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CFT In the News: February 27-March 1
Education Protests On Tap This Week In California -- The protests, teach-ins and walkouts that swept through University of California campuses this fall are scheduled to come back this week. But this time the activism is moving beyond UC – to include Cal State, community college and K-12 campuses – and beyond California to other states as well. Student and labor activists have planned a week of events to draw attention to school budget cuts from the elementary through university levels. More events are expected throughout the month...
Friday:
Union workers and students begin a 48-day march through the Central Valley from Bakersfield to Sacramento. Sponsored by the California Federation of Teachers – the union representing community college instructors – the march will include firefighters, nurses, in-home care workers and police officers.
LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/28/10
CSUS students to defend public education
Modesto Bee - Patty Guerra - 4 hours ago
The California Federation of Teachers plans to follow Thursday's demonstrations with a six-week march from Bakersfield to the state Capitol in Sacramento.
Education News: February 27-March 1
March 4 Day of Action:
Protests Scheduled to Fight for Education
KMJ Now - Margaret Carrero - 1 hour ago
The fight to save education will reach a fever pitch later this week as a nationwide protest takes shape -- one that began right here in ...
CSUS students to defend public education
Modesto Bee - Patty Guerra - 4 hours ago
Public education advocates will take to the streets and campuses across the state Thursday for a Day of Action, designed to highlight cuts ...
CSU faculty mobilizing for large protests
89.3 KPCC - 4 hours ago
The faculty union at the California State University plans four major protests in California this week to oppose further budget cuts to public education. ...
Why we're protesting, part one
Socialist Worker Online - 11 hours ago
March 4 will be a day of strikes and protests to defend public education for students, teachers, faculty, campus workers and members of the community in
Schools In State Fired Up Over Day Of Action -- March 4th has gone viral. The upcoming Day of Action to Defend Public Education - rallies, marches, teach-ins, even political theater - began as an idea on the UC Berkeley campus last fall and has caught fire up and down California, from elementary school to graduate school, and across two dozen states. NANETTE ASIMOV in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 3/1/10
Protests Could Lack Focus, But Not Energy -- Some worry that the shattered windows at a Subway sandwich shop on Telegraph Avenue could be a harbinger of more damage Thursday, when demonstrations against education budget cuts will take place statewide. Some hope protests scheduled for that day do not overshadow the message. MATT KRUPNICK in the Contra Costa Times -- 2/27/10
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Editorial: To help UC, first slow bloat at the top
Sacramento Bee - Feb 28, 2010
Students, educators and administrators from across the state will descend on the state Capitol on Thursday for an "Educate the State" rally. ...
UC Berkeley Fee Protest Turns Rowdy -- Bay Area students, faculty and organizers revving up for a series of protests and rallies next week over fee increases and cutbacks to public education condemned the destruction and violence at UC Berkeley late Thursday by demonstrators promoting the March 4th events. KEVIN FAGAN, JILL TUCKER in the San Francisco Chronicle ELLIOT SPAGAT AP -- 2/27/10
Fensterwald: LAO: Raise Community College Fees -- The Legislative Analyst is proposing that the Legislature raise fees at community colleges by $14 per credit – more than 50 percent from the current $26 per credit (which, in turn was raised last year from $20). JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 3/1/10
Financial Aid Crucial For Many Students
Capital Public Radio - Mon Mar 1, 2010 — California State University students need to hurry if they haven’t applied for financial aid yet. Tomorrow is the deadline for a chance to receive the maximum amount of help.
Our View: Top-heavy UC should scale back hiring
Merced Sun-Star - 3 hours ago
Administration ranks, those earning the most on campuses, have seen explosive growth in recent years. Students, educators and administrators from across the ...
Vallejo schools set to review list, notify more than 100 employees facing layoffs
Vallejo Times-Herald - Shauntel Lowe - 8 hours ago
California school districts must let certificated staff, like teachers, counselors and district managers, know by March 15 if they will be laid off at the ...
Teachers union accepts furlough days in proposed contract
San Diego Union Tribune - Maureen Magee - 9 hours ago
California's second-largest school district faces an estimated $87.8 million deficit in next year's $1.2 billion budget.
2/28
Lawyers Sue School Districts Over Teacher Layoffs -- As the state's budget crunch seemingly tightens daily, groups of lawyers are fighting the decision of school districts to balance budgets by sending teachers to the unemployment line. COREY G. JOHNSON California Watch -- 2/28/10
http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/lawyers-sue-school-districts-over-teacher-layoffs
Controversy in L.A.'s Unified School District
The largest school district in California is also one of the most troubled. Over the years, there have been many reform efforts. This week, in the latest turn, the school board decided to let district teachers run most of 29 campuses intended to serve as models for reform under a program called "Public School Choice." Professor Charles Kerchner of the Claremont Graduate University School of Education has written two books about L.A. school reform. He joins us to offer his perspective on this controversial decision.
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201002261630/a
2/27
Clash near UC-Berkeley comes ahead of 'Day of Action' over budget cuts
San Jose Mercury News - Angela Hill, Matt Krupnick - Feb 27, 2010
Some eastern Contra Costa County school districts may hold a New Orleans-style funeral for education. Because budget cuts have affected California education ...
State News: February 27-March 1
3/1
California: the golden state of special interests
By Peter Schrag in the California Progress Report
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger likes to complain about the pernicious influence of “the special interests” (almost always with the definite article). If you parse the context carefully, he seems mostly to mean public employee unions – the teachers, the prison guards, maybe the nurses and firefighters who’ve beaten him in some costly ballot fights and wag a lot of tails in the legislature.
2/28:
Your Guide To The California Governor's Race -- It's 100 days before the June primary, and California is about to be treated to a governor's race for the ages. KEN MCLAUGHLIN, STEVEN HARMON and DENIS C. THERIAULT in the San Jose Mercury -- 2/28/10
Walters: California Wants And Needs Fixing -- Nearly 90 percent of California voters believe that state government needs an overhaul to make it more effective, a new statewide poll found, with virtually identical numbers among Democrats, Republicans and independents. DAN WALTERS in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/28/10
Shrag: California Supreme Court Could Limit Initiatives, But Hasn't -- For nearly a decade, California Chief Justice Ron George has been increasingly vocal in his criticism of the state's initiative process. At a conference at Stanford on state constitutions recently, he leveled what was probably his fiercest attack. PETER SCHRAG in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/28/10
CFT/AFT In the News: 2/26
Yee Fights Cuts to Education
California Chronicle - 12 hours ago
"We are so proud of Senator Yee for standing up and saying no to more cuts," said Marty Hittelman, President of the California Federation of Teachers.
UC reaches contract agreement with librarians' union
Article Ant (press release) - 18 hours ago
University of California officials announced today (Feb. 25) that UC has reached an agreement with the American Federation of Teachers union on a new labor ...
Education News: 2/26
March 4:
The battle for California's future
Socialist Worker Online - 10 hours ago
ON MARCH 4, thousands of students, workers, and teachers will take action across California to resist the ongoing attack on public education.
Tallying Cuts and Costs
New York Times - Anna Bloom - 14 hours ago
$81928 Average salary in dollars for K-12 teachers in the Pleasanton Unified School District in 2008-9. $54157 Average salary in dollars for K-12 teachers ...
Budget Rally: 'Stand up for schools March 4'
Elk Grove Citizen - 17 hours ago
“It is to show the pain unprecedented budget cuts is causing our students and schools, and stop the cuts to public education and other essential services,” ...
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ACUSD braces for teacher layoffs
Amador Ledger-Dispatch - Stephanie Minasian - 2 minutes ago
The California State Department of Education declared a $5.7 million deficit for the 2010-11 school year for the district, according to ACUSD Superintendent ...
Berkeley fee protest turns rowdy San Francisco Chronicle
California Education: Tallying Cuts And Costs -- A new round of rallies are planned for next week to protest the budget cuts in higher education and the resulting layoffs, furloughs and fee increases. Here are some numbers — from state and nonprofit sources — that describe education in public schools and colleges. ANNA BLOOM in the New York Times -- 2/26/10
The Charter School Test Case That Didn't Happen -- If they hadn't been mostly shut out of bids to run a slew of new L.A. Unified campuses, the groups might have demonstrated how they handle students with challenging needs. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/26/10
Fensterwald: State Delays List Of Lowest Performers -- State and federal education officials are continuing to haggle over which low-performing schools should be restructured, leading to yet another delay in releasing a much-anticipated list of schools that makes superintendents shudder. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/26/10
ASU students expelled for 1960 sit-in reinstated
San Jose Mercury News - 3 hours ago
John Patterson and the Alabama Board of Education. One of the nine, St. John Dixon of National City, Calif., said the students were determined to see ...
Late News: 2/25 in the Sac Bee Capital Alert
LAO: Schwarzenegger's education budget could 'unravel'
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, in a report released today, said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed spending plan for K-14 schools contains risky assumptions that could ultimately undermine the state budget.
State News: 2/26
Commentary: Economic Worst is Over = Wishful Thinking – Capital Public Radio
Fri Feb 26, 2010 — Arnold Schwarzenegger likes to present a positive public image, but commentator Stuart Leavenworth says California’s governor needs a reality check.
Education News: 2/25
The 'March' for Higher Education
City on a Hill Press - Julie Eng - 7 hours ago
“We want to demonstrate the importance of public education, K-16, throughout California, and send a message to the legislature to protect and expand ...
Fensterwald: Lawsuit: Layoffs Hurt Low-Income Kids -- Regulations for teacher layoffs are a prime example of how interests of adults are put ahead of those of children, especially minority children. Now, that system, along state budget cuts that set it in motion, will face a court challenge. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/25/10
Fresno Unified To Hold Public Meeting Regarding Budget Cuts
KMPH Fox 26 - 57 minutes ago
Fresno Unified School District Officials are looking for the public's input on where it should make budget cuts. A public meeting will be held on Thursday ...
Schools tackle possible layoffs
Ramona Sentinel - 1 hour ago
Faced with a projected deficit of $1.15 million for the coming school year, Ramona Unified School District's five elected trustees will hold a special ...
Tehama County School District Approves Layoffs
Newstalk1290 KPAY - 3 hours ago
The Red Bluff Elementary Unified School District Board is the latest North State education board to approve layoffs due to budget restraints. ...
School Board looks closer at sending out layoff notices
Daily Triplicate - Kelley Atherton - 3 hours ago
The Del Norte County Unified School District Board will delve deeper into budget cuts Thursday. The district is facing about $2.8 million in cuts from the ...
Ferndale school board looks at cuts, layoffs to balance budget
Times-Standard - Allison White - 8 hours ago
The Ferndale Unified School District board approved the school administration's recommendations Wednesday to cut more than $170000 from next year's school ...
Ukiah Unified proposes massive cuts to schools
Ukiah Daily Journal - Monica Stark, Joe Langstaff - 10 hours ago
A list of proposed cuts to the Ukiah Unified School District 2010-11 budget were circulated amongst community and board ...
Local schools eye education reform fund
San Luis Obispo Tribune - Cynthia Lambert - 10 hours ago
In hopes of getting federal grants to offset the loss of state money, two local school districts and the ...
Clovis Unified battles budget deficit
Fresno Bee - Marc Benjamin - 10 hours ago
Clovis Unified School District officials are facing a $28 million budget deficit -- and some hard choices. ...
Ferndale school board looks at cuts, layoffs to balance budget
Times-Standard - Allison White - 8 hours ago
The district will hand out the pink slips to teachers and other certified staff before March 15. If there is money left when the budget is cleared, ...
South County school districts consider layoffs
San Diego Union Tribune - Tanya Sierra - 10 hours ago
Part of the projected deficit could be plugged with teacher and staff layoffs. The district expects to lay off about 70 teachers from its teaching and ...
To the Bone
Santa Barbara Independent - Ethan Stewart - 10 hours ago
It was the fourth time in the past calendar year that the board has been forced to make cuts due to the financial woes of the state budget situation, ...
Civil rights group suing LAUSD, state over teacher layoffs
Contra Costa Times - Connie Llanos - 1 hour ago
"They could go through their budget and cut the things that are not required by the constitution ... education is a (state) constitutional right," he said.
L.A. Unified Is Sued Over Teacher Layoffs At 3 Low-Performing Schools -- Suit seeks to prevent further teacher cuts at the campuses, already hard hit by budget-related layoffs, saying the students are not being well served. JASON SONG in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/25/10
Late News: 2/24:
Community College Chancellor: Enrollment Down Due To Budget Cuts
Wed Feb 24, 2010 — Demand for community colleges is up, but the Chancellor for the state system says enrollment is down….and budget cuts are the culprit.
CalSTRS:
It’s Time for CalPERS to be Socially Responsible
By Assemblymember Tom Ammiano in the California Progress Report
I have introduced the Socially Responsible Investment Act, AB 2337, to prohibit the use of public pension funds in predatory investment schemes. The legislation would require CalPERS and CalSTRS to disclose and divest from any investments in companies engaged in predatory business practices that rely, or result in, the displacement of residents in affordable housing in order to generate
From CalPensions' Ed Mendel: Public pension 'spiking' targeted in new legislation
Capitol Weekly - Ed Mendel - 4 hours ago
“Employees like our teachers, nurses, firefighters and police officers deserve an adequate and secure retirement that is not threatened by a few ...
State News: 2/25
Late News: 2/24:
Senate Dems: Schwarzenegger Still Doesn't Get How Legislature Works
All Reports by Steven Maviglio - Majority Report - February 24, 2010 @ 4:57 PM
Senate Democrats pushed back at Governor Schwarzenegger today after the Governor made a serious of false statements about the progress of jobs legislation in the Senate.
Here's the full memo from Sen. Darrell Steinberg's press secretary, Alicia Trost
Education News: 2/24
Mass Teacher Layoffs Loom Again For California Schools
By Robert Cruickshank in the California Progress Report
This time last year, in the wake of the Legislature's decision to slash $9 billion from the K-12 education budget, schools sent out nearly 30,000 layoff notices to teachers. In the end, most of those teachers were indeed laid off, though a significant number were rehired on one-year temporary contracts.
San Juan School District teachers, bus drivers, principals face layoffs
News10.net - Suzanne Phan - 9 hours ago
SACRAMENTO, CA -- The San Juan Unified School District is among the many local districts battling the budget blues. A school spokesperson said the district ...
Trustees, teachers face off
Tracy Press - Cassie Tomlin - 10 hours ago
More than 50 teachers, most clad in black, swarmed the Tracy Unified School District's board of trustees meeting Tuesday night. ...
California School Workers Try To Survive During Lay-Off's
Fox40 - Rick Boone - 11 hours ago
Recently, the San Juan School District discussed axing 363-positions from principals to teachers, and support staff. She's like every California school ...
Schools Cutting Throughout the Valley, State
KMJ Now - Blake Taylor - 2 hours ago
In Bakersfield, more than 100 jobs - including 73 teachers - will get pink slips. Visalia Unified is facing a 10-million dollar deficit - they voted last ...
Santa Barbara School District swings budget ax
By JOSHUA MOLINA -- FEB. 24, 2010
After nearly four hours of painful deliberations, the Santa Barbara School District Board of Education Tuesday night slashed its budget by more than $6 million, cuts that will hit teachers, students and school maintenance.
Castro Valley school board to address $5.1 million deficit
Daily Review Online - Kristofer Noceda - 20 hours ago
Teachers union President Barbara Siegel said her staff, with help from the California Teachers Association, is evaluating the district's budget and ...
School board approves $3.8M in budget cuts
Palo Alto Online - Chris Kenrick - 42 minutes ago
The Palo Alto school board Tuesday approved $3.8 million in cuts -- about 2.5 percent of the district's operating budget.
Former education secretary offers hope for California's public schools
Los Altos Town Crier - Susan Fuller - 45 minutes ago
Hart, a former teacher, discussed the strengths and challenges of public education in California, which he said is the state's most valuable asset and a
Regent to Prioritize Education for CA
Daily Nexus - 7 hours ago
A UC Regent will assume the post of California's Secretary of Education, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced yesterday.
Everyone Else Is Keynesian Now
Inside Higher Ed - 9 hours ago
Much of the report is a review of cuts made by states (and, in particular, by California) to public higher education. While some of the detail may be new, ...
Tuition at public college set to soar
CNNMoney.com - Chavon Sutton - 1 hour ago
... deficits that have choked off funding for higher education. The University of California, for instance, estimates a 30% increase in the 2010-2011 year.
California lottery could be getting richer. But is that a good idea?
Los Angeles Times - 15 hours ago
... Times' blog on politics in California. Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi (D-Castro Valley) said her legislation would ultimately mean more money for education, ...
L.A. Teachers Gain Control Of 22 Campuses In Reform Effort -- In an unlikely victory, groups of teachers, rather than outside operators, will run the vast majority of 30 campuses under a controversial school reform effort, the Los Angeles Board of Education decided Tuesday. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/24/10
Fensterwald: What Works In Middle Schools -- Districts aiming to raise scores of middle school students shouldn’t count on hiring a messianic principal or jiggling the grade configuration of a school or making vague commitments to excellence – or any single tie-it-in-a-bow policy. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/24/10
Elk Grove Unified To Open A Virtual School -- This August a few hundred students in the Elk Grove Unified School District will have their school year delivered to their doorstep in a giant UPS box. The K-12 students will be part of the district's first-ever virtual school. DIANA LAMBERT in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/24/10
Schwarzenegger taps Bonnie Reiss as education secretary - Sac Bee Capitol Alert
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has named longtime friend and former adviser Bonnie Reiss to the vacant education secretary post.
State News: 2/24
CFT In the News: 2/23
More than 400 protest proposed district pay cuts
San Diego Union Tribune - Harry Jones - 10 hours ago
Poway Federation of Teachers President Marc Houle told the board his overriding emotion at the moment was “embarrassment that we live in a state that values ...
Late news 2/22:
Looming Teacher Layoffs Call Seniority Rules Into Question
City Town Info Education Channel - Feb 22, 2010
Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, told the Journal that Klein "is really trying to say.
Education News: 2/23
March 4:
For a socialist movement to defend education!
World Socialist Web Site - 13 hours ago
On March 4, students and workers throughout California and the US will demonstrate against the attack on public education and increases in tuition that are ...
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/feb2010/mar4-f23.shtml
Late news 2/22:
Local teachers unions join statewide protest
Porterville Recorder - Sarah De Crescenzo - Feb 22, 2010
Sponsored by the California Teachers Association - the largest teachers union in the nation - local educators hope to draw community support for a Thursday ...
More on the Poway USD:
Poway Teachers Decry Possible Salary Cuts
San Diego 6 - Elex Michaelson - 9 hours ago
POWAY - The Poway Unified School District is considering cutting teachers' pay and reducing the school year to bring the budget under control. ...
More than 400 protest proposed district pay cuts
San Diego Union Tribune - Harry Jones - 10 hours ago
POWAY — Angry teachers and others who work for the Poway Unified School District packed a special school board ...
Teachable Moments: Poway teachers unhappy with proposed contract
SDNN - Marsha Sutton - 10 hours ago
A proposal to reduce wages and benefits to all district employees for the third consecutive year, with a third year of teacher ...
POWAY: Talks of pay cuts, shorter school year pack PUSD board meeting
North County Times - 10 hours ago
About 300 teachers, angry but at times sympathetic with trustees in the Poway Unified School District, crammed the board's Monday night meeting to hear ...
Ed roundup: Bakersfield city schools to vote on layoffs
Bakersfield Californian - 9 hours ago
The Bakersfield City School District is proposing to cut the equivalent of 120 full-time positions as it tries to close a $5.5 million cut from next year's ...
School district ponders layoffs
Morgan Hill Times - Lindsay Bryant - 17 hours ago
Facing a $2.8 million deficit, the school district could eliminate the equivalent of 33 full-time positions, with elementary schools hit ...
http://www.morganhilltimes.com/news/263404-school-district-ponders-layoffs
School board to consider cuts to classified staff
Register Pajaronian - Todd Guild - 10 hours ago
In a move meant to help cut $8.5 million from next year's budget, the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees on Wednesday will consider ...
School trustees to vote on budget cuts tonight
San Diego Union Tribune - Maureen Magee - 10 hours ago
What: The San Diego school board is set to vote on preliminary budget cuts to help offset an estimated $87.8 ...
Over 900 Pink Slips Likely For San Francisco Schools -- More than 900 San Francisco schoolteachers, administrators and other staff members - nearly twice that of last year - are in line to receive layoff notices in the next few weeks as district officials prepare to cover a worst-case budget scenario next year. JILL TUCKER in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 2/23/10
California Colleges, Universities Need New Plan For 21st Century -- It was as much a peace treaty as a plan, and it was built around a pledge: Every Californian would get a fair shot at a taxpayer-supported college education. STEVE WIEGAND in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/23/10
Black Students More Likely To Graduate Than Others At UC Riverside -- Black students at UC Riverside graduate at a higher rate than the university's overall student population, new figures show. ERICA PEREZ California Watch -- 2/23/10
Some Asian Ethnic Groups' Students Do Better Than Others
New America Media - 8 hours ago
A new report from the think tank Education Trust-West reveals alarming disparities in academic achievement among different Asian ethnic groups in California ...
Gorelick, Podesta and Scumbagapalooza
Firedoglake (blog) - Jane Hamsher - 2 hours ago
In California, students were arrested for protesting tuition hikes. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger called them a “tipping point,” and urged a constitutional ...
State News: 2/23
Walters: Rosy Scenario Peddled As California Budget Savior -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators don't appear to be in any hurry to address this year's version of the state budget crisis. DAN WALTERS in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/23/10
CFT In the News:
District: Teacher layoffs necessary
Daily Pilot - Tom Ragan - Feb 20, 2010
... sad fact that the district simply can't escape, said Kimberly Claytor, president of the Newport Mesa Federation of Teachers, the local teachers' union.
March for California’s Future In the News: 2/20-22:
Members of public education system organize statewide protest of budget cuts
The Daily Titan - Katie Rossomano - 10 hours ago
Arnold Schwarzenegger's office for a rally to protest budget cuts, which continue to affect California's public education system. The march is sponsored by ...
California Activists Set March 4 for Day of Action to Defend Public Education
Labor Notes - Marcel Paret - Feb 20, 2010
Five months later it is deepening into a statewide resistance that aims to change the course of education politics in California and beyond.
Education News:
1/22:
Winning a race: How much is it worth?
California Progress Report - Peter Schrag - 3 hours ago
Together they could buy every student in California's schools another book or two, or restore the jobs of nearly 10000 teachers.
Impasse Leaves Cal State University Board Without Faculty Reps -- Schwarzenegger rejected two Academic Senate nominees to the board and asked for a broader list, but the Senate, worried about politicizing the panel, has refused to offer other names. CARLA RIVERA in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/22/10
Sacramento School Districts Used Stimulus Funds To Pay Teachers -- Kwame Dwumfuoh started classes at Elk Grove Unified School District's new Eagle Academy in August in silence. The 7-year-old didn't talk or socialize with his classmates, and he didn't eat most foods. DIANA LAMBERT in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/22/10
Teachers Dig Deep To Pay For Materials And Field Trips -- Field trips outside of district limits are just part of the expenses that school teachers at Pasadena Unified School District must pay for with their own money or money they get from grants. BRIAN CHARLES in the San Gabriel Tribune -- 2/22/10
Fensterwald: Ed Groups Ask Duncan To Reject Waiver -- A coalition of education organizations and nearly 100 school districts has called on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to deny Gov. Schwarzenegger’s request for the federal Okay to cut K-12 spending as much as he proposes. If Ducan buys their argument, the governor would have to come up with an additional $850 million for schools. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/22/10
Obama To Propose New Reading And Math Standards -- In a proposed change to the No Child Left Behind law, the Obama administration would require states to adopt new academic standards to qualify for federal money from a $14 billion program that concentrates on impoverished students, the White House said Sunday. SAM DILLON in the New York Times -- 2/22/10
No (Tenured) Teacher Left Behind
Wall Street Journal - 18 hours ago
Community colleges must share in higher education recovery
Los Angeles Times - 10 hours ago - all 3 articles »
Tuition-free, online education? Try University of the People
USA Today - Steve Kolowich - 10 hours ago
The process of gaining license to give out degrees is a complex one - made even more complex since California, where University of the People is based, ...
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1/20:
Fighting to Protect Education and Public Services—California Students and ...
Socialist Alternative - Philip Locker - Feb 20, 2010
For the movement in California to win, it will be essential to bring the full power of the public education unions and the broader working class to bear.
California lawmakers try to tackle $6 billion deficit 89.3 KPCC
LAUSD Opens Its Books To Unions To Justify Cost-Saving Plans -- Facing a deficit of some $640 million for next year, Los Angeles Unified officials opened its books Friday in an effort to win support from unions for furloughs and other cost-saving plans. CONNIE LLANOS in the Torrance Daily Breeze -- 2/20/10
FBI Aids In Raid At Sonoma State In Grant Probe -- Federal and county investigators searched offices and storage facilities at Sonoma State University this week, looking for evidence related to 20 grants awarded to a now-defunct campus department, school officials said. NANETTE ASIMOV in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 2/20/10
State News:
1/22:
Can This State Be Saved? KQED California Report
There may not be agreement on many of the issues facing California, but everyone seems to believe the state's system of government is in serious need of repair. Today, the California Report launches an 18-month effort to examine the roots of this crisis, and possible ways to end it.
Has The Golden State Gone Bust? -- California's dire and ongoing budget predicament is raising a tough - and touchy - question about the state's finances, one that some at the Capitol do not want discussed: Is California bankrupt? WYATT BUCHANAN in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 2/22/10
California Lawmakers Face Fiscal Emergency Deadline -- California lawmakers are up against a deadline this week to tackle the state's latest fiscal crisis, but it's unclear whether Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will sign off on the plan emerging from majority Democrats. JUDY LIN AP -- 2/22/10
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California Lawmakers Consider $5 Billion In Budget Cuts -- In the midst of an economic free fall one year ago, state lawmakers scrambled to pass a $40 billion deficit solution in an emergency session. KEVIN YAMAMURA in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/21/10
Education News: 2/19/10
Districts refusing reforms could hurt California's chances for grant money
Los Angeles Times - Jason Song - Feb 18, 2010
A large number of California school districts and teachers unions have refused to accept education reforms being pushed by the Obama administration,
ABCUSD facing $6.5 million deficit for new fiscal year
Los Cerritos News - Jerry Bernstein - 1 hour ago
Reduction proposal plan includes increasing class sizes, laying off 59 teachers and 14 administrative personnel, eliminating district-wide activities, ...
District may cut school year in bid to prevent layoffs
The Desert Sun - 8 hours ago
Reducing the number of days in the school year was among the items that the Desert Sands Unified School District wants to negotiate with the teachers ...
School board approves teacher layoffs
The Desert Sun - 9 hours ago
The Coachella Valley Unified School District board of trustees on Thursday voted to begin the process to lay off teachers, but limited the number to about ...
Parents and teachers offer ideas to balance Durham budget
Enterprise-Record - Heather Hacking - 10 hours ago
DURHAM — Parents and teachers offered ideas for budget cuts to the Durham Unified School District board of trustees ...
VISTA: School board considers more cuts, layoffs
North County Times - 10 hours ago
The Vista Unified School District board, facing another year of declining revenue, approved a list of spending cuts Thursday and voted to send preliminary ...
Colton school board votes to send out preliminary layoff notices
San Bernardino Sun - Michael J. Sorba - 11 hours ago
COLTON - The Colton Joint Unified School District Board of Education voted 4-3 to issue preliminary layoff notices to 141 teachers Thursday night. ...
Pomona holds off issuing 328 layoff notes to teachers but sends them to 143 ...
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Monica Rodriguez - 15 hours ago
POMONA - Next week 143 administrative employees of the Pomona Unified School District will receive preliminary layoff notices. The school board members ...
Local districts might cut five school days
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Terry Hankins - 21 hours ago
Blanca Fuentes, a bilingual education aide at McDowell Elementary School, works with her students. Hours for bilingual aides at the school have been cut ...
Teachers Picket Lay-Offs, Supe Gets Put On Leave
KEYT - Christina Heller - Feb 18, 2010
Oxnard, CA-- 'Class size matters,' was the message Wednesday night, as hundreds of teachers and their supporters, came out in force to the Oxnard School ...
Sac City Unified Budget Includes Furloughs, Increased Class Sizes
Fri Feb 19, 2010 — The Sacramento City Unified School District revealed its initial plan to close a $30 million deficit Thursday night after asking residents where to make cuts.
State of Education
Los Cerritos News - 1 hour ago
The Superintendent contends education spending is broken and California is dead last in per pupil spending. Mr. Ara says pretty much the same thing but ...
Complacency adds to fiscal crisis in education
San Francisco Chronicle - Fred Brill - 15 hours ago
Doesn't a world-class education system necessitate an adequate revenue base? Are we content to live in this state of mediocrity we call California?
State announces new tool to help migrant students
San Bernardino Sun - Stephen Wall - 14 hours ago
About 20 states have signed up to use it, said Jorge Gaj, a consultant for the California Department of Education. Every state with migrant students ...
Walter P. Coombs and Ralph E. Shaffer: Aid schools by hiking taxes on those ...
Los Angeles Daily News - 12 hours ago
ANXIOUS to overcome the state's failure to financially support California's schools, the Los Angeles Unified School District has attacked the problem with a ...
Fensterwald: Consultant: Shut Down CALPADS Now -- CALPADS, the new comprehensive student data system on which huge hopes for school and student improvement are riding, is hobbled by serious problems. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/19/10
Cortines Recommends Who Should Run 30 Campuses; Charter Schools Wanted More -- The chance to operate 18 new campuses would be divided among competing bidders in a politically balanced way under recommendations released Thursday by Los Angeles schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/19/10
UC Merced Says No To Waiting List -- UC Merced will not join seven other University of California campuses forming waiting lists for potential freshmen. UCLA also decided against the list; UC Berkeley is still looking into whether it will adopt a wait list. JAMIE OPPENHEIM in the Modesto Bee -- 2/19/10
Late news 2/18/10:
Calif. pension fund for teachers in trouble
abc7.com - Leanne Suter - Feb 18, 2010
Researchers say the California pension fund for teachers is among those in trouble. The study said the California State Teachers' Retirement System ...
State News: 2/19/10
CFT/Affiliates In the News: 2/18/10
Taking back our library at CCSF
Socialist Worker Online
... community college in California since the occupations at University of California ... and members of the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121 and ...
March 4 Day of Action/March for California’s Future News:
MARCH 4 REGIONAL EVENTS AND NATIONAL EVENTS IN DEFENSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
Bay Area Indymedia - 15 hours ago
Sponsored by the Southern California Public Education Coalition (includes UTLA, CFA, CFT, CTA, CSUEU, community college groups & others)
School Beat: Worsening Education Budgets Require New Strategies - Feb 18
Beyond Chron - Lisa Schiff - 5 hours ago
The following week will be the statewide March 4th Day of Action to support K through college level education throughout California. ...
Education News: 2/18/10
Oxnard teachers may get laid off
Ventura County Star - Cheri Carlson - 12 hours ago
Scores of Oxnard School District teachers might get notices next month that they could lose their jobs at the end of this school year, ...
Teacher Pink Slips, Increased Class Sizes in North State Schools
KHSL - 14 hours ago
The budget ax is falling on several North State school districts. Redding's school district will lay-off teachers. The board of trustees voted to send ...
Colton school board weighs sending layoff notices to 141 teachers
Redlands Daily Facts - Michael J. Sorba - 15 hours ago
COLTON - At its meeting tonight, the Colton Joint Unified School District Board of Education will consider issuing preliminary layoff notices to 141 ...
Milpitas superintendent recommends more cuts for 2011-12 budget San Jose Mercury News
CSU allocates one-time simulus funds
Sonoma State Star - Sara Pohlman - 11 hours ago
The California State University has announced that it will allocate more than $50 million in one-time funds specifically to provide 8100 ...
Questioning school funding
Santa Maria Times - 9 hours ago
Over the years, California public schools have dropped from No.1 to nearly 50th in the nation. There are many contributing factors, funding being merely one ...
Race to where?
Times-Standard - Patrick Riggs - 6 hours ago
The strings attached to these funds remain in place indefinitely after the money is gone -- California has already rewritten some of its education laws to ...
Fensterwald: Full Circle Fund’s Rx For Schools -- Members of the Full Circle Fund, a Bay Area philanthropy made up of socially active leaders and entrepreneurs, has joined the call for giving school districts more autonomy and taxing authority. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/18/10
Ambitious Education Database Crashes -- A multimillion-dollar computer database that was supposed to provide invaluable insights about California's six million public school children is afflicted with “unacceptable system performance issues,” said, Jack O’Connell, state superintendent of public instruction. LANCE WILLIAMS California Watch -- 2/18/10
Capital Public Radio: California Report
Stopping Bullying, As Early As Possible
California's education code requires schools to combat discrimination and bullying based on race, gender, and sexual orientation. But schools don't always know how to intervene when kids are being teased and harassed. (This story contains language that listeners may find offensive.) Reporter: Scott Shafer.
California, Other States Face Problem Of Growing Pension Liabilities -- State governments can help ease a $1-trillion shortfall by reducing future benefits, requiring greater employee contributions and raising retirement ages, a Pew report says. MARC LIFSHER in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/18/10
State News:
Late news from 2/17/10:
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Governing California - The State of Our Disarray
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201002172000/a
CFT In the News: 2/17/10
Fensterwald: Unions Plans Protests March 4 -- A protest or demonstration will be coming to a school or college campus near you on Thursday, March 4th. The Federation of Teachers is planning mobilizations on college campuses, which will occur one day before the union begins a 48-day March for California’s Future, from Bakersfield to Sacramento, ending with a big rally at the Capitol. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/17/10
Education News: 2/17/10
Fixing funding for schools -- and colleges, and all the rest
In the California Progress Report - By Peter Schrag
CSBA, the California School Boards Association, and other major education groups have been talking for years about suing the state to bring California’s dismally low school funding up to something approaching adequate levels.
In the KQED California Report:
In The Class of 2014, But Where?
It's nail biting time for high school seniors waiting to hear if they've been accepted to a Cal State or UC campus. Applications are way up, even as enrollments are cut back. In the second of two profiles, we meet a teen from an elite high school who's been focused on college for as long as she can remember. Reporter: Mina Kim.
Hoping to be in the Class of 2014
The University of California announced last month that it received a record number of applications -- at a time when the system is slashing enrollments due to budget cuts from the state. In the first of a two part report, we profile one high school senior who's waiting for a decision from UC. Reporter: Mina Kim
Students Sue To Restore Affirmative Action At UC -- Students represented by a civil-rights group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to overturn California's ban on affirmative action in public university admissions. JOSH RICHMAN in the Contra Costa Times -- 2/17/10
CSU Encourages 'Super Seniors' To Make Way For Others -- The California State University system has turned its attention to "super seniors" – students who have lingered in school for years even though they have enough credits to graduate. LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/17/10
Amid Fiscal Crisis, UC Berkeley Commits $320 Million To Football -- UC Berkeley, the nation’s pre-eminent public university, faces a $150 million budget deficit because of cuts in state aid. LANCE WILLIAMS California Watch -- 2/17/10
Viewpoints: Student voters can influence outcome of education crisis
Sacramento Bee - Ian Magruder - 9 hours ago
Last fall, students across California mobilized against cuts to higher education to a degree not seen since the student movements of the ...
School Districts Push For Teacher Pay Cuts During Contract Talks
KPBS - Ana Tintocalis - 7 hours ago
Jim Groth is with the California Teachers Association. He says an increasing number of school districts are offering aggressive contract proposals so they ...
Districts Refusing Reforms Could Hurt California's Chances For Grant Money -- The state hopes to win up to $700 million in Race to the Top funds. But a large portion of districts and teachers unions eschew California's proposed changes and refuse to sign its grant application. JASON SONG in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/17/10
Cal State East Bay to Lay Off Teachers
KCBS - 1 hour ago
... 4.0 grade point averages still needed remedial math or English, with some of them needing both, which puts further pressure on higher education teachers.
State News: 2/17/10
CFT In the News: 2/15/10
Redistricting Commission repeal gets boost from House Dems
Sacramento Bee (blog) - Torey Van Oot - Feb 12, 2010
The California Federation of Teachers dropped $700000 into a campaign account for a measure to lower the two-thirds budget vote requirement to a majority ...
SD College Professor To March For California's Education
KPBS - Ana Tintocalis - Feb 15, 2010
SAN DIEGO - California education advocates are gearing up for a seven-week march on Sacramento next month in the name of public education. "Marching For California's Future" is being organized by the California Federation of Teachers. The 400-mile trek begins on March 5th in Los Angeles.
Students, youth pick up banner of struggle
Workers World - LeiLani Dowell - Feb 15, 2010
In California, the executive board of the San Francisco Labor Council has endorsed, as has the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, the California ...
Students sharpen attack on UC costs with satire
San Francisco Chronicle - Nanette Asimov - 11 hours ago
The group expects such skills will come in handy on March 4 when students and faculty across California plan large demonstrations for public education.
Education News:
2/16/10
Bill Aims To End In-State Tuition Fees For Illegal Immigrants -- The days of taxpayer-subsidized college tuition could be coming to an end for tens of thousands of illegal immigrants. STEPHEN WALL in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 2/16/10
Analysis: The emotional toll of school cuts
San Mateo Daily Journal - Heather Murtagh - 4 hours ago
Education in California is becoming more stressful. Teachers, staff, administrators and elected officials are weighed down by the issues at hand.
Four-year degrees at our community colleges?
Ventura County Star - 17 hours ago
That situation amounts to a wholesale abandonment of California's 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education, which guarantees a place at either the University ...
Federal Suit Planned Against UC Over Ban On Affirmative Action -- Activists challenge Proposition 209, charging that the 1996 law on university admissions violates right to equal protection under the Constitution. LARRY GORDON in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/16/10
Fensterwald: Stimulus Law’s Futile Goal Of Reform -- In directing $80 billion in stimulus dollars over two years to the nation’s elementary and secondary schools, the Obama administration made a big deal about tying the money to school reform. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/16/10
Counselors Have Reservations About University Waiting Lists -- CSU, UC may only be raising anxiety for students who have a slim chance of being accepted, advisors say. LARRY GORDON in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/16/10
L.A. School Board To Weigh $100 Parcel Tax Tuesday -- Los Angeles school officials are scheduled to decide Tuesday whether to put a parcel tax on the June ballot as an emergency response to an ongoing budget crisis. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/16/10
UC Students Will Pay More To Study Abroad -- As with a lot of offerings at the University of California these days, students are going to start picking up a bigger share of the tab for study-abroad programs, while state funding is going to cover less. ERICA PEREZ California Watch -- 2/16/10
1/15/10
Potential oil tax to benefit California higher education draws mixed reactions
Contra Costa Times - Allison White - Feb 15, 2010
California higher education officials have watched with mixed feelings as a potential oil severance tax -- which may in the end provide funding for state ...
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14403763
1/14/10
Schools face big budget holes as stimulus runs out
The Associated Press - Terence Chea - Feb 14, 2010
It hasn't been seen since the Great Depression," said Bruce Fuller, an education professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Two Unions Say They Are Willing To Negotiate A Cut In The L.A. Unified School Year -- Other labor chiefs don't like Cortines' proposal to trim six days to help balance a projected $640-million shortfall. JASON SONG in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/14/10
Wiping out teachers' student loan debt
Los Angeles Times - Feb 14, 2010
Valley Families Pay For Extracurricular Activities -- To meet the letter of the law while still shifting the cost of extracurricular activities to families, schools -- chronically short of funding -- pressure students to buy extras or meet fundraising quotas. MARC BENJAMIN and TRACY CORREA in the Fresno Bee -- 2/14/10
Discontent Festers At SSU -- Students are facing higher fees and fewer classes. Professors, staff and administrators are forced to take days off, effectively taking pay cuts. One hundred lecturers have been let go. JEREMY HAY in the Santa Rosa Press -- 2/14/10
2/13/10
LAUSD May Cut School Year To Save Cash -- Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines on Friday proposed shortening the current school year by six days to help the district save $90 million during its financial crisis. CONNIE LLANOS in the Los Angeles Daily News Jason Song and HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times --
State News: 2/16/10
Nine CA Counties Among Worst-off in the U.S.
The Associated Press has released its Economic Stress Index, which uses unemployment, bankruptcy and home foreclosure rates to rank the best and worst-off counties in the U.S. Nine of the 20 most-stressed counties in the nation were in California. They include the absolute lowest-ranked county: Imperial County east of San Diego. Reporter: Scott Shafer.
Lawmakers Get Back To Work On State Budget Fix
Mon Feb 15, 2010 — The Senate Budget Committee is slated to continue hearings this week (Tuesday) on the governor's plan to close a six-billion dollar gap in the budget for the current fiscal year.
State Loses Billions To Tax Exemptions -- From no sales tax on tractor purchases to special business-friendly zones in San Bernardino and elsewhere, tax-benefit programs total more than $40 billion in lost general fund revenue in the current budget year and almost $43 billion in the next one, according to the most recent estimate by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Department of Finance. JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 2/16/10
CFT In the News: 2/12/10
Newport-Mesa schools to cut ESL, adult education classes to help close budget gap
Los Angeles Times (blog) - 15 hours ago
As has happened to most school districts throughout California, Newport-Mesa has seen its state funding slashed. The state has stripped the district of ... Kimberly Claytor, president of the Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers, said that the elimination of the ESL classes could prove detrimental to student ...
Education News: 2/12/10
School Matters: 7000 Head Start Spots At Risk
New California Media - 9 hours ago
... spaces for more children in Head Start and Early Head Start, stimulus funds have also created jobs for teachers and staff throughout California.
L.A. Unified Schools' Chief Cortines Works For District Supplier -- Los Angeles schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines earned more than $150,000 last year for serving on the board of one of the nation's leading educational publishing companies, a firm with more than $16 million in contracts with the school district over the last five years. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/12/10
One Class For The Price Of 10: Community Colleges Partner With Kaplan -- Faced with tight budgets and fewer course offerings, the California Community Colleges unveiled a new partnership this week, which will allow students to take some online courses from a for-profit university and count them toward their associate's degree requirements. ERICA PEREZ California Watch -- 2/12/10
Schools all across America dealing with severe budget issues
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Phil Barber - 13 hours ago
Associate executive director Roger Blake offered a defense at a California School Boards conference in San Diego in December, and has taken his presentation ...
HUSD now facing $13 million deficit
Hesperia Star - Beau Yarbrough - 16 hours ago
The district is currently negotiating with the Hesperia Teachers Association and the local chapter of the California School Employees Association to try to ...
Fewer classes, high enrollment burdens college
The Guardsman Online - Jessica Luthi - 17 hours ago
By Don Clyde and Hannah Weiner Many City College students have been struggling to enroll in impacted classes and teachers are overworked due to a large ...
GUEST OPINION: In defense of school librarians
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Cathy Collins - 17 hours ago
School librarians collaborate with teachers, administrators and staff to ensure that students are efficient and effective users of ideas and information.
Los Alamitos Teachers Voting on New Contract—Includes School Closings for ...
www.OC180NEWS.com - 9 hours ago
About two years ago, the Los Alamitos Unified School District began feeling the impact of California's financial mess. As a result, some teachers were laid ...
Editorial: Well-schooled in payback
OCRegister - 10 hours ago
The California Teachers Association announced last Friday it would be supporting a ballot initiative that aims to remove certain tax breaks for business in ...
Cuts, layoffs spark teacher protest
San Mateo Daily Journal - Heather Murtagh - 6 hours ago
“Let the light in; let the sun shine on all the parts of our work together,” said Jan Speller, South San Francisco California Teachers' Association ...
Layoffs likely to hit high school The Union of Grass Valley
Fensterwald: California Still An AP Course Leader, For Now -- While California schools have lagged behind the nation by some performance measures, it has been a leader in one significant area: the percentage of high school students who take Advanced Placement courses and then pass the AP exams. This has been true in every subject, from AP physics to AP psychology. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/12/10
Children Now Gives California Health, Education Low Grade
And this is based on data gathered before this year's projected cuts to both K-12 education and children's health services. San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inalameda/detail?entry_id=56825
State News: 2/12/10
The Week in California Politics
Ambition, accusation, intrigue and hardball politics have all been on display this week at the state Capitol. We check in with Sacramento Bureau Chief John Myers about the week's events.
CFT In the News: 2/11/10
Preliminary SCCS budget approved; adult ed, maintenance slashed
Contra Costa Times - 7 hours ago
"There is room for more cuts at the top," said Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers President Barry Kirschen. He said Santa Cruz Schools administration earn ...
Education News: 2/11/10
Yuba College Leader's Proposed Raise Triggers Anger -- Frustration and anger over a proposed pay raise for the Yuba Community College District chancellor overwhelmed a district board meeting in Woodland on Wednesday, driving the trustees from the room as hundreds of students shouted for a recall election. HUDSON SANGREE in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/11/10
Fensterwald: Tenure Not Quite Automatic In L.A. -- Embarrassed by a Los Angeles Times story revealing teacher tenure has been all but automatic in Los Angeles Unified, the district is tripling the number of probationary teachers who will be fired this year. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org
Sad state of education
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - 15 hours ago
However, I'm not sure that we as parents have fully grasped the real impact of this on our kids and what we spend for education. California, that place the
SB County superintendent calls to reduce dropout rate
Press-Enterprise - Dayna Straehley - 9 hours ago
The Riverside County high school dropout rate is 17.3 percent, according to the California Department of Education. "Forty years ago, the United States was ...
California students among the most successful on AP tests
Los Angeles Times - Nicole Santa Cruz - 11 hours ago
Robert Schaeffer, public education director for the Boston-based National Center for Fair and Open Testing, said AP courses are expensive and usually ...
Removal Of Asperger's To Change Special Ed Access
89.3 KPCC - Larry Abramson - 57 minutes ago
She says California school districts regularly question whether kids with Asperger's need special education services because they are often very verbal and ...
LAUSD's Dance of the Lemons
LA Weekly - Beth Barrett - 14 hours ago
Los Angeles Unified School District, with its 885 schools and 617000 students, educates one in every 10 children in California. It also mirrors a troubled ...
VISTA: Union challenges VUSD repayment request
North County Times
Our View- CCC system may offer 4-year degrees
Daily 49er - 8 hours ago
With the budget crisis hitting the California State University system and University of California system the hardest, California's higher education is ...
Getting the Facts Straight About Immigration
Huffington Post (blog) - 20 hours ago
Some of these include, AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers, National Association for College Admissions Counseling, National Education Association, ...
Safe Communities Start with Safe Schools - Support Cops Protecting Campuses
Huffington Post (blog) - 20 hours ago
We need to address violence and gang activity in our schools and we need to address this now. California's schools, once the pride of our nation, ...
It's Cheaper to Educate Than Incarcerate
USC News - Meaghan Hardy - 1 hour ago
He was particularly vocal about the availability of mental health services in California schools, something he has championed in his public life.
State News: 2/11/10
Constitutional Convention Campaign Runs Dry
The most ambitious effort aimed at reforming California's troubled system of governance could be all but over for the year. Late yesterday, officials with the Repair California campaign to convene a constitutional convention announced they were putting their efforts on hold, due to a lack of money. Reporter: John Myers.
Jobs, Jobs Jobs: Competing Plans At State Capitol
Wed Feb 10, 2010 — It’s perhaps the hottest topic at the state Capitol right now: Job creation. There are at least three competing packages now circulating and Governor Schwarzenegger is calling for them to be merged.
Education News: 2/10/10
Public Education In California Faces Perilous 'Funding Cliff' -- The billions of federal stimulus dollars helping fund public education in California represent a double-edged sword. LOUIS FREEDBERG California Watch -- 2/10/10
CSUS To Use All Its Stimulus Funds For Student Academics, President Vows -- Sacramento State will dedicate the entire $3.1 million in one-time money from federal stimulus funds to student academics this fall, President Alexander Gonzalez promised in a town hall meeting Tuesday. GINA KIM in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/10/10
Teachers Claim Victory In School-Reform Elections But Results May Have Little Impact -- Teachers won a nearly clean sweep over charter schools and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in elections for school-reform plans that were held last week. HOWARD BLUME and JASON SONG in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/10/10
L.A. Unified Plans To Fire More Non-Tenured Teachers Than Usual -- Those targeted represent nearly 6% of all probationary instructors in the nation's second-largest school district. A Times report last year found that fewer than 2% of such teachers were let go. JASON SONG in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/10/10
As School Funding Falls, Fundraisers Buy More Necessities -- Door-to-door candy sales and pizza nights, once reserved for raising money for sixth-grade science camps and out-of-town band performances, now are keeping school libraries open, paying salaries and buying computers. DIANA LAMBERT in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/10/10
San Francisco School Board OKs New Gay Support Program -- The San Francisco school board added to the district's massive $113 million shortfall over the next two years by voting Tuesday night to fund a substantial increase in instruction and services related to gay and lesbian issues. JILL TUCKER in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/10/10
Fensterwald: CTA Takes On Corporate Tax Breaks -- One way or the other, the California Teachers Association and business interests were headed for a mighty battle this November over taxes. Now it’s clear what they’ll be fighting over. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/10/10
State News: 2/10/10
Democrats Press Ahead On Stopgap California Budget Plan -- Senate Democrats plan to begin approving a stopgap budget solution today that spares education and social services for now and allows local governments to hike gas prices for transit, according to legislative sources. KEVIN YAMAMURA in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/10/10
10 People Gave $266.6 Million To Causes And Candidates In The Last Decade -- No. 1 was L.A.'s Steve Bing, with $58 million, a new state report says. Others include Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. PATRICK MCGREEVY in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/10/10
Questionable Spending During CA's Budget Crisis
Even in the middle of a budget crisis, some state agencies have spent millions on what at least one legislator calls questionable expenses. An Assembly hearing this morning focuses on the spending. Reporter: John Myers.
Gap for Calif. Retiree Health Care Grows to $52B
New York Times - 3 hours ago
(AP) -- The state controller's office found that California taxpayers are on the hook for more state government retiree health benefits than previously ...
Education News: 2/9/10
California budget crisis' teachable moment
Los Angeles Times - Hector Tobar - 18 hours ago
The budget crunch at Cal State is getting so bad, it's forcing some young people to think about a future without a college education.
Proposed Oil Tax Divides Education Leaders -- An East Bay lawmaker wants to tax oil pumped from the California ground and give the proceeds to colleges and universities, but the proposal has run afoul of the very people it was supposed to help. MATT KRUPNICK in the Contra Costa Times -- 2/9/10
Fensterwald: One Spot To Shop For Free Digital Texts -- It’s about to get a lot easier for instructors at community colleges to start using free digital textbooks in their courses. And once they do, the rest of the nation will follow – eventually. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/9/10
Community Colleges Rethink Missions As Budgets Tighten -- As community colleges deal with the state's ongoing budget crisis and consider cuts to classes, programs and staffing, they are examining which kinds of students they should continue to serve. LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/9/10
ACLU Accuses Calif. Instructor Of Religion Lessons -- An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday. LISA LEFF AP -- 2/9/10
CTA drops $500,000 into effort to repeal corporate tax benefits
The California Teachers Association has pitched half a million dollars into a campaign account for its proposed ballot initiative to repeal tax benefits for corporations approved over the last two years.
TEACHERS AND TAXPAYERS
National Center for Policy Analysis - 2 hours ago
Here's a list from the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the same states above and their per capita personal income rank for 2008: New York (4); California (9) ...
State News: 2/9/10
CFT In the News:
2/6/10
UC Davis Library Study-In And Protest
Fox40 - Michelle Raskey - Feb 6, 2010
Scheduled speakers at the study-in will include Robert Samuels, President of the UC's American Federation of Teachers union; several UC Davis professors; ...
San Francisco Bay Guardian - Feb 6, 2010
They could be unstoppable," said Bob Samuels, president of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT).
2/8/10 Re: March 4 Day of Action
When Students Strike Back: The New Social Movement at the University of California
Huffington Post (blog) - 2 hours ago
Not only is the UC coalition fighting to save public higher education in the state of California, but, this group of students, faculty, and workers is ... l
Education News: 2/8/10
Dan Walters: Logrolling lives large in California budget
Fresno Bee - Dan Walters - 11 hours ago
The money was shifted from local schools, which means the state makes up the difference to schools under the complex California school funding formula.
For UC's Commission On The Future, Nothing Is Off The Table -- With California's public university system shackled to a shrinking budget, a group of chancellors, students and others considers ideas -- from banal to radical -- to keep quality up and costs down. LARRY GORDON in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/8/10
Fensterwald: Data Don’t Tell Full Story In Charter ’Segregation’ Study -- Anti-charter school boards and superintendents no doubt are bookmarking a report that found that charter schools nationwide and in California are more racially and ethnically segregated than traditional public schools. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/8/10
A Federal Effort To Push Junk Food Out Of Schools -- The Obama administration will begin a drive this week to expel Pepsi, French fries and Snickers bars from the nation’s schools in hopes of reducing the number of children who get fat during their school years. GARDINER HARRIS in the New York Times -- 2/8/10
With Federal Stimulus Money Gone, Many Schools Face Budget Gaps -- With state and local tax revenues still in decline, the end of the federal money will leave big holes in education budgets from Massachusetts and Florida to California and Washington, experts said. SAM DILLON in the New York Times -- 2/8/10
CSUS Seeing Quick Growth In Demand For Net Classes -- Between her job at Victoria's Secret and pitching for the California State University, Stanislaus, softball team, Stacy Hains doesn't have a lot of time during the day or evening to attend classes. PATTY GUERRA in the Modesto Bee -- 2/8/10
Focus On Graduation Could Be Rough For Small Private Colleges -- Graduation rates are likely to move to the forefront of national higher-education discussions this year, putting particular pressure on schools such as Holy Names, where just 17 percent of the students who arrive as freshmen put on a cap and gown within six years. MATT KRUPNICK in the Contra Costa Times -- 2/8/10
Educational Budget Cuts: Unconscionable -- and Unconstitutional
Huffington Post (blog) - 1 hour ago
This past fall California laid off 20000 teachers, resulting in average class sizes in Los Angeles high schools of 42.5.
Sacramento Realtors Worry About School-Closure Effects -- Realtor Susie Dunning thinks she knows why she hasn't received a single offer on a two-story home in South Land Park. The property in the 7400 block of Windbridge Drive backs up to Lisbon Elementary, one of four schools closed last year by Sacramento City Unified School District. MELODY GUTIERREZ in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/8/10
Investment firms agree to settle placement-agent corruption probe
Sacramento Bee - Dale Kasler - 1 hour ago
Wetherly acted as a placement agent on a number of deals with the California Public Employees' Retirement System and California State Teachers' Retirement ...
2/7/10
In Cash-Strapped State, How Will We Pay For Public Higher Education? -- On a mild, overcast day in October 2007, a University of California graduate lobbed a rhetorical bomb at his alma mater: What if the public university went private? STEVE WIEGAND in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/7/10
Results In L.A. School-Reform Elections Could Be Withheld Until Friday -- Ballot counting began Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles for an election over school-reform plans; results will be available by Monday but might not be released until Friday, officials said. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/7/10
2/6/10
CSU To Fund 8,100 Extra Classes For Fall -- California State University announced today that it will add 8,100 more classes to the fall schedule at its 23 campuses across the state. LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/6/10
San Jose State University Gets $3.1 Million To Add New Classes And Counseling -- The new money — which comes from the federal stimulus package — means that San Jose State can divide large classes into smaller sections, and add so-called "bottleneck courses" that are essential to graduate, but are overcrowded and cannot accept new students. LISA M. KRIEGER in the San Jose Mercury -- 2/6/10
State News: 2/8/10
CFT In the News: 2/5/10
Assembly delays higher education fund
Golden Gate [X]Press - Morgan Cásarez - 14 hours ago
The California Faculty Association, California Federation of Teachers, California State Student Association, California Teachers Association and the Service ...
Education News: 2/5/10
Opinion: Holding the line on cuts to California universities isn't enough
Saving higher education in California will take a bold vision in Sacramento of increased funding for education over the long term. San Jose Mercury News
Fensterwald: LA Teachers, Parents Vote Early – And Often -- On Saturday, parents, teachers, students, neighbors – truth is, anyone who feels like it – will have another chance to vote on who should take over 30 Los Angles Unified schools. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/5/10
Charter Schools' Growth Promoting Segregation, Studies Say -- A UCLA study is one of two finding that the increasingly popular campuses skew toward racially separate student bodies. Charter advocates criticize the reports. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times JILL TUCKER in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 2/5/10
State Education Chief Targets Achievement Gap -- For years, schools have struggled to close the persistent achievement gap between certain student groups by ratcheting up curriculum and academic programs. MAUREEN MAGEE in the San Diego Union-Trib -- 2/5/10
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - Feb 3, 2010
On the off chance that you missed it -- actually there's a really good chance that you did -- California's Secretary of Education resigned yesterday.
Education Matters: Things the government ought to cut
Glendale News Press - Dan Kimber - 11 hours ago
... where actual jobs are in jeopardy, where the education of our children is compromised, and where California's deficit smacks us all in the face, ...
DREAM Act for California Immigrant Students Gets Push
New America Media - 9 hours ago
He described barriers to federal and state help for himself and others like him seeking education at four-year institutions.
Education roundup: KHSD may have to cut $8.7 million
Bakersfield Californian - Jorge Barrientos - 16 hours ago
The district partnered with the American Heart Association, the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and Jamba Juice, among others, ...
Staggering Cuts Ahead For Livermore Schools
Livermore Independent - Patricia Koning - 16 hours ago
“It's no surprise that California is in a fiscal crisis. It rolls down to us, so we're in a fiscal crisis too,” said Susan Kinder, executive director of ...
Schools brace for tough year Brentwood Press
District facing years of insolvency Glendale News Press
CTA seeking to repeal corporate tax benefits via initiative
The California Teachers Association plans to begin gathering signatures as soon as today for an initiative to repeal corporate tax benefits that lawmakers approved in the past two years, according to CTA political consultant Gale Kaufman.
State News: 2/5/10
Education News: 2/4/10
Schools Try to Avoid Class Size Fines
In the San Diego Unified School District, school officials have turned to state lawmakers for help. They hope new legislation will prevent them from getting slapped with fines for having larger class sizes. Reporter: Ana Tintocalis.
Does class size matter?
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - 19 hours ago
Last year, the district increased class size from 20 to 22 in K-3 with little public outcry but this time parents and teachers are speaking up.
Teachers' Resistance Could Keep Districts From Cashing In On Race To The Top -- One battle over a federal education grant program ended last month in Sacramento. Another will begin this spring in hundreds of school districts up and down the state. JAMES RUFUS KORENin the San Bernardino Sun -- 2/4/10
Race to the Top and reality
Los Angeles Times - 18 hours ago
In applying for the federal funding program, California's proposal on how to rate schools' performance could serve as a national model.
Fensterwald: Report: Rescind Most Mandated Programs -- Recognizing schools’ financial plight, the Legislature and Gov. Schwarzenegger have given districts considerable latitude over how they can spend money for 40 programs known as categoricals. They include important programs: summer school, teacher training and textbook purchases. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/4/10
Improving state's higher ed systems
Modesto Bee - 9 hours ago
... a provocative new report from the Legislative Analyst Office suggests that public higher education in California has system problems.
Editorial: President Barack Obama trying to transform education in America
San Jose Mercury News - 13 hours ago
These guidelines would eliminate the problem of some states setting low standards that could always be reached, while others - including California - set ...
Valley colleges are already addressing LAO report
Modesto Bee - Cheri Cruz - 9 hours ago
They compared California's higher education system, once a model for the nation, to systems in other states. The comparison serves as the LAO's call for the ...
Blowback: Stop L.A. Unified's 'charterization'
Los Angeles Times - Gloria R. Lothrop, Ralph E. Shaffer - 17 hours ago
Privatizing public education is but one of many elixirs offered over the years as panaceas for whatever ails California's schools. One fad after another has ...
Berkeley Adult School Threatened By Governor's New Budget
Berkeley Daily Planet - Riya Bhattacharjee - 1 hour ago
It also eliminates the requirement to give laid-off teachers priority as substitute teachers at their former pay rate.
Viewpoints: Teachers must play role in budget fix
Sacramento Bee - Jill Duman - 9 hours ago
Increasingly, it's what it feels like to be a parent in California school districts, which have lost $18 billion in state funds over the past two budget ...
State News: 2/4/10
LAO Says Gov’s Cuts Will Come With Legal Battles -- The Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal adviser says the total $2.7 billion in cuts in Gov. Schwarzenegger’s budget plan involving state employees may be too deep to implement without a serious struggle. KATE HENKA in Capitol Weekly -- 2/4/10
CFT In the News: 2/3/10
Building the movement
San Francisco Bay Guardian - Rachel Sadon - 13 hours ago
Frustrated by deep cuts to education spending and quality, momentum is building across California in support of the "Strike and Day of Action to Defend Public Education" on March 4. ...They could be unstoppable," said Bob Samuels, president of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT).
Education News: 2/3/10
Push to get Legislature to give back all it's taken
StateHornet.com - Paul Roundtree - 1 hour ago
... faculty and teachers alike, it is that our collective financial butter is spread far too thin. California has had to tighten its belt.
Yuba College Board To Rescind Chancellor's Raise -- Following a protest Tuesday, the Yuba Community College District governing board has called a special session for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. to rescind a $30,000 raise given to district Chancellor Nicki Harrington, board President Jim Buchan said. HUDSON SANGREE in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/3/10
Voters Advise L.A. Unified On Preferred Campus Takeovers -- Parents, teachers, students and community members weigh in -- sometimes more than once -- on their preferred plans for 12 underperforming schools and 18 new ones in the advisory election. HOWARD BLUME in the Los Angeles Times -- 2/3/10
LAUSD Voting Guidelines Ripe For Corruption -- In a voting process that appeared riddled with flaws, parents, teachers and community members cast ballots Tuesday to help Los Angeles Unified School District pick operators for 36 schools under a new reform program. CONNIE LLANOS in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 2/3/10
Report: Ending Gym Tests, Other School Requirements Could Save State $350 Million -- The Legislative Analyst's Office on Monday called for an overhaul of the state's education mandates after finding a plethora of inefficient requirements costing school districts nearly $400 million. COREY G. JOHNSON California Watch -- 2/3/10
State News: 2/3/10
Schwarzenegger Writes Again To Congress Asking For Help -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday sent another letter to California's congressional delegation asking for more federal dollars after President Barack Obama released a budget that provided only $1.5 billion of the $6.9 billion in new money that Schwarzenegger wants. KEVIN YAMAMURA SacBee Capitol Alert -- 2/3/10
Delays Could Cost California $93 Million In Federal Grants -- California is on the verge of losing $93 million in federal money earmarked for home weatherization grants, according a report released on Tuesday. JON ORTIZ in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/3/10
Walters: As Feds Stiff State, Budget Crisis Deepens -- Scarcely three weeks ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled his final budget, predicated on the outlandish notion that the federal government would cough up almost $7 billion more to cover California's budget deficits. DAN WALTERS in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/3/10
CFT In the News: 2/2/10
Higher education funding halted
Golden Gate [X]Press - Morgan Casarez - 13 hours ago
The bill is supported by the California Faculty Association, California Federation of Teachers, California State Student Association, California Teachers ...
MAJORITY OF LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ENDORSE JANICE HAHN FOR ...
California Chronicle - 14 hours ago
Hahn has been endorsed in the Democratic primary by the California Federation of Teachers, California Professional Firefighters, National Women's Political ...
Education News: 2/2/10
Fensterwald: Good Report, For The Moment, On Districts’ Finances -- Call it remarkable management or, more likely, the lull before the crash. The number of school districts in financial distress actually decreased from a year ago, according to report issued last week by FCMAT, the state’s Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 2/2/10
Twin Rivers Considers Merging Schools
Tue Feb 2, 2010 — A school district in North Sacramento may merge some campuses to help cut costs. The Twin Rivers Unified school board is meeting Tuesday night to talk about the plan.
Sierra College Plans To Cut Some Sports, Vocational Programs -- Facing an $11.2 million budget deficit for the coming year, the Sierra College governing board will vote today on a plan to eliminate three vocational programs, six sports teams and 35 employee positions. LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/2/10
New State Law Aimed At Helping Failing Schools -- But supporters say a new state law that allows a majority of parents to demand an overhaul of struggling public schools is long overdue. JAMES RUFUS KOREN in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 2/2/10
Study Finds 'No Child' Has Low Teacher Support -- Many teachers oppose the testing and instructional requirements of the No Child Left Behind law, a new study has found. CANAN TASCI in the San Bernardino Sun -- 2/2/10
Recession Takes Toll On California Schools -- Broken families. Increased hunger. Homelessness. This isn't a blog about post-earthquake life in Haiti. This is the impact of the recession on scores of children attending California schools, according to a recent report from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access. COREY G. JOHNSON California Watch -- 2/2/10
Preschool is indispensable for students, California
Daily Breeze - Gary Mangiofico - 45 minutes ago
Investment in preschool education isn't just an issue of benevolence. California's growth and prosperity have, to a large degree, been built on the state's ...
SOU winter enrollment hits record Mail Tribune
What's a Degree Really Worth?
Wall Street Journal - Mary Pilon - 2 hours ago
For years, higher education was touted as a safe path to professional and financial success. Easy money, in the form of student loans, ...
Pension folly
Press-Enterprise - 15 hours ago
The California State Teachers Retirement System is in serious trouble, with a widening long-term funding gap. The pension system lost 25 percent of its ...
State News: 2/2/10
Governor's Race Gets Hot
It's been a busy 24 hours in the race for governor of California. Monday saw not only the release of campaign fundraising totals for 2009, but also a spat between the two Republican contenders that's likely a preview of the race to come. Reporter: John Myers.
Late News 2/1/10:
The list of lawmakers to pay fines for gift-reporting violations
After the jump see a list of the California lawmakers who have agreed to pay fines for not reporting gifts received from lobbyist employers in 2008.
Continue reading The list of lawmakers to pay fines for gift-reporting violations.
CFT In the News:
Schwarzenegger's bitter budget
Socialist Worker Online - 13 hours ago
Initiated by student activists, and now supported by both the California Federation of Teachers and California Teachers Association, this could become the ...joining the March 4 Day of Action...
Peter Nichols: PVUSD teachers are wondering ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Peter Nichols - Jan 31, 2010
That's the question posed by negotiators for the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers on a recent episode of "Teacher, speak out!
Education News:
2/1/10
California Could Face Teacher Shortage
KCBS - 5 hours ago
For the first time in many years, California has a surplus of teachers but an expert on education says the state will be facing another teacher shortage in ...
The University Of California To Play The Waiting-List Game -- For the first time in its history, the University of California is expected to institute waiting lists for incoming applicants, possibly starting this spring. More than 1,000 applicants may be affected. RACHEL GROSS in the New York Times -- 2/1/10
Obama To Seek Sweeping Change In ‘No Child’ Law -- The Obama administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of President Bush’s signature education law, No Child Left Behind, and will call for broad changes in how schools are judged to be succeeding or failing, as well as for the elimination of the law’s 2014 deadline for bringing every American child to academic proficiency. SAM DILLON in the New York Times -- 2/1/10
LAUSD Reform Is A Bitter Battle -- As key vote nears, some complain competition to run schools is rife with favoritism. CONNIE LLANOS in the Los Angeles Daily News -- 2/1/10
1/31/10
Class Cuts Wreak Havoc At California Universities -- California's budget crisis came into stark focus in the halls of Sacramento State last week, where many students returning for spring semester were turned away from classes they had hoped to get into, or strained from hallways to hear lectures in classes that had enrolled way more students than there were seats. LAUREL ROSENHALL in the Sacramento Bee -- 1/31/10
Denham Bill Would Cap College Fee Hikes -- Legislation that would require a 180-day waiting period and a 10% cap on fee increases at California’s public universities was introduced Friday in the state Senate, state Sen. Jeff Denham said during an appearance at California State University, Fresno. EDDIE JIMENEZ in the Fresno Bee -- 1/31/10
Teacher Pay Can Vary Greatly By District, California Report Says -- The amount of money a California teacher makes these days depends greatly on the school district that cuts the paycheck, according to a state report released this month. And the gap between the high and low salaries is wide. DIANA LAMBERT and PHILLIP REESE in the Sacramento Bee -- 1/31/10
Berkeley Schools Look To Shift Funds To Help Close Achievement Gap -- After talking about the problem for years, Berkeley school officials are on the verge of shifting millions of dollars to underperforming black and Latino students, adding to an old debate about how to reduce the disparities between the top and the bottom. DOUG OAKLEY in the Contra Costa Times -- 1/31/10
Cost Of Teaching English Learning Students In SB County $34M -- San Bernardino County public schools are spending more than $34 million in state and federal money this school year to educate English learners, a group whose population has doubled since 1995. STEPHEN WALL in the Inland Daily Bulletin -- 1/31/10
UC Sleuths Seek Proof For Glorious Claims On Admission Applications -- Like no other higher education system in the nation, the University of California has a quiet team of vigilant auditors that review the accuracy of randomly selected applications — and may yank ones shined up by too much balderdash, big-talk or bull. LISA M. KRIEGER in the San Jose Mercury -- 1/31/10
State News:
2/1/10
“Listen to the people”: the polls the pols
By Peter Schrag
When Arnold Schwarzenegger ran for governor in the 2003 recall election, he talked endlessly about California’s need for “leadership.” Last Monday, in what will probably be his last appearance before the Sacramento Press Club, the refrain was “listen to the people.”
Lost Jobs, Economy Seen As Top Issue In Governor Race -- As tens of thousands of Californians lose their jobs every month, the high-stakes race for governor is becoming a referendum on how to stem the unemployment tide and get people back into the labor market. JACK CHANG in the Sacramento Bee -- 2/1/10
California Legislators In No Rush To Start Patching $20 Billion Deficit -- Nearly a month after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called an emergency legislative session to begin tackling some $8.9 billion in budget fixes, the clock for lawmakers would seem to be ticking louder every day. DENIS C. THERIAULT in the San Jose Mercury -- 2/1/10
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