Education

Oct. 22, 2012 By Mark Landsbaum If you wanted to destroy an economy, what would be a good way to go about it? You might take money from those who earn it. Can there be a more perverse disincentive than

Non-California nuttiness for a change

CalWatchdog Staff October 21, 2012

Oct. 21, 2012 By John Seiler It’s a statistical fact that 99 percent of the nuttiness in America originates in California. But that leaves 1 percent from elsewhere. A lot of that 1 percent starts in Minnesota. Look at the

Studies flunk class-size reduction

CalWatchdog Staff October 17, 2012

(Cross-posted from Union Watch.) Oct. 17, 2012 By Larry Sand It’s time to “just say no” to the small class-size pushers and eliminate seniority as a staffing mechanism. Small class size means less work for teachers. Parents seem to think

Cal State teachers ‘bulldogging’ for Prop. 30

CalWatchdog Staff October 17, 2012

Oct. 16, 2012 By Katy Grimes Even after California State University instructors received a mild rebuke for campaigning for Proposition 30 during class time, Gov. Jerry Brown is now making rounds to the state’s colleges and universities trying to convince students

Supreme Court’s affirmative-action debate puts focus on UC’s shabby history

CalWatchdog Staff October 11, 2012

Oct. 11, 2012 By Chris Reed The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Fisher v. the University of Texas, the latest big affirmative-action case to reach SCOTUS. Conservative justices used their questions to establish how intentionally slippery and vague UT

Puke politics: Prop. 30 forces pretend to moral high ground

CalWatchdog Staff October 9, 2012

Oct. 9 By Chris Reed Call it “The Tales of Two Tax Hikes.” So the pro-Proposition 30 campaign starts running dishonest ads that make it sound like there are strong protections guaranteeing its additional revenue for education won’t be hijacked

Tax hike won’t solve Cal State’s budget problems

CalWatchdog Staff October 8, 2012

Oct. 8, 2012 By John Hrabe Congratulations or condolences? It’s hard to say which is more appropriate for Timothy P. White, the newly appointed Chancellor of the California State University system. White takes over the top job at the country’s

Chris Reed talks Props 30, 38 on National Public Radio

CalWatchdog Staff October 5, 2012

Oct. 5, 2012 CalWatchdog contributor Chris Reed was on “Which Way, L.A.?” on KCRW on Thursday to talk about why Propositions 30 and 38 deserve to fail. KCRW is one of the most popular NPR stations in the nation. Reed

The sad reason Steinberg’s right about significance of his education bill

CalWatchdog Staff September 28, 2012

Sept. 28, 2012 By Chris Reed Some self-serving bragging by one of California’s most powerful politicians is more illuminating than he may think. This is from John Fensterwald’s story on edsource.org: “Senate Bill 1458, which will shift California’s chief measure

Initiative idea: Cut CSU administrators in half

CalWatchdog Staff September 20, 2012

Sept. 20, 2012 By John Seiler Cal State University illegally is pushing the Proposition 30 tax increase, as our site reported today. The CSU Board also just approved 5 percent tuition increases if Prop. 30 doesn’t pass. That’s a real