Top Stories and Commentary for Week of October 25-31, 2004:
Decision could benefit schools By Maria T. Garcia & Ioana Patringenaru/The Riverside Press-Enterprise (Saturday)The settlement of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU against the state’s Education Department could mean new funding for local schools. Nearly 300 of the Inland area’s neediest schools could benefit from […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, October 29, 2004:
Area schools lag in growth for test scores By Michael Kolber/Sacramento Bee
Sacramento-area schools are having a harder time improving test scores among African American, Latino and socioeconomically disadvantaged students than their peers statewide, according to a Bee analysis of test data released Thursday. Statewide, improvement in […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, October 28, 2004:
Half of California schools miss state academic targets By Jennifer Coleman/Associated PressSACRAMENTO – Nearly two-thirds of California schools improved academically in the last year, but half of the schools failed to meet their targets for standardized test scores, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, October 27, 2004:
En declive tasa de aceptación de latinos en UC, dice estudio De existir la acción afirmativa en California, casi cinco mil estudiantes adicionales hubieran sido admitidos en esa universidad Por Jazmín Ortega/La Opinión
La tasa de aceptación de latinos y afroamericanos a la Universidad de California ha […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, October 26, 2004:
Workshop to study students left behind Program will offer strategies for closing achievement gap for black, Latino students By Ricci Graham/Oakland Tribune HAYWARD — Among educators, it’s often referred to as the unfinished business of the Civil Rights Movement: closing the achievement gap that tends to […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, October 25, 2004:
Left Far, Far Behind Editorial/Los Angeles Times
The No Child Left Behind Act was a truly bipartisan effort. Although it is nice to see such harmony in Washington, that also means neither party is interested in talking about the school reform measure’s serious defects. President Bush touts […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Week of October 18-24, 2004:
Escuelas en problemas académicos By Andrea Alegría/Hoy (Friday)
Los Angeles — Un estudio dado a conocer ayer por la Universidad de Stanford reveló que 17 escuelas que forman parte del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Angeles (LAUSD) operan de forma consistente, por debajo de los […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, October 22, 2004:
Escuelas en problemas académicos By Andrea Alegría/Hoy
Los Angeles — Un estudio dado a conocer ayer por la Universidad de Stanford reveló que 17 escuelas que forman parte del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Angeles (LAUSD) operan de forma consistente, por debajo de los niveles mínimos de rendimiento […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, October 21, 2004:
Governor faces hard choices on state bureaucracy revamp Commission delivers recommendations on Performance Review By Lynda Gledhill/San Francisco Chronicle
Irvine — A plan to radically overhaul the state’s bureaucracy is now in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lap after a panel that held public hearings on the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, October 20, 2004:
Angelides urges state college endowment By Lesli A. Maxwell/Sacramento Bee California Treasurer Phil Angelides rolled out an ambitious proposal Tuesday to turn $5 billion in state-owned real estate into a permanent endowment for California’s colleges and universities. The California Hope Endowment would fund scholarships, academic outreach and […]