AltWeeklies Wire
Can California's Community Colleges Weather the Economic Storm?new
While those in the system figure out how to weather this year's cuts, they anticipate fearsome funding cuts in next year's budget and beyond. But money for community colleges should be structured in much the same way that unemployment insurance is supposed to work, so that it is there when it is needed most -- like it is today.
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
09-23-2009 |
Education
The Pedagogy of the Underfundednew
How my students reacted to news of California's education budget cuts.
San Diego CityBeat |
Dave Tow |
04-09-2008 |
Education
Career Opportunities?new
No Child Left Behind set off a gold rush for tutoring companies, but California isn't keeping up.
East Bay Express |
Emma Brown, Sierra Filucci and Sabrina Shankman |
02-14-2008 |
Education
A Sneaky Move Aims to Stop Calif. Charter Schoolsnew
The proposed law would prohibit the California State Board of Education from allowing statewide charter schools to operate longer than three years -- a limitation that would discourage schools from opening.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
08-17-2007 |
Education
Detroit Leaningnew
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to take over the county’s public schools might be more complicated than it seems.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ryder Palmere |
04-14-2006 |
Education
Program Has a Dream for Low-Performing Schoolsnew
In spite of campus facelifts, mandatory uniforms and new resources, San Francisco's first three "Dream Schools" have a long way to go before they become the dazzling college-preparatory academies to which San Francisco parents will be clamoring to send their kids.
Tutoring Program's Ties To Scientology Provoke Criticsnew
Promoters of study technology are trying to introduce it into public schools. Critics say the learning method, which grew out of the research of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, violates the separation of church and state.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
12-21-2004 |
Education
