Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, March 31, 2005:
SAN FRANCISCO Chinese Americans renew school placement push Court-ordered desegregation system sends many students to campuses across town By Heather Knight/San Francisco Chronicle
Chinese American families upset over their children’s assignments to San Francisco public schools are again holding contentious meetings with school board members, staging protests […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, March 30, 2005:
Lives at risk Track students, improve graduation rates Editorial/Sacramento Bee
California needs a better system for holding schools accountable for improving their graduation rates, particularly for lower-income and minority students. Too many students never get a high school diploma, reducing their chances for decent life prospects. Last […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, March 29, 2005:
Phony dropout rates a scandal for schools Opinion by Alan Bonsteel/Los Angeles Daily News
Alan Bonsteel, M.D., is president of California Parents for Educational Choice.
On March 24, newspapers throughout the state published front-page stories on the Harvard Civil Rights Project’s searing indictment of California’s cover-up of […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, March 28, 2005:
Deserción escolar entre latinos Por Alberto Avilés-Senés/Hoy
La semana pasada un estudio de la Universidad de Harvard puso al descubierto una vergonzosa realidad del sistema educativo en California: sólo 6 de cada 10 estudiantes latinos o afroamericanos concluyen su educación preparatoria, el mínimo obligatorio en Estados Unidos, […]
Weekly Recap for March 21-27, 2005:
Gov. Needs to Tackle the School Issue Now Column by Steve Lopez/Los Angeles Times (Friday)
The real estate ad said the house needed "love and attention," which is code for: Buyer beware. This house is in such abominable condition, you’ll sink every last cent into it as your blood pressure […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, March 25, 2005:
Gov. Needs to Tackle the School Issue Now Column by Steve Lopez/Los Angeles Times
The real estate ad said the house needed "love and attention," which is code for: Buyer beware. This house is in such abominable condition, you’ll sink every last cent into it as your […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, March 23, 2005:
Catcalls for cuts Crowd rallies outside governor’s Irvine fund-raiser to protest budget reforms. By Norberto Santana Jr. & Martin Wisckol/The Orange County Register
IRVINE – Inside the Hyatt Regency hotel, people paid $1,000 a plate Tuesday to hear Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest reform pitch. Outside in […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, March 22, 2005:
Demócratas contra los ‘RoboCuts’ del gobernador Por Andrea Carrión/Hoy
Los Angeles — Decididos a interrumpir la campaña que el gobernador Arnold Schwarzenegger ha emprendido con el objetivo de restituir el presupuesto de California, un grupo de funcionario estatales se reunió ayer para pedirle al público en general […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, March 21, 2005:
Retain exit exam Diploma should mean something Editorial/Sacramento Bee
A lot has changed since an independent evaluator urged California to delay requiring students to pass a high school exit exam for graduation. While the evaluation found that the test itself was "reliable and valid," the report said […]
Weekly Recap for March 14-20, 2005:
California’s school funding went from first … to among the worst. What went wrong? By Sherry Posnick-Goodwin /California Educator, CTA (Saturday)
Dean Colombo’s voice takes on a wistful quality as he reminisces about the way things were in the John Swett Unified School District when he was a student […]