Weekly Recap for April 25- May 1, 2005:
Governor names education chief Alan Bersin has been praised and criticized for the change he led in San Diego’s schools. By Laura Mecoy & Jim Sanders/Sacramento Bee (Sunday)
LOS ANGELES - In naming San Diego School Superintendent Alan Bersin as his top education adviser Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, April 29, 2005
PTA pushes for funding Demonstrators at the Capitol say they want $2 billion in temporary cuts to be restored. By Aurelio Rojas/Sacramento Bee
Pressing their case against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed education budget, hundreds of parents, teachers and students staged a boisterous rally Thursday outside the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, April 28, 2005
Opposition to High School Exit Exam Growing Groups lobby legislators to OK alternatives, citing fears that test will raise dropout rates. Backers say statewide standards are essential. By Duke Helfand and Eric Bailey/Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — Momentum is growing to provide alternatives to California’s controversial high […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Perata open to tax for schools The Senate Democratic leader says the state should match U.S. average for education spending By Kevin Yamamura/Sacramento Bee
State Senate leader Don Perata asserted Tuesday that Senate Democrats will seek higher taxes if necessary to boost school spending to the national […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, April 26, 2005
L.A. Unified to Consider Mandatory College Track Plan would require all students to take courses needed for admission to state universities. By Erika Hayasaki/Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles school district leaders are considering an academic reform plan that would require all high school students to complete a […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, April 25, 2005
School volunteers carry price By Jennifer Torres/Stockton Record
Parent volunteers make schools safer and encourage students to learn, educators say. But many parents must overcome a number of challenges before they can shelve library books or monitor the lunch line: jobs, childcare and, in some cases, money […]
Weekly Recap for April 18 - 24, 2005:
School book bind eases City district is allowed to delay purchases in wake of an ACLU suit against the state. By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee (Monday)
Officials with the Sacramento City Unified School District say they will postpone buying 12,800 social studies books and 23,100 science books for the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, April 22, 2005:
Two named to state education panel Governor picks a charter school leader and a backer of ‘English immersion.’ By Andy Furillo/Sacramento Bee
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday appointed a prominent "English immersion" advocate and the principal of a San Fernando Valley charter school he visited in January […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, April 21, 2005:
Educator: Flexibility isn’t solution to No Child law By Michael Kolber/Sacramento Bee
U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced April 7 that her department would grant states the broad flexibility they had been seeking in the implementation of the No Child Left Behind federal education law. John E. […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, April 20, 2005:
Malibu parents to protest school budget cuts By Hans Laetz/The Malibu Times
Malibu parent activists are planning to take a bus to the state capital next week to wave signs and protest as part of a plan to reverse 25 years of continuous budget cutting for the […]