Themes in the News:
Meeting President Obama’s education goals requires new funding systems
President Obama’s budget address to Congress called for increased high school and college graduation rates so that the US can better compete in the global market. A UCLA IDEA report released this week sheds light on the deep challenges California […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, February 25, 2009
High need and underresourced schools
Report confirms that the state does not meet student aspirations. By Rubén Moreno/La Opinión
Ever since she started school, Alicia Carrillo’s daughter, a student at Ritter Elementary in Watts, has been taking home photocopies to do her homework. "She’s never brought home […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, February 25, 2009
School matters: From Sisyphus to Prometheus, California’s education challenge
Commentary by Paul Tran/New American Media Paul Tran is communications director at Californians for Justice in Los Angeles, which works with Parents and Students for Great Schools (PSGS) a coalition of leading grassroots and […]
Since we are awaiting news coverage of agreement about California state budget over the weekend, we will be posting our weekly Themes in the News on Monday February 23rd. Editors, Education News Roundup
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, February 20, 2009
Budget takes $8.4 billion from K-12 classes
By Nanette Asimov/San Francisco Chronicle […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, February 19, 2009
State budget delay could affect stimulus funds for California education
By Kimberly S. Wetzel/Contra Costa Times
The ongoing state budget rift could affect or delay the amount of money California schools receive under the federal stimulus package, State Department of Education officials said Wednesday. Officials have […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Obama wants stimulus to transform schools
USA Today
President Barack Obama wants to do more than save teachers’ jobs or renovate classrooms with his economic recovery bill. He wants to transform the federal government’s role in education. Public schools will get an unprecedented amount of money — […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stimulus aid coming for poor, disabled students
By Nanette Asimov/San Francisco Chronicle
California’s poorest schoolchildren and those with disabilities will be among the beneficiaries of the big federal stimulus package, with about $2.5 billion specifically for them going straight into school district coffers over the next […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, February 13, 2009
Stimulus bill to create nearly 400,000 jobs in California, White House says
By Frank Davies/San Jose Mercury News
The massive economic recovery plan Congress is poised to pass will mean 396,000 jobs for California — including nearly 16,000 for the San Jose area — over the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, February 12, 2009
Classrooms see increase in credentialed teachers
By Rubén Moreno/La Opinión
If the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law has had a positive impact, it has, according to analysts, in addition to demanding accountability from educational institutions and pressuring them to increase graduation rates, also resulted in […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Big cuts loom for education: 574,000 jobs at risk
By Greg Toppo/USA TODAY
The first look ever at how the USA’s economic downturn could affect education finds that states probably will cut an estimated 18.5% of spending over the next three years, an $80 billion drop […]