While tight budgets present plenty of hardships, they also offer local officials a golden opportunity to rethink the way we run schools and boost productivity and efficiency.
Randy Turner | Posted 05.19.2012
Thanks to that selfless act of generosity, the CEO of Gannett, who required all employees in the newspaper division to take an unpaid one-week furlough during the first quarter of 2011, will only receive a $1.2 million bonus.
Tom Fox | Posted 01.09.2012
While there is no easy way to deal with the pain and difficult choices that lie ahead, it may be a good time to dust off some of those old books -- or discover new ones -- about leading change.
Posted 10.10.2011
Seattle Public School teachers have agreed to take one and a half days off to help ease their state's budget woes. The move follows a districtwide ...
Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 07.24.2011
I'll keep my local "taxpayer advocates" informed of how their hard work is paying off -- dismantling community-based public school systems and making sure that teachers are sharing the pain.
latimes.com | David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.28.2011
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday ordered his managers to impose 42 furlough days on city employees in four union groups after those...
Scott Lilly | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite the label "nonsecurity discretionary programs," many of the proposed cuts will reduce our security in a variety of ways, among them increasing our chances of getting sick from unsafe meat and contaminated drinking water.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Supreme Court says furloughs of state workers can resume while it reviews whether governors have the authori...
AP | DON THOMPSON and PAUL ELIAS | Posted 05.25.2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Supreme Court's ruling Monday upholding Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's order to furlough state workers ends an...
AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 05.25.2011
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday brought back furloughs for thousands of state workers until California passes a bud...
New York Times | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 05.25.2011
The furloughs that popped up during the recession are being replaced by a highly unusual tactic: actual cuts in pay. Local and state governments, as...
Posted 05.25.2011
This article comes courtesy of California Watch By Chase Davis Rather than taking a pay cut as intended, hundreds of state managers and other high-l...
nytimes.com | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 05.25.2011
Gov. David A. Paterson said on Tuesday that he would include furloughs for more than 100,000 state employees in his next emergency budget bill, settin...
Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.25.2011
Public schools in Los Angeles this year had students sitting on the floor and window sills while class sizes topped 50.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge has halted attempts by New York's governor to impose furloughs on about 100,000 state workers and withhold their ...
Minnesota Daily | Posted 05.25.2011
In a letter to faculty and staff Tuesday, University of Minnesota President Bob Bruininks proposed pay cuts to all employees in one form or another. ...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
McLEAN, Va. — USA Today is forcing its staff to take an unpaid week off to help the nation's second largest newspaper cope with a persisting ad ...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011
Our nation will soon be hit by another economic tsunami. Behind the union bankrolling of the 2008 elections are union pension obligations that will ba...
AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011
The recession has reached the executive suites of the nation's public universities and colleges, putting a stop to a string of large annual pay increa...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011
By blocking any new revenue streams to fund higher education, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Senate Republican minority are not only taxing California's young people and their families, they are crippling the state's future.
Los Angeles Times | Shane Goldmacher | Posted 05.25.2011
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday he would force state workers to take a third unpaid furlough day every month if lawmakers do not pass a balance...
Susan J. Demas | Posted 05.25.2011
When we're taxing candy, brothels and pot, we know our states are having difficulty balancing the budget.
Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 04.19.2012