Firedoglake (blog) Some may be opposed, but I actually kind of like this push for federal education standards in K-12, provided it's a floor and not a ceiling. ... |
Mar 10, 2010 4:50pm MST
 AsiaOne | 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 45 news articles » |
Mar 10, 2010 4:50pm MST
The Guardsman Online The march joined several hundred K-12 teachers, their students and Peralta Community College students already assembled at the plaza. ... and more » |
Mar 10, 2010 4:30pm MST
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza Eppolito, a father of four students currently enrolled in the district and a former K-12 teacher who has emerged as a leader of the movement to slow ... |
Mar 10, 2010 3:57pm MST
Humboldt Beacon A press release from the ACSA said that California public schools have been subjected to 60 percent cuts, even though education funding only makes up 40 ... |
Mar 10, 2010 3:33pm MST
Seattle Medium ... bank bailout (TARP) have disproportionately gone to support K-12, such that while the latter has suffered a 3 percent decrease in funding in California, ... and more » |
Mar 10, 2010 3:29pm MST
CNBC Education is particularly vulnerable, since an average 21 percent of state budgets goes to elementary and secondary (K-12) education. ... and more » |
Mar 10, 2010 11:09am MST
CounterCurrents.org In fact, public schools in California have been progressively crippled by budget cuts for decades, although the current economic crisis has raised these ... |
Mar 10, 2010 11:05am MST
Palo Alto Online Science Olympiad is a national organization that runs K-12 science competitions, which it describes as similar to "academic track meets." and more » |
Mar 10, 2010 8:22am MST
 Christian Science Monitor (blog) | Christian Science Monitor (blog) That might put a crimp on Wall Street bonuses but it's enough to fund early childhood education, smaller K-12 classes, and lower tuitons and fees for public ... and more » |
Mar 10, 2010 6:05am MST
Olympia Newswire (blog) But the lure of federal stimulus funds proved difficult to resist, particularly for a legislature that had cut over $9 billion from the K-12 education ... and more » |
Mar 10, 2010 3:06am MST
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. ... and more » |
Mar 10, 2010 2:23am MST
Merced Sun-Star Merced County Library offers a free online tutoring where children in grades K-12 can be assisted by a live tutor in their school subjects. ... |
Mar 10, 2010 2:11am MST
Vallejo Times-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 ... |
Mar 10, 2010 1:09am MST
Los Angeles Times One in eight American children lives in California, where the budget crisis has already hit public schools hard and resulted in teacher layoffs. ... Op-Ed: Legislature Should Debate Education Funding, Avoid Race to Top Pressure ... Olympia Newswire (blog) all 14 news articles » |
Mar 10, 2010 1:09am MST
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
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 ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 8:42pm MST
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. ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 8:23pm MST
Daily Beast (blog) ... cut the higher education system to the bone and over the past month has pushed draconian cuts to the K-12 education infrastructure. ... |
Mar 9, 2010 6:33pm MST
OCRegister Also, the draft K-12 math standards propose to teach significantly fewer math topics in many grades than in California and Massachusetts. ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 3:27pm MST
The South End Jennifer Granholm's February proposal to cut higher education 3 percent and K-12 cuts. Among the complaints was how Detroit Public Schools Emergency ... |
Mar 9, 2010 2:08pm MST
AsiaOne | AndersonValleyPost.com According to a Shasta County Education Coalition flyer, California has cut more than $17 billion from its public schools and colleges. ... Cornellians Skip Out On Higher Education 'Day of Action' Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun “Defend Education”: The Usual Suspects Behind California Unrest David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog (blog) all 45 news articles » |
Mar 9, 2010 1:33pm MST
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 ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 1:26pm MST
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 11:07am MST
McCook Daily Gazette While K-12 schools typically have the same students daily, and most universities start their classes in traditional 16-week fall and spring semesters, ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 10:33am MST
 SFist | 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 Our View- Calif. calls out 187 low-performing schools Daily 49er State releases list of low-performing public schools Inland Valley Daily Bulletin KCRA Sacramento - San Mateo Daily Journal all 67 news articles » |
Mar 9, 2010 10:23am MST
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. and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 9:46am MST
 Examiner.com | Examiner.com That measure offers $4.35 billion to states that improve their K-12 schools by raising academic standards, increasing teacher quality and expanding the ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 9:19am MST
 California Progress Report | 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 ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 8:45am MST
Education Week News Join two experts for an in-depth discussion of the challenges and promise of using free, digital textbooks in K-12 classrooms. Katie Ash, staff writer, ... |
Mar 9, 2010 8:29am MST
Firedoglake (blog) If SAFRA passes, many of the savings that result from this transition will immediately begin to flow to programs like early education, K-12 and community ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 8:05am MST
 Gothamist | Gothamist Make Physical Education mandatory for each school day grades K-12. Then you may not need "sin" taxes like this. AMEN! Stop cutting back on healthy things ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 7:36am MST
Daily Democrat A poll by the Public Policy Institute of California showed that 82 percent, including a majority of Republicans polled, oppose cutting K-12 education to ... |
Mar 9, 2010 2:47am MST
Reno Gazette Journal "And we're the only science outreach K-12 in Northern Nevada," she said. "We have school field trips from all over Washoe County, the surrounding counties ... and more » |
Mar 9, 2010 1:10am MST
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 ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 11:46pm MST
 KXJZ News | Fresno Bee Monday, the California Department of Education identified 188 public schools that -- if the list is finalized this week by the state Board of Education ... Seven South Bay schools ranked among lowest performers in the state San Jose Mercury News Four LUSD campuses could close Lodi News-Sentinel Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools Named KMJ Now Redlands Daily Facts all 34 news articles » |
Mar 8, 2010 11:35pm MST
 WSAU | Glendale News Press California education code mandates that public schools notify employees of potential job loss by March 15. Two months later, districts must have informed ... Teachers of the year announced in Tustin OCRegister all 152 news articles » |
Mar 8, 2010 11:04pm MST
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 ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 8:44pm MST
 New University Online | New University Online She was attending the protest because as a parent, she worries about the cuts to K-12. As a student, she worries about the future of the adult school where ... |
Mar 8, 2010 6:45pm MST
89.3 KPCC ... public schools required educators to identify — and take action to turn around — the lowest performing schools. California released a preliminary list ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 6:36pm MST
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, ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 3:48pm MST
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
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 ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 1:10pm MST
Marin Independent-Journal But the cuts of the past two years have already devastated K-12 and higher education, public safety, public transportation, services for the developmentally ... |
Mar 8, 2010 1:03pm MST
Education Week News The awards will come as many states continue to claw their way out of a deep fiscal pit and face the prospect of stinging cuts to programs, including K-12 ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 11:04am MST
Blackfoot Morning News Idaho's road tour events focus on hard-to-count populations and schools (K-12 and higher education). Local Census supporters and employees are organizing ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 10:26am MST
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 ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 8:33am MST
LBPOST.com Like CTA, TALB is also a labor union, representing “all Child Development Center, Head Start, K-12 teachers, nurses, librarians, program facilitators and ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 6:51am MST
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 ... and more » |
Mar 8, 2010 5:06am MST
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. ... and more » |
Mar 7, 2010 6:18pm MST
 The Guardian (Australia) | Whittier Daily News ... that control public education, both the federal government and the state of California have placed many mandates on the public schools of California. ... Assessing schools – the hidden agenda The Guardian (Australia) all 5 news articles » |
Mar 7, 2010 6:02pm MST
 OPB News | BlueOregon (blog) In the years since, I've been privileged to work closely with Ben to create Oregon's Rainy Day Fund, expand K-12 school capital construction, ... State Treasurer Ben Westlund dies Dalles Chronicle all 216 news articles » |
Mar 7, 2010 4:31pm MST
Washington Park Profile But, even so, there's no way to cut the kinds of dollars we have to cut without hitting K-12, the corrections system and higher education. ... |
Mar 7, 2010 7:01am MST
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 ... and more » |
Mar 7, 2010 5:57am MST
Signal In the 2008-09 school year, nearly 8 percent, or 533180 students, of California's total K-12 population attended private schools, according to the ... and more » |
Mar 7, 2010 2:37am MST
Santa Cruz Sentinel The ongoing budget situation for K-12 school districts, community colleges, and the CSU and UC systems is anything but reasonable. ... and more » |
Mar 6, 2010 10:03pm MST
Macon Telegraph Legislators, who, for the past almost eight years, have not been kind to public education, have slashed more than $3.5 billion from the 180 K-12 school ... |
Mar 6, 2010 2:32pm MST
 City2.0 (blog) | 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 10:13am MST
Red Bluff Daily News The latest estimate is that California, which once had a lighthouse educational system, is 47th in spending on public K-12 education. ... |
Mar 6, 2010 8:38am MST
 True/Slant | True/Slant Over at Think Progress, I documented many of these cuts in states' public education systems, not only at the college level but also K-12. ... March 4th and After: Our Message was Heard Huffington Post (blog) Don't make students pay for state's budget problems The Union of Grass Valley Lawmakers set for budget vote Sioux Falls Argus Leader all 9 news articles » |
Mar 6, 2010 3:42am MST
AZoBuild ... California State Parks system with an estimated 1.5 million visitors annually and provides innovative new educational programs to Park visitors and K-12 ... and more » |
Mar 6, 2010 1:17am MST
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 ... and more » |
Mar 6, 2010 1:00am MST
The Turlock Journal Local K-12 teachers took part in Thursday's nationwide day of action for education, stating vehemently their opposition to continuing ... and more » |
Mar 5, 2010 2:41pm MST
 In These Times | 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 | 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. ... and more » |
Mar 5, 2010 1:09pm MST
Fresno Bee In California and other states, the dismal economy and tumbling tax revenue have eroded public funding for K-12 schools, colleges and universities. ... and more » |
Mar 5, 2010 12:21pm MST
Tri-Valley Herald ... throughout the city Thursday, a statewide Day of Action in response to the deep, ongoing cuts to California's public schools, colleges and universities. ... School officials answer citizens' queries on spending Amherst Bulletin all 3 news articles » |
Mar 5, 2010 11:41am MST
 The Guardian | 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 Shorter school year is debated Jackson Clarion Ledger Push to strengthen environmental education is gaining traction Capital Times all 112 news articles » |
Mar 5, 2010 11:40am MST
 Boston Globe | The Associated Press In Sacramento, hundreds of students, teachers, parents and school employees rallied at the Capitol to urge lawmakers to restore funding to public schools. ... 100 "Day of Action" Protesters Arrested in Oakland ABC30.com 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 5, 2010 9:29am MST
Red Bluff Daily News ... from public the state's K-12 schools and colleges in the last two years, yet more cuts are proposed, according to the California Teachers Association. ... and more » |
Mar 5, 2010 6:55am MST
 CBS News | 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 ... Firing all the teachers was justified CNN all 857 news articles » |
Mar 5, 2010 2:35am MST
Times-Standard According to the California Teachers Association, the state has cut $17 billion from public schools in the last two years and that likely isn't the end, ... and more » |
Mar 5, 2010 2:13am MST
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 ... and more » |
Mar 5, 2010 1:30am MST
New America Media According to federal government statistics, the ARRA since then restored 9 percent of K-12 education funding in California. Still, K-12 spending cuts of $18 ... and more » |
Mar 5, 2010 1:00am MST
 CBS News | Reuters The state also is facing the possibility of record layoffs in public schools, from kindergarten through 12th grade. The California Teachers Association said ... Why we protest education cuts CNN Rowdy protesters block campuses amid funding rally The Associated Press Calif. Unions Step Up Opposition to Public Education Gutting In These Times San Francisco Chronicle - Socialist Worker Online - Bay Area Indymedia all 1,088 news articles » |
Mar 4, 2010 11:27pm MST
Press-Enterprise University of California fees have increased 32 percent. And community college fees are expected to double in the fall. Both colleges and public schools ... and more » |
Mar 4, 2010 10:03pm MST
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
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. ... and more » |
Mar 4, 2010 9:04pm MST
 WJBF-TV | 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 5:29pm MST
 Bakersfield Now | 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
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 ... and more » |
Mar 4, 2010 3:31pm MST
 OC Weekly (blog) | OC Weekly (blog) 4 2010 @ 2:16PM Today's K-12 teacher protests mentioned here are part of demonstrations nationwide aimed at saving primary and secondary education from ... and more » |
Mar 4, 2010 3:28pm MST
LA Weekly (blog) 4 2010 @ 2:25PM This was awfully easy to see coming: Hours before California college students took to the streets demanding more funding, Obama's education ... |
Mar 4, 2010 3:10pm MST
CBS News | 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 Why we protest education cuts CNN March 4 Day of Action Ripples Through California and Beyond Labor Notes San Jose Mercury News - In These Times - Talk Radio News Service all 1,088 news articles » |
Mar 4, 2010 1:43pm MST
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. ... and more » |
Mar 4, 2010 1:03pm MST
In These Times | 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 | 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 Uprising - Monterey County Herald all 661 news articles » |
Mar 4, 2010 11:06am MST
 SDNN | 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 Editorial: We understand the protest for California education, but not the ... Contra Costa Times all 250 news articles » |
Mar 4, 2010 6:52am MST
 ChinoHills.com | 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 11:00pm MST
Capitol Weekly They are a major source of language and heritage instruction at the K-12 level, as well as tutoring in other subjects. They help prepare students for ... |
Mar 3, 2010 9:40pm MST
 SFist | 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 5:57pm MST
 SDNN | 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 ... and more » |
Mar 3, 2010 4:10pm MST
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. ... and more » |
Mar 3, 2010 5:09am MST
Beyond Chron Some of the major events include the following: Across California, supporters of public schools from Kindergarten through higher education will be engaged ... and more » |
Mar 3, 2010 1:42am MST
StateHornet.com “A majority of the Legislature have been educated in public institutions of higher education, and most have gone through public K-12.” Wehr said. ... and more » |
Mar 3, 2010 1:13am MST
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
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 8:44pm MST
 City Town Info Education Channel | New York Times ... ratio is closer to 1000 to 1 in California's public schools; 700 to 1 in Arizona, Minnesota, Utah and the District of Columbia; and 265 to 1 nationally. ... Study Finds Guidance Counselor Advice Unhelpful AACRAO Transcript all 20 news articles » |
Mar 2, 2010 8:38pm MST
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 | 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 | 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 ... and more » |
Mar 1, 2010 7:38am MST
 Education Week News | 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. ... and more » |
Mar 1, 2010 6:05am MST
 89.3 KPCC | 89.3 KPCC "We need to support more K-12 arts and design education," he said to thunderous applause from the public, "as well as students' pathways to work and college ... |
Feb 28, 2010 9:22pm MST
Whittier Daily News If you attended California public schools in the 1960s and 1970s, you no doubt recall the services we were provided in addition to our academic education. ... City school officials are working to resolve charter funding issue St. Louis Post-Dispatch all 7 news articles » |
Feb 26, 2010 6:58am MST
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. ... and more » |
Feb 26, 2010 12:07am MST
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. ... and more » |
Feb 25, 2010 8:45pm MST
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. ... and more » |
Feb 24, 2010 10:39am MST
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
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 ... and more » |
Feb 22, 2010 10:03pm MST
 Socialist Alternative | 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 all 176 news articles » |
Feb 22, 2010 1:01am MST
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 ... and more » |
Feb 20, 2010 6:43pm MST
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 ... and more » |
Feb 18, 2010 8:47am MST
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? ... and more » |
Feb 14, 2010 1:00pm MST
The Associated Press Per-pupil spending for K-12 schools fell 4 percent last year and would be slashed another 8 percent under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget for ... and more » |
Feb 12, 2010 12:03pm MST
San Diego News Room The state should get a portion of the planned $28 billion education budget, the result of a $3 billion increase for K-12 public schools. ... and more » |