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Hypocrite Matt Damon: No CA public schools for his kids
It doesn’t get much more hypocritical than this. Actor Matt Damon, who berated a Reason think thank staffer in 2011 for daring to question the quality of teachers at public schools, thinks California’s public schools aren’t good enough for his
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LAUSD’s iPad gimmick
Back in 1972-73, my senior year, I took a humanities class from a great teacher at Wayne Memorial High School, my public school in Wayne, Mich. An Italian immigrant whose family had suffered under Mussolini’s fascists, he instilled in me
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The ultimate example of how CA is rigged
California isn’t the Golden State, it’s the Public Employee State. Nothing makes the case more succinctly than what’s now unfolding at UC Davis, where thuggishness by a government employee could lead to a big payoff, not harsh punishment. “DAVIS, Calif.
Read More‘Big Sis’ bad choice for UC
Editor’s note: This is Steven Greenhut’s final column for CalWatchDog.com, which he started in 2009. He is the new Sacramento columnist for the U-T San Diego. We wish him well in his new job. Feel free to contact him at: [email protected].
Read MoreCA school districts treat troubled kids like cash cows
The idea that the people running public schools are “all about the kids” is one of the great canards in California life. Among the many examples that show this is ridiculous: — Absurdly easy, undemanding tenure policies that allow horrible
Read MoreCan Big Sis be stopped?
It is absurd that Janet Napolitano could become the head of the University of California. Other than being a student, Big Sis has no academic experience. She has produced no original research. She has not headed an academic apartment. She
Read MoreNapolitano’s UC nomination a ‘political placement’
Out of a potential pool of more than 300 candidates, Department of Homeland Security Secretary and former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano was unanimously nominated to fill in the shoes of retiring UC President Mark Yudof. The UC Board of Regents
Read MoreSCA 5 would repeal much of Prop. 209 anti-discrimination initiative
July 12, 2013 By Josephine Djuhana A resolution that seeks to amend the California Constitution and undo the work of Proposition 209 for institutions of higher education is making its way through Sacramento and will likely be placed on the
Read MoreUSA No. 1 in education — spending
July 5, 2013 By Larry Sand The National Education Association, whose state affiliate is the California Teachers Association, just came out with a “research” report which should be taken about as seriously as the Tobacco Institute study that denied the
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Video: Gov. Brown punishes good schools to help bad ones
July 5, 2013 By Brian Calle John Phillips explains how Gov. Jerry Brown is taking money from successful districts to redirect it to schools that aren’t performing. It’s wrong and it’s not going to work. The problem is not lack
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