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California Education

California's Revised Budget Has Good News For Some Schools

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2013 | San Francisco

By Sharon Bernstein May 14 (Reuters) - California will spend an extra $2.9 billion on public education over the next two years thanks ...

Let's Hear It for the CTC!

Eric Scroggins | Posted 04.25.2013 | San Francisco
Eric Scroggins

As educators, we're painted, sometimes fairly, as a pretty divisive and ideological bunch. It's against this backdrop that I find myself hopeful and grateful for the recent process spearheaded by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.

What We Know About Expanded Learning

Jennifer Peck | Posted 06.18.2013 | Impact
Jennifer Peck

President Obama's 2014 budget proposes an increase to funding for expanded learning opportunities through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant program. This is an exciting step in the right direction for our low income children and youth.

Communities Hold the Answer to Student Success

Jennifer Peck | Posted 06.03.2013 | Impact
Jennifer Peck

Given that school finance systems are often not designed to provide equitable opportunities for student learning and support, the Community School approach is an effective and efficient way to make the most of existing resources to meet a child's needs.

Enough With Us vs. Them

Marlene Canter | Posted 05.05.2013 | Los Angeles
Marlene Canter

The LAUSD Board of Education doesn't only matter to special interest groups, teachers, students, or district staff -- it is hugely important for all Angelenos. Educating our kids well forms the basis for a sound economy, healthy communities, and safer streets.

Expanded Learning, California Style

Jennifer Peck | Posted 04.24.2013 | Impact
Jennifer Peck

With the passage of Proposition 49, an unprecedented half a billion dollars was devoted to after school programs -- more than all other states' investments combined.

Shame on California Districts Seeking to Perpetuate Funding Advantages

John Affeldt | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
John Affeldt

Kudos to Jerry Brown for proposing to end the inequities in California school funding -- and shame on the districts that seek to fossilize the advantages they have enjoyed for decades now.

California's Most Educated County Is...

The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. | Will Jason | Posted 04.21.2013 | San Francisco

IT DID NOT take long to fill the New Yorker magazine discussion group at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library when it was created several years ago. "We've ...

Ed Today: Jerry Brown Makes Veiled Hit On EdSec Arne Duncan? Harnessing Teachers' Voices

Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.27.2013 | Home
Joy Resmovits

Did Jerry Brown Just Ding Arne Duncan? In his State of the State address yesterday, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown (D) talked a bit about federalism and educ...

California Gets An 'F' In Education

San Jose Mercury News | Sharon Noguchi | Posted 03.10.2013 | San Francisco

California has earned an F on a report card issued by the maverick education-reform group StudentsFirst. And as a sign of how fractious school politic...

The Key To Solving Our State's Education Crisis?

San Jose Mercury News | Paul Rogers | Posted 02.01.2013 | San Francisco

During the fall campaign, California's attention was focused on the presidential race and Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure. But in a historic, largely o...

NOT SO SUPER

San Bernardino County Sun, Calif. | Kelly Puente | Posted 01.13.2013 | Los Angeles

LONG BEACH -- The California State University Board of Trustees will consider a new round of fees Tuesday and Wednesday intended to improve graduation...

'The Voters Of This State Literally Saved Us From Educational Calamity'

Los Angeles Daily News | Barbara Jones | Posted 01.11.2013 | Los Angeles

Just a week after voters approved a package of tax hikes to fund public education, the LAUSD board will consider Tuesday rescinding 10 furlough days f...

Proposition 30 Passage A 'Tremendous Relief And Joy'

The Santa Cruz Sentinel | Kimberly White | Posted 01.09.2013 | Home

SANTA CRUZ -- Education officials here and around the state have stopped biting their nails and are now celebrating, following Tuesday's passage of a ...

California Students Can't Afford To Be Left Out of the Equation

Josephine Kao | Posted 01.06.2013 | Teen
Josephine Kao

Though I am not old enough to vote in the California General Election, I encourage those who can vote to support Prop 30, which directly affects me and my fellow 6.3 million public school students.

Who Will Educate Our State?

Christine Bronstein | Posted 01.05.2013 | San Francisco
Christine Bronstein

If Californians were better informed about Propositions 30 and 38, we would know that you can (and should) in fact vote yes on both. I asked Crystal Brown, the founder of Educate Our State to boil the propositions down for me.

Yes on 30 & No on 32: Moving California Forward

Laphonza Butler | Posted 01.05.2013 | Los Angeles
Laphonza Butler

Propositions 30 and 32 are pivotal for the future of education, public safety and the voice of hard-working families in our state. They both carry major implications for the future of California.

Prop 38: Molly Munger's Tax Initiative For School Funding

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 10.23.2012 | Los Angeles

Championed by millionaire civil rights attorney Molly Munger, Prop 38 would increase state income taxes on all Californians on a sliding scale for 12 ...

The Quantified Student

Teach Plus | Posted 12.18.2012 | Home
Teach Plus

I've thus come to believe there's a role for standardized testing within education. As a limited portion of a multiple measure evaluation system, it helps teachers understand how well we've taught over the course of a year.

Along Came Molly: The Irony of California's Ballot Measures

Pamela T. Luster, Ed.D. | Posted 12.12.2012 | Home
Pamela T. Luster, Ed.D.

Molly Munger has it exactly backward: It is because only half the children in California will never see higher education that Prop 38 should have included community colleges. This is the tragic oversight of Prop 38, giving up on half our youth.

California's Missed Opportunity to Reform Teacher Evaluation

John Affeldt | Posted 12.08.2012 | Home
John Affeldt

AB 5 was not perfect, but for the community groups and advocates who supported it, its demise represents the loss of a much-needed reform of the state's teacher evaluation system.

California Legislature Goes for the Jugular on Obama's Education Goals

Teach Plus | Posted 10.29.2012 | Home
Teach Plus

California's economy continues to struggle to the extent that some teachers have been warned that they face an unprecedented 20 furlough days later this year.

Vote Twice for Education Over Politics

Crystal Brown | Posted 10.14.2012 | San Francisco
Crystal Brown

The only way to give our children any chance of avoiding even more devastating cuts to their schools is a "yes" vote for both education measures. While the one with the most votes will be the only winning measure, our state's children will be out of the line of fire, temporarily, if at least one passes.

Joy Resmovits

Race To The Top Adds School Districts To U.S. Education Competition

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.22.2012 | Home

Race to the Top, the U.S. Education Department's $4.35 billion contest, is getting personal. The competition this year opens $400 million in grant ...

California's 4th Year Of Teacher Layoffs Spur Concerns

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.05.2012 | Home

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified teacher Mike Newman sighed when he saw the now familiar certified letter in his mailbox last month – a pink s...