California Education Budget Cuts

Dozens Of 'Occupy Education' Protesters Arrested In Sacramento

AP | HANNAH DREIER | Posted 05.06.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Highway Patrol officers arrested dozens of protesters who refused to leave the state Capitol Monday night after repea...

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HOMEWORK WARS: Google vs. Librarians

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Eleanor Yang Su | Posted 12.02.2011

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Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Eleanor Yang Su Fewer than 1 out of 4 schools in California is staffed with a credentialed libraria...

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Matt Sledge

California's Budget Cuts: Where They Hurt The Most

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 10.01.2011

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Higher tuition, fewer firefighters, shuttered state parks: the $14.6 billion in spending cuts in late June's "austerity budget" may be incomprehensibl...

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UC Board Approves Another 9.6% Tuition Hike

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 09.13.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California, one of the country's largest and most respected higher education systems, raised tuition Thursday ...

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California Schools In A State Of Emergency

Megan Pincus Kajitani | Posted 08.08.2011

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Megan Pincus Kajitani

I ask you to think long and hard about what the future of California -- and our nation -- will look like if our public schools go down in flames.

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UC Tuition Could Jump 32% If Tax Extensions Fail

latimes.com | Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.19.2011

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Reporting from San Francisco -- University of California officials warned Wednesday that the 8% tuition increase UC students already face this fall ma...

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CA Budget Buoyed By Unexpected $6.6 Billion In State Revenue

Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.16.2011

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State revenue has rocketed far beyond projections, providing a $6.6 billion windfall that Gov. Jerry Brown  wants to use to boost education spending ...

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Thousands Of Teachers Across CA Protest Budget Cuts

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 07.13.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thousands of California teachers rallied in cities throughout the state Friday to demonstrate against the threat of deep ed...

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LAUSD's 'Disgraceful,' 'Weird' Interrogation Of School Librarians

latimes.com | Hector Tobar | Posted 07.13.2011

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In a basement downtown, the librarians are being interrogated. On most days, they work in middle schools and high schools operated by the Los Angel...

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26 Teachers Arrested While Protesting Cuts To Education

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 07.13.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California teachers were wrapping up a week of protests over education funding with mass demonstrations in major cities sta...

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What Do Jerry Brown's $500 Million Cuts Mean For UC Schools?

California Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Erica Perez Just how big is a $500 million cut to the University of California system? Gov. Jerry...

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California Teachers Receive Over $1.3 Million Thanks To DonorsChoose.org

Posted 05.25.2011

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California teachers experienced perhaps the best first day of school this year after receiving a check in the mail for more than $1.3 million, plus an...

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Kids to California Lawmakers: Spend a Day in a Public School

Christopher Mahoney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Mahoney

A group of children, parents, teachers and administrators is calling upon all California state lawmakers to spend a day in a public school.

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California Denied Education Stimulus Funds...Again

Posted 05.25.2011

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This story comes courtesy of California Watch By Louis Freedberg It was bad enough that California, with a population of 36.9 million, was rejected...

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Joseph Stiglitz Calls State Budget Cuts 'Very Foolish' And A 'Negative Stimulus For The Economy'

The Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, warned a New York City crowd last night that the rash of state budget cuts could have dire consequences...

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