Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, January 31, 2005: Golden State A Hard Lesson About Money Column by Michael Hiltzik/Los Angeles Times
One can always tell that the debate over an important public issue has plateaued when you hear the same threadbare points being made over and over. It would be tragic if we’ve […]
Weekly Recap for January 24-30, 2005:
Roll up sleeves, fix education Opinion by Jack Scott/Pasadena Star News (Saturday) State Sen. Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, represents the 21st Senate District and is chairman of the State Education Committee and Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance.
Recently, the Rand Corporation dropped its bombshell. In its long-awaited report, it was revealed […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, January 28, 2005:
NCLB Here To Stay This Week In Education
At least one key Republican lawmaker – Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE), the head of the House Education Reform Subcommittee – confirms yet again that NCLB will remain in effect: Castle: School reforms on slate (News Journal). “If anyone thinks […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, January 27, 2005:
Plan to reduce boards bashed Little Hoover Commission hearing gets an earful from legislators, others about risks in consolidation. By Kevin Yamamura/Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to eliminate 88 state boards and commissions faced strong resistance Wednesday from an independent oversight panel, an early indication that the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, January 26, 2005:
Las escuelas, víctimas del presupuesto Docentes piden al gobernador que dé lo que corresponde de la Prop. 98 y que restaure fondos Por Jorge Luis Macías/La Opinión
Los planes de hacer recortes en la educación forzarán a los 29 distritos del Valle de San Gabriel a eliminar […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, January 25, 2005:
Schools chief wants $2.3 billion owed by state By Carrie Sturrock/San Francisco Chronicle
State public schools Superintendent Jack O’Connell urged the governor Monday to pay schools a promised $2.3 billion to avoid further harm to an educational system already challenged by large numbers of impoverished students, […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, January 24, 2005:
Dems stubborn against Arnold Governor’s reform package resisted By David M. Drucker/Los Angeles Daily News
SACRAMENTO — Democratic Party leaders have lined up solidly against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s fiscal and political reform package and are unlikely to yield, as they stand to lose much and gain little […]
Weekly Recap for January 18-23, 2005:
Reform Plan Would Give More Control to Schools on Spending Senate leader wants to end dozens of state programs that allot funds for specific purposes. Gov. Davis tried it in 2003. By Jordan Rau/Los Angeles Times (Sunday)
SACRAMENTO — Avoiding the traditional Democratic tack of pressing for more […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, January 21, 2005: Delayed results of API released By Los Angeles Daily News
The State Department of Education released 2004 Academic Performance Index scores on Thursday for schools whose results were unavailable in October because of problems with demographic data. The results released last October showed that only 52 […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thrusday, January 20, 2005:
Governor caught in a trap set by his own promises Column by Daniel Weintraub/Sacamento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has just learned a valuable lesson: Don’t make promises you aren’t absolutely sure you can keep. A year ago, Schwarzenegger made nice with the state’s most powerful […]