Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, February 28, 2005:
Governors of 13 States Plan to Raise Standards in High Schools By Robert Pear/The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 - The governors of 13 states with more than one-third of the nation’s students said Sunday that they were forming a coalition to improve high schools […]

Weekly Recap for February 22-27, 2005:
Arnolds budget ripped by educators Torrico, school officials call for public school reform during talk By Grace Rauh/Tri-Valley Herald (Sunday)
NEWARK — Given a chance to talk with Assemblyman Alberto Torrico about state cuts to education, local schools officials didnt mince words. If the state was a school district, […]

Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, February 25, 2005:
Reform the reform Editorial/San Francisco Chronicle
THE NO CHILD Left Behind Act, promoted by President Bush as a historic piece of education reform legislation, is in urgent need of reform itself. That is the main thrust of a scathing bipartisan report issued this week by the […]

Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, February 24, 2005:
Report Faults Bush Initiative on Education By Sam Dillon/The New York Times
Concluding a yearlong study on the effectiveness of President Bush’s sweeping education law, No Child Left Behind, a bipartisan panel of lawmakers drawn from many states yesterday pronounced it a flawed, convoluted and unconstitutional education […]

Top Stories and Commentary for Wesnesday, February 23, 2005:
Documenting school defects Officials are touring campuses to find flaws a state settlement might be able to fix By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
With his index finger cocked in the air, Martin Cavanaugh pointed toward the ceiling of a classroom at Will C. Wood Middle School in south […]

Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, February 22, 2005:
Windfall comes with price Settlement likely to spur duplicate textbook purchases By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
Nancy Wai is poised to spend about $600,000 on 12,800 social studies workbooks and texts - one for every student in kindergarten, first, second and third grades in Sacramento’s schools. A year […]

Weekly Recap for February 14-20, 2005:
Governor to ditch board cuts He concedes his plan to eliminate 88 regulatory panels needs more work. By Gary Delsohn/Sacramento Bee (Thursday)
Abandoning one of his most far-reaching and controversial proposals since taking office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to withdraw his plan to eliminate 88 regulatory and policy-setting […]

Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, February 18, 2005:
When it comes to schools, governor’s talk is cheap Schwarzenegger Education Plan: Slashing Cash, Breaking Promises Opinion by Colleen Wilcox/San Jose Mercury News Colleen Wilcox is superintendent of Santa Clara County’s Office of Education.
Promises, promises. The governor of California may say he is not cutting […]

Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, February 17, 2005:
Governor to ditch board cuts He concedes his plan to eliminate 88 regulatory panels needs more work. By Gary Delsohn/Sacramento Bee
Abandoning one of his most far-reaching and controversial proposals since taking office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to withdraw his plan to eliminate 88 regulatory and […]

Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, February 16, 2005:
Teacher pay gap debate fueled Study finds salaries to be lower at schools with more poor and minority kids. By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
A new report on teacher salary is adding fuel to the fiery statewide debate over merit pay. Released Tuesday, the report shows that […]