Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, June 30, 2009
State budget crisis may devastate education system
By Terence Chea/Santa Ynez Valley News
California’s historic budget crisis threatens to devastate a public education system that was once considered a national model but now ranks near the bottom in school funding and academic achievement. Deep budget cuts […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, June 29, 2009
L.A. teachers end hunger strike, vow to stop cuts
By David Feldman/PSLweb
A hunger strike launched by a group of militant Los Angeles teachers has come to an end after three and a half weeks. The action brought […]
Themes in the News for the week of June 22-26, 2009
School Districts Make Cuts Some regions hit harder than others.
California school districts are cutting, cutting, and cutting. The districts, already stretched to their limits before the current financial crisis, are struggling to do the least damage to students. […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, June 25, 2009
The summer of their discontent
By Tom Benning and Anjali Athavaley/Wall Street Journal
Last year, Joseline and Mirelyne De Leon attended free summer school in downtown Los Angeles while their parents worked. It provided more than just a haven during the day. It also […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, June 24, 2009
4 area school districts among 10 getting millions to create career pathways
Blog by Seema Mehta/Los Angeles Times
Ten school districts across the state, including in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pasadena, will share more than $11 million in grants from the James Irvine Foundation […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Tuesday, June 23, 2009
"I think California has lost its way…."
Blog by Michael O’Faolain/Redwood Guardian
In what was the most accurate descriptive statement by any government official of the situation in California during The Great Recession, on May 22 U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan stated to an assembly of mayors […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Monday, June 22, 2009
Budget crisis forces deep cuts at Calif. schools
USA Today
California’s historic budget crisis threatens to devastate a public education system that was once considered a national model but now ranks near the bottom in school funding and academic achievement. Deep budget cuts are […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Friday, June 19, 2009
LAUSD cuts hit teachers, students of color hardest
InnerCity Struggle’s Maria Brenes talks to EGP about impact of cuts to local schools. By Gloria Angelina Castillo/Eastern Group Publications
Close to 100 students from South and East Los Angeles rallied in front of the Los Angeles […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Thursday, June 18, 2009
Scholars make case for integration
By Debra Viadero/Education Week
A study presented on Capitol Hill last week provides new evidence that black and Latino children who attend elementary schools with high concentrations of minority students fare worse academically than students being taught in whiter, or more […]
Top Stories and Commentary for Wednesday, June 17, 2009
California schools’ tough choices
Wealthy communities add taxes to make up for funding cuts in ailing state.
By Stu Woo/Wall Street Journal
Residents of some affluent cities in this broke state are banding together to make up for cuts in public education, opening rifts between rich and poor […]