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Economics curriculum bill changes one word in education code
April 2, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — A one-word change in the state education code is going through the cumbersome legislative process at the state Capitol. Is the bill necessary? The one-word answer is “no.” The bill, as adopted
Read MoreClass warfare hits CA K-12 education
March 27, 2013 By Joseph Perkins “Class warfare applied to schools.” That’s how pollster Dave Kanevsky describes the plan by Gov. Jerry Brown to change the way public school funding is allocated to divert money from the state’s middle-class and
Read MoreWatch for weak final version of teacher predator bill
March 23, 2013 By Chris Reed The California Teachers Association’s decision to quickly endorse a bill that would make it easier to fire depraved teachers was depicted in initial accounts as reflecting the CTA’s understanding that its image took a
Read MoreThe radical roots of Jerry Brown’s school finance reform plan
March 22, 2013 By Wayne Lusvardi California Gov. Jerry Brown’s recently proposed radical public school financing reform –- the so-called “Local Control Funding Formula” –- reflects the Catholic Jesuit social doctrine of 1968 called “the preferential option for the poor.”
Read MoreOceanside pol to Steinberg: Fix your own mess and leave us alone
March 22, 2013 By Chris Reed Veteran Sacramento watchers are so used to Democratic state lawmakers contorting themselves to please unions that almost nothing comes as a surprise any more. It’s what they do. It’s a puppet/puppet master relationship. Some
Read MoreState may seek parenting role with youngest kids
March 21, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — In his February State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama asserted there was a vast need for universal preschool and said he would find the funding to send to state programs.
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How to overfill prisons: Have SEC look at CA school districts
March 20, 2013 By Chris Reed The federal indictments this week of CalPERS’ former president and his alleged briber show that the federal government does occasionally notice the outrageous behavior of our state government. But what about the Securities and
Read MoreBay Area Newspaper Group goes trolling for outrage
March 20, 2013 By Chris Reed The publications that are part of the Bay Area Newspaper Group are giving big play to a story that suggests broad sexism in the granting of H-1B visas: “As Congress negotiates its biggest immigration
Read MoreProp. 39 tax-hike $ also may indirectly boost teacher pay
March 7, 2013 By Chris Reed It’s not just money from Proposition 30’s sales-tax and income-tax hikes that is being used to provide for teacher pay raises and to allow continuation of “step” pay policies that give teachers raises most
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