Education

Gov. Brown actually has some good ideas on improving universities

Jan. 16, 2013 By John Seiler I feel sorry for today’s college kids, who run up tens of thousands of dollars of debt only to graduate into a slow jobs market. Gov. Jerry Brown actually is advancing some decent ideas

UC, CSU profs don’t grasp threat they face from online ed

CalWatchdog Staff January 16, 2013

Jan. 16, 2013 By Chris Reed Will 2013 be the year that unionized faculty members at UC, CSU and the state’s community colleges finally figure out the threat that online education poses to their futures? If it is not this

CA online education has serious roadblocks

CalWatchdog Staff January 15, 2013

Jan. 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes Gov. Jerry Brown announced last week that he will be pushing online education, and made provisions for this in his 2013-14 budget proposal. The governor has already started lobbying the California State University and University of California regents to

Gov. Brown mangles Aristotle on school funding

CalWatchdog Staff January 15, 2013

Jan. 15, 2013 By John Seiler Gov. Jerry Brown continues to misuse his fine Jesuit education. Explaining why he wants to shift money from middle-class to poor schools, he said: “Our future depends not on across-the-board funding, but in disproportionately

Same old Dem story: Help for state’s ailing, needy not priority

CalWatchdog Staff January 12, 2013

Jan. 12, 2013 By Chris Reed On the California revenue front, whether times are good or bad, happy or sad, the Democrats who control Sacramento are far more likely to help out the middle-class teachers who are the key force

Is governor picking fight with CTA, CFT? Apparently

CalWatchdog Staff January 11, 2013

Jan. 11, 2013 By Chris Reed Is Jerry Brown knowingly picking a fight with the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers? Based on his remarks Thursday, that’s what it seems like. The governor wants to change the

Budget in a capsule: Teachers (surprise, surprise) get Prop. 30 $

CalWatchdog Staff January 10, 2013

Jan. 10, 2013 By Chris Reed The 2013-14 budget that Jerry Brown presents today is being billed by the Los Angeles Times as transformative for its push to change school funding basics to help schools with struggling students who don’t

Lawmakers calling Gov. Brown’s bluff on Prop. 30 revenues

CalWatchdog Staff January 8, 2013

Jan. 8, 2013 By Katy Grimes On the first day of the new legislative session on Monday, two Republican lawmakers wasted no time introducing legislation to add some necessary spending restrictions to Proposition 30. Passed by California voters in November, Prop.

Bill would streamline getting a college degree

CalWatchdog Staff January 4, 2013

Jan. 4, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — The cost of attending California’s public universities and colleges has skyrocketed in the last 25 years. “Whereas nationwide tuition and fees at public universities over the last five years have risen on

Some public employees are more equal than others

CalWatchdog Staff January 1, 2013

Jan. 1, 2013 By Chris Reed Happy New Year’s, everybody. I am sure that 2013 is the year that California turns the corner. OK, maybe not. But I am confident there will be 12 months this year, the Mayan crisis