Tag "Jerry Brown"
Back to homepageCA health care to equalize the unequal
Jan. 16, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — Health care in California is about to get a makeover. But this makeover will not be improving the look of healthcare in the state, despite California’s state-of-the-art medical facilities and teaching hospitals.
Read MoreGov. 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
Read MoreUC, CSU profs don’t grasp threat they face from online ed
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
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CA online education has serious roadblocks
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
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LAO Whitewashes Gov. Brown’s Rosy Budget
Jan. 15, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO — “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” from the Broadway musical Gypsy, should be Gov. Jerry Brown’s new theme song. His 2013-14 budget proposal, released last Thursday, was full of happy news, good times a projected
Read MoreGov. Brown mangles Aristotle on school funding
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
Read MoreAnother business thinking of leaving CA
Jan. 14, 2013 By John Seiler Despite assurances to the contrary from Gov. Jerry Brown and others, his Proposition 30 tax increase will drive thousands more businesses from this state. He and President Obama insist that such people must “pay
Read MoreMiddle class is Shocked! Shocked! at tax increase
Jan. 13, 2013 By John Seiler Wait! Weren’t the tax increase supposed to hit only the rich? President Obama, Gov. Jerry Brown and thousands of Democratic politicians insisted that the wealthy must “pay their fair share.” Democratic friends of mine
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