Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, September 23, 2004:
Buscan reducir deserción escolar Hoy
Los Angeles — Cuando Paulette Covarrubias terminó la primaria, no dudo ni un instante en seguir la secundaria en una de las escuelas del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Angeles (LAUSD). Pero los planes cambiaron cuando sus padres la matricularon en […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, September 22, 2004:
Activists seek increased school funding Union officials call tonight’s event the largest mobilization ever for public education By Jill Tucker/Oakland Tribune
At a farmhouse in Idaho and in an urban Oakland church, teachers, parents and activists will be gathering across the country tonight for what […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, September 21, 2004:
UC continues to tinker with GPA plan By Michelle Maitre/Oakland Tribune
University of California regents are preparing once again to tackle the thorny issue of raising the minimum grade-point average required for admission.
But as late as Monday, it was unclear what proposal the regents […]
Top Stories and Commentary for September 20, 2004:
UC eligibility change raises minority protest Regents look at higher GPA standard again By Tanya Schevitz/San Francisco Chronicle
Minority advocates say they will turn out in force at this week’s meeting of the University of California Board of Regents in an attempt to kill a proposal […]
Weekly Recap for September 13-19, 2004:
Study: University access gets tight EDUCATION: A high schooler’s chance of attending a four-year college falls. By Marisa Agha & Michael Fisher/The Press-Enterprise (Wednesday)
Fewer California youth are likely to enroll in college by age 19 as increased demand and rising costs swamp the state’s strained public higher-education system, according […]
Top Stories and Commentary for September 16, 2004:
Out from the shadows Bush credits O.C.’s Mendez family for paving way to ending U.S. school segregation with historic 1947 case. By Christina Murphy/The Orange County Register
WASHINGTON – It was 1947. After years of legal wrangling, Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez of Westminster had won the right to send […]
Top Stories and Commentary for September 15, 2004:
School performance bill gets vetoed by governor By Jim Wasserman/Associated Press
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have sought new ways to measure the performance of California’s public schools, including looking at crowded conditions and teacher quality instead of mainly measuring student test scores. […]
Top Stories and Commentary for September 14, 2004:
The racial gap narrows in Exit Exam math scores By Chris Moran /San Diego Union Tribune
White and Asian high school students continue to far outscore blacks and Latinos on a key statewide math test, but the gap narrowed last year. Local educators pledging to close the gap […]
Top Stories and Commentary for September 13, 2004:
Latest school plan to partly preserve historic L.A. hotel Ambassador was frequented by Hollywood stars, scene of RFK’s assassination By Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — The historic Ambassador Hotel, where Hollywood stars mingled and Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated, may soon be partly razed to make way for a […]
Weekly Recap for September 6-12, 2004:
More money for schools doesn’t end the problems Opinion by Joanne Jacobs/San Francisco Chronicle (Saturday)
Broken windows will be replaced. Toilets will flush once more. Air conditioners will cool classrooms. New textbooks will be ordered. Just don’t expect higher test scores.
To settle a lawsuit that depicted some of the […]