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Mar 15, 2010 10:47am MDT

Business Announcements for the week of 3/14-3/20/2010
El Paso Inc
The focus of the conference was on the development and implementation of solutions for K-12 and higher education. The GECU Business Services Department has ...


Mar 15, 2010 10:28am MDT

Fix The Schools: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Ep. 2
Reason Online (blog)
Does Cleveland have what it takes to fundamentally reform its K-12 education system and become a leader in 21st-century education? ...

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Mar 15, 2010 9:50am MDT

Duke and NC State Launch Joint Program To Stimulate K-12 STEM Interest
Campus Technology
Partners would provide engineering materials and curricula aimed at K-12 students according to their levels of science education, as well as professional ...

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Mar 15, 2010 9:43am MDT

Bennett outlines state budget mess
Kingman Daily Miner
Approximately $5 billion of this year's $10.5 billion General Fund went to K-12 education, nearly $1.5 billion to higher education and about $2.5 billion to ...


Mar 15, 2010 7:54am MDT

Man dances in traffic, gets fatally struck by car
SDNN
The dreaded March 15 puts teachers on notice A new report shows that state funding for K-12 education has declined over 11 percent in four years, ...

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Mar 15, 2010 7:31am MDT

Harnessing laptop accelerometers, scientists devise earthquake warning system
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
“If every K-12 school in California had sensors running,” Rothfuss said, “it seems to me we could have some sort of early-warning system.”


Mar 15, 2010 7:04am MDT

California School Districts Team with Certica Solutions to Ease CALPADS Reporting
Earthtimes (press release)
Certica Solutions provides compliance and accountability solutions for the K-12 education system. The company's data certification software, called Certify ...

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Mar 15, 2010 1:20am MDT

Students aid UrbanPromise kids
Cherry Hill Courier Post
UrbanPromise operates two schools for K-12 students, after-school and fine arts programs, summer camp and offers training for older teens who can serve as ...

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Mar 15, 2010 1:19am MDT

The dreaded March 15 puts teachers on notice
SDNN (blog)
25 by California's Legislative Analyst's Office shows that K-12 education has taken a much greater hit than university funding.

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Mar 15, 2010 12:04am MDT

Governor's chief of staff to Cattle Growers: AZ's woes should sound familiar
Sun Shopper
Proposition 100 will keep spending for Arizona's K-12 education system at reasonable levels and support colleges and universities, support law enforcement, ...

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Mar 14, 2010 3:50pm MDT

The Sacramento Press

National Day of Action to Defend Public Education a Major Success
Socialist Alternative
In California there were actions on all UC campuses. Many of these actions converged with K-12 students and teachers in larger city-wide demonstrations. ...
Bayh College of Education receives national award Indiana State University
CSU-Pueblo teacher program on the rise Pueblo Chieftain
GRADING OUR SCHOOLS: Are the national marks from Education Week fair? Lahontan Valley News
Inside Higher Ed
all 49 news articles »

Mar 14, 2010 3:05pm MDT

Florida educators think new math standards will add up to success
Sun-Sentinel
"We never get into any depth and real meat," said Jean Giarrusso, manager of K-12 math for Palm Beach County schools and member of a state panel that wrote ...

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Mar 14, 2010 11:22am MDTI finally figured out how to cut 90 percent of the cost of California's K-12 education for failing schools. Just eliminate all instruction. Staff the classes with babysitters. And let it go at that. We hear the same excuses from those schools every year, but if they are not going to educate their students, there is no reason to have them go to school or to pay the teachers and administrators ...
Mar 14, 2010 11:22am MDT

Hollister Free Lance

Marty: And that's why they call it education
Hollister Free Lance
I finally figured out how to cut 90 percent of the cost of California's K-12 education for failing schools. Just eliminate all instruction. ...


Mar 14, 2010 3:32am MDT

School districts in Santa Cruz County brace for cuts
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Facing some $50 million in projected lost funds for 2010-2011, each of the 10 K-12 districts and the county Office of Education has made tentative plans to ...

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Mar 13, 2010 8:06pm MST

Lawmakers near budget deal. Education funds await fate
Charlottesville Daily Progress
Once $500 million apart on additional cuts for K-12, the 13 negotiators — six from the House, seven from the Senate — appeared to be moving toward the ...

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Mar 13, 2010 7:15pm MST

Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids
The Associated Press
"One of the things America has not been clear about is what k-12 is supposed to do," Wilkins said. "In this, we're saying K-12 is supposed to prepare kids ...

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Mar 13, 2010 1:05pm MST

Law enforcement group wants more after-school learning for kids
Bakersfield Californian
A recent survey by nonprofit Afterschool Alliance found that 24 percent of K-12 students are responsible for taking care of themselves after school, ...
'Invest in Kids' report calls for more funding of after-school programs San Jose Mercury News
After school programs pay dividends Red Bluff Daily News

all 14 news articles »

Mar 13, 2010 10:58am MST

San Diego Gay & Lesbian News

California high school student joins ACLU to advocate for HR 4530
San Diego Gay & Lesbian News
Rochelle recently shared her story here in San Diego, at a conference to educate K-12 school counselors and educators about LGBTQI student issues. ...


Mar 13, 2010 10:38am MST

New CATO Study Shows Educators Lie
Big Government (blog)
The average wage of a K-12 teacher is about $43 thousand while the average cost per student (schools included in CATO video above) is $17800. ...


Mar 13, 2010 1:01am MST

State sifting through college transfer requirements
Sacramento Bee
... process presented recommendations earlier this week to the California Postsecondary Commission. And leaders of all the state's education systems – K-12, ...

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Mar 13, 2010 1:00am MST

Meg Whitman talks to ABC7 at GOP convention
KGO-TV
"I want to keep and create jobs in California, I want to cut spending, and I want to fix our K-12 education system," said Whitman. ...

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Mar 13, 2010 12:19am MST

Brian Calle: A CEO's solutions
OCRegister
... and K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. California's corporate tax structure is terribly burdensome. ...


Mar 12, 2010 7:20pm MST

WNCT

A step down: Federal education standards
Boston Globe
While the Commonwealth's standards steadily move to higher levels of academic content from K-12, the draft English language arts standards move along a ...
American schools will have new standards Examiner.com
Lance Izumi: Obama wants to lower the bar at schools OCRegister
Local San Gabriel and Whittier educators in favor of common standards for US ... Whittier Daily News

all 768 news articles »

Mar 12, 2010 6:37pm MST

Behind the cuts: Why schools plan so many teacher layoffs
OCRegister
Q. How much of our taxpayer dollars are going to support K-12 schools now? A. Annual per-pupil funding statewide has declined from a high of $8364 in ...

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Mar 12, 2010 11:28am MST

Elluminate Award Recognizes Laurel Spring School for Best Practices ...
PR Web (press release)
... teacher services for students in grades K-12. Located in Ojai, California Laurel Springs serves students across the United States and in 43 countries. ...

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Mar 12, 2010 10:03am MST

Super-performance network leaves the Internet in the dust
Monterey County Herald
This ability could have great benefit for K-12 education, said Jim Dolgonas, CENIC's president and CEO. "High school students could take virtual field trips ...

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Mar 12, 2010 7:38am MST

KOMO News

Ralph E. Shaffer: Parsing the school dishonor roll
OCRegister
... 188 worst public schools as determined by the California Department of Education through a complicated process that most of us wouldn't understand. ...
Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Persistently Lowest-Achieving ... Pine Tree
Rogers listed among low-performing Wash. schools The Spokesman Review

all 57 news articles »

Mar 12, 2010 5:05am MST

Jerry Jensen: Media hasn't reported rest of education story
Visalia Times-Delta
... County K-12 schools in the last 5 years — and they will lose another 212000 in the next decade according to the forecast by the California Department of ...

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Mar 11, 2010 11:30pm MST

Five schools in San Jose, three in East Palo Alto slip 'lowest-performing' label
San Jose Mercury News
Two other San Jose schools — Cesar Chavez Elementary and the K-12 Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learning — landed on the state's list, ...

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Mar 11, 2010 9:36pm MST

Examiner.com

Higher Ed job security bill meets unexpected opposition
Examiner.com
Part time faculty in the K-12 system enjoy job security, equal pay, benefits, and retirement. Although the community colleges are ostensibly part of the ...


Mar 11, 2010 4:09pm MST

Education supporters voice their frustration
The American River Current
In an attempt to balance things out, states continue to slash funding to K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities. Because of this, many colleges ...

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Mar 11, 2010 1:18pm MST

News from the Academy [John Derbyshire]
National Review Online (blog)
... and Administrators in the University of California, 1996 to 2002, [Assistant Professor Belinda] Reyes explores ethnic diversity in higher ed and k-12 ...


Mar 11, 2010 1:02pm MST

Don Pedro residents to discuss charter school option
Union Democrat
Lake Don Pedro area residents will meet Friday at Don Pedro High School to discuss starting a charter school to serve K-12 students. ...


Mar 11, 2010 12:39pm MST

Joseph Stiglitz Calls State Budget Cuts 'Very Foolish' And A 'Negative ...
Huffington Post (blog)
According to a recent report, as many as 45 states have announced budget cuts that will hit vulnerable citizens, 29 of which impact K-12 education and 39 ...

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Mar 11, 2010 11:18am MST

Fee increase to $40 per unit likely
The Inquirer
“[The] K-12, community college, CSU and UC systems are to be protected more than anyone else is the way I feel.” Deborah Dahl-Shanks, DVC's representative ...


Mar 11, 2010 8:30am MST

State tackles college eligibility, admissions
San Mateo Daily Journal
... at both California State University and University of California campuses. “We need to fix the disconnects,” Miller said. “Even though our K-12 students ...


Mar 11, 2010 2:32am MST

Santa Cruz schools board call on state to fund education
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Education analysts have said some changes to the formulas to calculate the basic level lowers that limit by $2 billion for K-12 education. ...

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Mar 11, 2010 1:25am MST

School bond vote: Maybe November
St. Helena Star
Haley said the district also needs to investigate whether it's legal to spend K-12 educational funds on pre-kindergarten services.

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Mar 11, 2010 1:04am MST

Workers World

California Teacher Union Rallies Around Bad Ideas
Human Events (blog)
Public K-12 schooling represents almost half of most states' general budgets -- about 40 percent of California's $83 billion budget. ...
Op-Ed: Legislature Should Debate Education Funding, Avoid Race to Top Pressure ... Olympia Newswire (blog)
Fund education, jobs for youth Workers World

all 22 news articles »

Mar 10, 2010 11:02pm MST

The crux of economic recovery: A well-trained, educated work force
Capitol Weekly
California's economy will not recover without a prepared and trained workforce, and because our public schools are impacted and losing budget dollars each ...

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Mar 10, 2010 7:40pm MST

School construction could yield jobs, only if ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Voters in 2006 approved $7.3 billion for K-12 schools statewide, and local bonds add millions more. California's construction industry certainly needs the ...


Mar 10, 2010 6:45pm MST

K-12 schools unite for the future
Golden Gate [X]Press
Another measure educators and the California State Parent Teacher Association are pushing for is the Local Control of Local Classrooms Funding Act, ...

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Mar 10, 2010 5:42pm MST

Idaho College Students Grow a Pair
Boise Weekly (blog)
Diana Painter, a senior in anthropology at Idaho State University, said Idaho legislators don't respect education, whether K-12, college or beyond. ...

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Mar 10, 2010 4:50pm MST

AsiaOne

SF State protesters advocate priority shift for California
The Guardsman Online
And not just higher education, but K-12 education too,” said Bobby Farlice, who has been an Education Opportunity Program adviser at SF State for 25 years. ...
Teachers, students protest tuition hikes, funding cuts UM Maneater
Country-wide struggle unites students, workers, community Workers World

all 48 news articles »

Mar 10, 2010 3:06am MST

How public schools are being dismantled
Las Vegas Sun
By SgtRock Nevada is ranked in the 20's in state revenue per k-12 student in the nation. Nevada's pay for teachers is ranked around 18th in the nation. ...

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Mar 10, 2010 1:09am MST

State senators fight for more funds
Golden Gate [X]Press
"Everyone will have the kind of higher education, the kind of higher, K-12 education we deserve," said Sen. Yee on March 4. "If we don't do that, ...


Mar 9, 2010 10:07pm MST

Taking the state out of state colleges
Stateline.org
State support for higher education – the third largest general fund expenditure after health care and K-12 education – has risen steadily over the last 30 ...

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Mar 9, 2010 8:42pm MST

Manhattan Beach school board to lay off 17 teachers
Daily Breeze
According to a recently released report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office, K-12 funding in California would be cut by $1.9 billion if Gov. ...

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Mar 9, 2010 1:33pm MST

College and Career Standards Catching On in States
Education Week News
Just as a draft of K-12 common standards designed to prepare students for college and the workforce was set to be released for public ...

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Mar 9, 2010 1:26pm MST

STATEWIDE EVENTS SLATED TO BENEFIT CA EDUCATION DURING NATIONAL AGRICULTURE WEEK
Pine Tree
CFAITC is a 501(c)(3) organization that works with K-12 grade level teachers, students and community leaders, to enhance education using agricultural ...


Mar 9, 2010 10:33am MST

SFist

Public Schools Identified as Persistently Lowest Achieving and Call for Action ...
Imperial Valley News
... Education President Theodore R. Mitchell today released a preliminary list of 188 California public schools identified as persistently lowest achieving. ...
Calif. lists schools that need to reform or close San Jose Mercury News
State releases list of low-performing public schools Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
List: 2 Sac Schools 'Low-Performing' KCRA Sacramento
Daily 49er  - San Mateo Daily Journal
all 110 news articles »

Mar 9, 2010 10:23am MST

Understanding green schools on the greenest day of the year
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
... boards and districts on schools across the state. At present, she is working on California's first LEED Platinum K-12 Public School in Chula Vista, Calif.

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Mar 9, 2010 9:19am MST

California Progress Report

The California Democracy Act Part of Solution to State Education Budget Cuts ...
California Progress Report
... students and their supporters rallied at the California State Capitol in Sacramento today in support of adequate funding for public education, both k-12 ...

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Mar 9, 2010 8:44am MST

OC Weekly (blog)

3 Santa Ana Schools Among California's Worst
OC Weekly (blog)
... are among the worst schools in California, according to the state Department of Education. The three schools are among 188 public schools statewide that ...
3 OC schools named state's worst performing OCRegister

all 4 news articles »

Mar 9, 2010 1:10am MST

Editorial: Governor's race roams off course
Enterprise-Record
How, for example, do we divide the shrinking pie between K-12 education, our university and community college systems, state prisons and health care for the ...

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Mar 8, 2010 11:04pm MST

Does state board need a history test?
San Antonio Express
Determines Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for each subject and grade level, K-12. TEKS defines what students are to learn and leads to standards for ...

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Mar 8, 2010 6:36pm MST

Open Forum: What I might have learned from protests
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
The future of California schools, our teacher told us, was bleak. Everything from K-12 to the university system had lost billions of dollars in funding, ...

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Mar 8, 2010 3:48pm MST

Critical problems with CA system designed to follow students' achievement
Crosscurrents from KALW News (blog)
Once built, the CDE hopes to track teacher characteristics over time, by assigning each teacher working in a k-12 public school with a statewide educator ...


Mar 8, 2010 2:42pm MST

Seven South Bay schools ranked among lowest performers in the state
San Jose Mercury News
Educators at Escuela Popular, a K-12 charter school for at-risk, mostly immigrant Latino students, were also unhappy. It was cited for its low graduation ...

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Mar 8, 2010 10:26am MST

A Missed Day of Action
California Progress Report
California has close to 1.8 million community college students, some 500000 students at its four-year universities and 6 million families with K-12 students ...

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Mar 8, 2010 6:51am MST

Proposed anti-bullying books available for review
The Island (blog)
The 39 books on the list, which includes books from the California Department of Education's recommended K-12 reading list for 2009 and books from private ...

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Mar 8, 2010 5:06am MST

Time to Mobilize on State Budget Reform - Mar 08
Beyond Chron
08‚ 2010 The March 4th statewide education protests had their positive impact – sympathetic media attention on the plight of California's public schools. ...

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Mar 8, 2010 1:07am MST

Editorial: Protecting education is critical even in recession
Tri-Valley Herald
Over the past few years California has reduced funding for higher education, forcing huge increases in college fees. Cuts in K-12 spending have resulted in ...

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Mar 8, 2010 12:26am MST

AsiaOne

Cornellians Skip Out On Higher Education 'Day of Action'
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Johnston added that, over the last 40 years, “the trend has been for public schools [to be more active in protests than their private counterparts]. ...
“Defend Education”: The Usual Suspects Behind California Unrest David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog (blog)
Cascade backers rally for students AndersonValleyPost.com

all 48 news articles »

Mar 7, 2010 7:01am MST

California justice weighs in on judicial races
San Francisco Chronicle
Q: You've also called for judges to play more of a role in improving civics education in public schools, and to get credit toward their own ...

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Mar 7, 2010 2:37am MST

As We See It: Bailing out schools: More taxes or reforms?
Santa Cruz Sentinel
The ongoing budget situation for K-12 school districts, community colleges, and the CSU and UC systems is anything but reasonable. ...

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Mar 6, 2010 2:32pm MST

City2.0 (blog)

marching forth
City2.0 (blog)
There they were met by contingents of teachers and others mobilized by the California Teachers Association (representing k-12 schools) who led a march down ...
Coast Lines March 6, 2010 Santa Cruz Sentinel
Angry US students protest cuts to higher education CharlotteObserver.com

all 86 news articles »

Mar 6, 2010 1:17am MST

Your Turn: California's educational priorities
Contra Costa Times
The State Board of Education has approved an environmental curriculum for K-12 public schools. A spokesman for the California EPA recently said "This ...

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Mar 6, 2010 1:00am MST

Educators chronicle problems, solutions to budget problems
The Turlock Journal
Local K-12 teachers took part in Thursday's nationwide day of action for education, stating vehemently their opposition to continuing ...

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Mar 5, 2010 2:41pm MST

In These Times

Scenes From the Demonstrations Over Education Cuts
New York Times (blog)
Public schools like Oakland Technical High School held disaster drills, as described by Oakland North, and people marched from the Mission District in San ...
Fear Of Failure Growing In California's Schools KTVU San Francisco
Students and teachers weigh in on the National Day of Action Crosscurrents from KALW News

all 16 news articles »

Mar 5, 2010 2:24pm MST

Examiner.com

San Diegans voice support for education at Balboa Park demonstration
Examiner.com
... that they encompassed the concerns both of K-12 schools and postsecondary institutions, all of which have been hit hard by California's fiscal crisis. ...

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Mar 5, 2010 11:41am MST

The Guardian

California's education charade
The Guardian
Historically, American public schools have been seen as a great equalising force, as institutions worth investing in and sustaining precisely because ...
Wholesale school firings not the answer Monterey County Herald
Push to strengthen environmental education is gaining traction Capital Times
Shorter school year is debated Jackson Clarion Ledger

all 112 news articles »

Mar 5, 2010 6:55am MST

Firing all the teachers was justified
CNN International
I taught for nearly five years at the K-12 level in Central California. I've taught the kids of poor farm workers, but I've also taught the kids of doctors ...

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Mar 5, 2010 2:13am MST

UC Davis protestors clash with police in attempt to block I-80
Bay Area Indymedia
The protest was part of the March 4 Day of Action, a nationwide series of rallies for K-12 and higher education funding. Officers in full tactical gear ...

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Mar 4, 2010 10:03pm MST

Local schools participate in `Day of Action' to fight state budget cuts
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Over the last two years, $17 billion has been slashed from California's public schools, colleges and universities, and the governor is proposing $2.5 ...
Teachers, students, parents take part in 'Day of Action' Daily Breeze
Jim Hill Student Says Teacher Attacked Him WAPT Jackson
Students, Parents, and Teachers Protest Education Funding Cuts KESQ

all 38 news articles »

Mar 4, 2010 9:20pm MST

Teachers take action to protest education cuts
Ventura County Star
Since February 2009, K-12 schools in California have lost about $13 billion from what they could have ordinarily expected from the state. ...

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Mar 4, 2010 9:04pm MST

WJBF-TV

Editorial: As public education goes, so goes California
San Jose Mercury News
At the K-12 level, funding per pupil, by one measure, ranks 47th in the nation, $2400 below the national average — a shameful fall from the top-10 rankings ...
California misses cut for U.S. education funds San Francisco Chronicle
15 states, DC named 'Race to the Top' finalists The Associated Press

all 1,345 news articles »

Mar 4, 2010 6:48pm MST

Boston Globe

100 "Day of Action" Protesters Arrested in Oakland
ABC30.com
Dean Vogel, the vice president of the California Teachers Association, which represents 325000 educators, rolled out the numbers. "California public schools ...
Angry US students protest cuts to higher education The Associated Press
Tracking Thursday's Education Demonstrations New York Times (blog)
Hundreds rally in support of Berkeley public schools Berkeleyside (blog)
Daily Californian  - Manteca Bulletin
all 661 news articles »

Mar 4, 2010 5:29pm MST

Schwarzenegger wants 'bolder' change in schools after state loses US competition
MiamiHerald.com
... California's application for a share of $4.35 billion in "Race to the Top" funding, part of President Barack Obama's effort to overhaul public schools. ...
Calif. passes gas tax changes to help $20B deficit BusinessWeek
State fails to make first cut in education funding contest The Desert Sun

all 153 news articles »

Mar 4, 2010 5:15pm MST

Live Blog: Protests Continue at Other Campuses
Daily Californian
About 300 students, faculty, administrators from Humboldt State University, as well as k-12 workers have convened in Downtown Eureka to form a picket line ...

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Mar 4, 2010 3:10pm MST

CBS News

Rowdy protesters block campuses amid funding rally
The Associated Press
California's K-12 schools were preparing to lay off tens of thousands of teachers, pack more students into classrooms and scrap many academic programs ...
Students protest cuts to higher-education funds Washington Post
Rallies to focus on cutbacks in education Los Angeles Times
Why we protest education cuts CNN
In These Times  - Labor Notes  - San Jose Mercury News
all 1,088 news articles »

Mar 4, 2010 3:06pm MST

CBS News

Why we protest education cuts
CNN
K-12 public schools are also affected. Schools' budgets are being slashed, often on a massive scale, as in the current proposal to cut New York State's ...
US students protest fee hikes at universities Reuters
Calif. Unions Step Up Opposition to Public Education Gutting In These Times
Stand up for schools Bakersfield Californian
The Associated Press  - San Francisco Chronicle  - Socialist Worker Online
all 1,088 news articles »

Mar 4, 2010 1:43pm MST

Teachers, students, parents take part in 'Day of Action'
Daily Breeze
The effort coincided with the statewide "Day Of Action," with more than 100 K-12 schools and districts in California holding rallies throughout the day. ...

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Mar 4, 2010 1:03pm MST

In These Times

Rally For Education In Civic Center At 5 Today
The San Francisco Appeal
... community colleges and K-12 schools are holding pickets and other demonstrations today as part of a "Day of Action" against cuts to California's public ...
Making the protests count San Francisco Bay Guardian
Will Massive Statewide Protests Staunch Calif. Budget Bleeding? In These Times

all 16 news articles »

Mar 4, 2010 11:59am MST

Boston Globe

Tracking Thursday's Education Demonstrations
New York Times (blog)
Education should be free, but fair/K-12 in the hoods goes nowhere.” In Berkeley, students, parents and teachers gathered after school let out at in the ...
Angry US students protest cuts to higher education The Associated Press
Governor Schwarzenegger Meets Education Leaders, Students Over Budget NewsBlaze
100 "Day of Action" Protesters Arrested in Oakland ABC30.com
Berkeley Daily Planet  - Uprising  - Monterey County Herald
all 661 news articles »

Mar 4, 2010 11:06am MST

SDNN

California Budget Crisis Diaries: K-12 education has bigger cuts
SDNN
Proposition 98: As students from higher education institutions across the state protest Thursday, one report shows K-12 education is taking a much larger ...
Proposition 98 fight at core of state budget debate Capitol Weekly
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials San Jose Mercury News

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Mar 4, 2010 6:52am MST

ChinoHills.com

Day of Action Protests
abc7news.com
SAN JOSE: K-12 and higher education events are planned. In the early morning hours, San Jose Unified teachers will do informal tailgating at all school ...
Torrance school board okays 185 layoffs, including 125 teachers Daily Breeze
Assistant principal's job on the block Corning Observer

all 178 news articles »

Mar 3, 2010 9:40pm MST

SFist

Education rallying begins early as K-12 and Cabrillo officials speak
San Jose Mercury News
"The future of California depends on the quality of the public education system," said Santa Cruz County Office of Education Superintendent Michael Watkins, ...
March 4 Day of Action: Historic day for education? Santa Cruz Sentinel
UCSC Protesters Block Campus; Safety Alert Issued KSBW The Central Coast
Hundreds shut down UCSC campus, threaten to do it again San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News  - San Jose Mercury News
all 164 news articles »

Mar 3, 2010 6:59pm MST

SFist

Santa Cruz County Educators Ready for Protests
KCBA
California lawmakers have cut more than $17 billion from public schools and colleges in the last two years. Another $2.5 billion is proposed this year, ...
Mid-day update: Students shut down UCSC campus San Jose Mercury News
UCSC Protesters Block Campus; Safety Alert Issued KSBW The Central Coast

all 164 news articles »

Mar 3, 2010 5:57pm MST

SDNN

Opinion: When “Done” is not enough
SDNN
Had the University of California made K-12 enhancement a priority 50 years ago, we may have forestalled the calamity of statewide dropout rates nearing 50 ...

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Mar 3, 2010 4:10pm MST

California's Charter Schools Earn a Failing Grade on Civil Rights
Huffington Post (blog)
... Supreme Court as compelling goals for K-12 schools. Both President Obama and the California State Board of Education must enforce civil rights policies. ...

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Mar 3, 2010 1:13am MST

During Tough Times, California Social Studies Teachers Discover Affordable ...
PR Web (press release)
To help California K-12 teachers meet the State Content Standards in Economics, as well as find content to teach the current economic crisis in their ...


Mar 2, 2010 11:53pm MST

K-12 schools respond to budget crisis
Golden Gate [X]Press
At 4 pm, with a marching band, there will be a march to State of California Building on Sacramento Street followed by a march to San Francisco Civic Center ...


Mar 2, 2010 8:38pm MST

Restore democracy, end two-thirds rule
San Francisco Chronicle
I celebrate the demonstrations this week to support public education in California, both K-12 and higher education. But those demonstrations will mean ...


Mar 2, 2010 7:21pm MST

Reuters

Whitman talks jobs, government reform to chamber audience
Bakersfield Californian
The keys to getting California back on track are creating jobs, decreasing government spending and reforming K-12 education, Republican gubernatorial ...
Jerry Brown Is Still Alive? FITSNews

all 1,137 news articles »

Mar 2, 2010 5:12pm MST

LBPOST.com

Teachers Association To Hold Protest At Wilson High
LBPOST.com
To set the record straight, California had a model education system in the 60's with high per pupil spending (k-12) and basically the nation's best ...

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Mar 1, 2010 7:38am MST

Education Week News

K-12 Cuts Loom Again as States' Fiscal Woes Continue
Education Week News
... governor's proposed K-12 spending as they review California's application for its final share of the stimulus program's State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. ...

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Feb 26, 2010 6:58am MST

Berkeley Riot: students battle police on Telegraph Av, Thursday
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
... and faculty will march in solidarity with those from other UCs, CSUs, community colleges, and K-12 schools across California and the country as a whole. ...

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Feb 26, 2010 12:07am MST

The battle for California's future
Socialist Worker Online
... from K-12 education and community colleges, and $2 billion taken from the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) systems. ...

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Feb 25, 2010 8:45pm MST

Tallying Cuts and Costs
New York Times
47 California's national rank in spending per pupil, K-12, in 2009. The state average is $7571 per pupil — $2400 below the national average. ...

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Feb 24, 2010 10:39am MST

Former education secretary offers hope for California's public schools
Los Altos Town Crier
Public schools confront significant challenges, however, Hart said. The achievement gap and the dropout rate are complex and difficult problems. ...


Feb 24, 2010 8:46am MST

Mass Teacher Layoffs Loom Again For California Schools
California Progress Report
This time last year, in the wake of the Legislature's decision to slash $9 billion from the K-12 education budget, schools sent out ...

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Feb 22, 2010 10:03pm MST

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Legislature takes $2 billion bite out of California's deficit
San Jose Mercury News
His proposal involves canceling the state's gas tax, which is earmarked for transit and helps determine K-12 funding, and replacing it with an unrestricted ...
Fighting to Protect Education and Public Services—California Students and ... Socialist Alternative

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Feb 22, 2010 1:01am MST

Community colleges must share in higher education recovery
Los Angeles Times
The funding mechanism for the colleges puts them in competition with the K-12 system -- always a losing prospect. The colleges also are expected to make up ...

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Feb 20, 2010 6:43pm MST

California's environmental policy starts in kindergarten
San Jose Mercury News
The K-12 curriculum is serving as a model, she said, and other states have requested information about California's efforts. Legislation written by Fran ...

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Feb 18, 2010 8:47am MST

Now We See Why Meg Whitman Hides From The Public
California Progress Report
... lot of nonsense here, including the notion that she can "fully fund" the University of California (but apparently not CSU or community colleges or K-12? ...

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