Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, March 30, 2009
Diversity will be a casualty of teacher layoffs
By Carolyn Ji Jong Goosen/New America Media
Corine Coaloca will graduate this May from San Diego State University with two teaching credentials—one in bilingual education, and one in special education. A Mexican American, Coaloca, 24, wants to […]
UCLA will be closed tomorrow March 27, 2007 in observance of César Chávez Day. As a result our Themes in the News is featured in today’s edition.
Themes in the News:
Stimulus Funds: Too Slow and Not Enough Programs Cut, Class Sizes Increase, Teachers Fired
Perhaps lost in the daily drama of financial gloom and scrambling for […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Oakland high schools need to raise the bar
By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune
A troubling, new audit of the city’s public high school course offerings has made Oakland school officials consider whether to ramp up the district’s high school graduation requirements. Oakland’s public high schools offer […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, March 24, 2009
District superintendents rally in Sacramento to stop school cuts
By Timm Herdt/Ventura County Star
Crowds of teachers, college students and activists of every stripe are a rite of spring at the state Capitol as various groups rally and protest for their causes. On Monday, though, the […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, March 23, 2009
Some rich districts get richer as aid is rushed to schools
By Sam Dillon/New York Times
Dale Lamborn, the superintendent of a somewhat threadbare rural school district, feels the pain of Utah’s economic crisis every day as he tinkers with his shrinking budget, struggling to avoid […]
Themes in the News:
Desegregation Policy Ruled Permissible in California
This week a state appeals court in San Francisco ruled that Berkeley Unified School District’s desegregation policy is permissible under Proposition 209, which prohibits the consideration of students’ race in public education. On Tuesday, a panel of three judges ruled that the policy "does not show […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, March 19, 2009
Court upholds Berkeley school policy that considers neighborhood racial composition
San Jose Mercury News
A state appeals court in San Francisco today upheld a Berkeley Unified School District policy that considers neighborhood racial composition, but not the race of individual students, when assigning students to […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Thousands rally for education
By Tess Townsend/Berkeley Daily Californian
Thousands of California public education students and staff swarmed the state capitol Monday to protest cuts to education in the state budget. Chanting "they say cut back, we say fight back," more than 7,500 community college, UC, CSU […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, March 16, 2009
Educational equity feeds economic growth
Commentary by Michale Wotorson/New America Media
A momentous election and a huge stimulus check for school improvement must mean that things are looking pretty good for high school students of color these days. […]
Themes in the News:
Has Obama opened the door to Merit Pay and Charter School Expansion?
As states await stimulus funds for schools, President Obama broke new ground for education in the United States. Although news coverage and early responses to Obama’s speech have seized on “merit pay” and charter schools, it may be too […]