NEW WEEKLY RECAP
Today we resume our new narrative format for our Weekly Recap (below) that we hope you enjoy. We welcome your feedback at vizcarra@gseis.ucla.edu
Editors, Education News Roundup
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, January 30, 2009
Teachers rally against education budget cuts
By Howard Blume and Jason Song/Los Angeles Times
Thousands of teachers […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, January 29, 2009
Education may get $140 billion federal boost
By Tess Townsend/Berkeley Daily Californian
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an economic stimulus bill Wednesday that would pump an estimated $819 billion into the U.S. economy over the next two years, including a $140 billion boost in educational […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Stimulus plan would provide flood of aid to education
By Sam Dillon/New York Times
The economic stimulus plan that Congress has scheduled for a vote on Wednesday would shower the nation’s school districts, child care centers and university campuses with $150 billion in new federal spending, a […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Strangling California’s budget
A proposed ‘hard’ cap on spending is misguided. Opinion by Jean Ross/Los Angeles Times Jean Ross is executive director of the California Budget Project, a nonprofit public policy research group.
As California grapples with a fiscal crisis, state lawmakers are facing painful choices […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, January 26, 2009
Who asked us: Gov.’s plan to cut California school days is dangerous
By Will Hawk/YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed to shorten the 180-day California school year by five days in order to help with the large budget deficit. Will Hawk, a 16-year-old […]
NEW WEEKLY RECAP
Due to staff illness, our new Weekly Recap will resume next Friday.
Editors, Education News Roundup
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, January 22, 2009
Study sees an Obama effect as lifting Black test-takers
By Sam Dillon/New York Times
Educators and policy makers, including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, have said in recent […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Stimulus gives schools $142B — with strings
By Greg Toppo/USA TODAY
The USA’s public schools stand to be the biggest winners in Congress’ $825 billion economic stimulus plan unveiled last week. Schools are scheduled to receive nearly $142 billion over the next two […]
NEW WEEKLY RECAP
Today is the debut of our new narrative format for our Weekly Recap (below) that we hope you enjoy. We welcome your feedback at vizcarra@gseis.ucla.edu
Editors, Education News Roundup
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, January 16, 2009
Schools make historic inaugural a teachable moment
By Megan K. Scott/U.S. News & World Report
No […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, January 15, 2009
Education should be extended, not cut
Editorial/Monterey County Herald
The 13-year-old girl, a diligent student, was on her way to school on the outskirts of Monterey when she was told that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was proposing to help balance the state budget by chopping a week […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, January 14, 2009
"More justice"
The role of organized labor in educational reform. By John Rogers and Verónica Terriquez/SAGE Publications
John Rogers is Director of UCLA IDEA and Veronica Terriquez is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at UCLA.
This article explores the potential role of low-wage service […]