Education Problem Looms -- As thousands of laid off California teachers sit out the school year, educators are worried about the long-term effect of losing so many teachers. SEEMA MEHTA in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/4/09
$1.1 Million To CSU Campus For Rural Teacher Training -- A program at California State University, Chico, has been granted $1.1 million from the federal government to train new teachers to work in rural schools. LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 10/4/09
10/3/09
Stanford Puts $1 Billion In Assets On Block -- Stanford University, which lost a quarter of its endowment last year, has put on the block as much as $1 billion of hard-to-sell investments ranging from private equity to real estate to timberland as it seeks to raise cash, according to people familiar with the matter. CRAIG KARMIN and PETER LATTMAN in the Wall Street Journal -- 10/3/09
State News: 10/5/09
California Blunts Budget Cuts -- California officials are finding ways to avoid some of the dire consequences that were expected from closing the state's $24 billion budget gap. RYAN KNUTSON in the Wall Street Journal -- 10/5/09
Potential Cost Of Lawsuits Begins To Pile Up For California's Budget -- Driven to desperation while performing triage on this year's budget, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers tapped nearly every pot of public money, pushed some debts down the road and slashed billions from safety-net programs. DENIS C. THERIAULT in the San Jose Mercury -- 10/5/09
Logjam Of Bills On Governor's Desk, Cap Public Radio
Mon Oct 5, 2009 — Governor Schwarzenegger still has hundreds of bills on his desk and about a week to sign or veto them. But the governor may be holding out…until lawmakers deal with another pressing issue: solving the state’s water crisis.
CFT In the News: 10/2/09
Majority rule: Is the public's attitude changing?
Capitol Weekly - Ira Eisenberg - Oct 1, 2009
Yet Marty Hittelman, leader of the California Federation of Teachers, supports majority rule over budgeting, "although that would only make things a little ...
Education News: 10/2/09
Education bill up to gov.
Glendale News Press - Max Zimbert - 12 hours ago
The state legislation would delete language from the California education code, which union officials said served as a firewall between student performance ...
Seniority? Test Scores? Student Outcomes? The Argument for ...
Huffington Post (blog) - 18 hours ago
Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) has noted several local district initiatives already underway in Denver, Minneapolis, Austin, New York City, ...
Cuts to basic skills classes hurt workforce
San Francisco Chronicle - Tom Abate - 15 hours ago
Debra Jones, administrator for the Adult Education Program in the California Department of Education, said the local school districts that run English as a ...
Controller Sends Schools $1 Billion in Lottery Funds
KIONrightnow.com - 22 hours ago
SACRAMNETO, Calif- Payments from the Lottery Education Fund to school districts, educational institutions and State agencies for the 2008-09 fiscal year ...
Good teacher-student relationships save dropouts
Examiner.com - 21 hours ago
Dropouts are costing California $1.1 billion a year in crime-related law enforcement costs, according to the California Dropout Research project at UC Santa ...
Cal Bringing In Consultants To Help Cut Millions From Budget -- Bain & Co. will spend six months guiding Berkeley leaders through a study of campus finances, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said Thursday. MATT KRUPNICK in the Contra Costa Times -- 10/2/09
CalBuzz: Shooting The Wounded: Yudof Channels Will Durst -- Embattled UC President Mark Yudof got off a couple zingers to Deborah Solomon in the New York Times magazine over the weekend, but furloughed faculty members and administrators at campuses around the state aren’t laughing very much. JERRY ROBERTS and PHIL TROUNSTINE CalBuzz -- 10/2/09
A Crazy Idea for Middle Schools
Washington Post - Jay Mathews - 7 hours ago
Under California's Academic Performance Index (API) a school ranking system that uses test scores, the original AIPCS, which has sixth through eighth grades ...
State News: 10/2/09
Jerry Brown: Keeping the focus on the Republicans 10/2/09 California Majority Report
CFT In the News: 10/1/09
Majority rule: Is the public's attitude changing?
Capitol Weekly - Ira Eisenberg - 59 minutes ago
Yet Marty Hittelman, leader of the California Federation of Teachers, supports majority rule over budgeting, "although that would only make things a little ...
Education news: 10/1/09
Budget woes, school reform collide
Sacramento Bee - Diana Lambert - 9 hours ago
But on a recent visit to Sacramento, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was unambiguous: California, with an eighth of the nation's students, ...
UC Protest Movement Continues to Unfold
Berkeley Daily Planet - Richard Brenneman, Riya Bhattacharjee - 29 minutes ago
In the end, the assembled particpants called for a statewide Oct. 24 conference in Berkeley on the plight of all public education throughout California, ...
Democrats Balk At Some Federal Stimulus Dollars -- The federal government is offering billions of dollars to states to help meet shortfalls in education funding. But many Democrats in Sacramento are saying they may not want the money. ANTHONY YORK in Capitol Weekly -- 10/1/09
How California Can Get Its Groove Back Wall Street Journal
Dear Arnold: Sign onto education funding fairness
SDNN: San Diego News Network - Askari Gonzalez - 2 hours ago
Good schools are the key to California's success. You said it so well yourself in 2005: “We need to find big solutions for our Education system, ...
State News: 10/1/09
Skelton: California Tax Reform Plan Much Too Bold For Capitol -- Only Schwarzenegger and his finance chief seemingly support a blue-ribbon tax commission's recommendations on updating and stabilizing the state's tax structure. GEORGE SKELTON in the Los Angeles Times -- 10/1/09
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