Education coalition sues California over school funding
(Sacramento Bee © 05/21/2010)

California's system for funding public schools is irrational, unstable and in need of overhaul, a lawsuit filed Thursday asserts, and prevents 6 million students from receiving the education they are entitled to under the state Constitution. The lawsuit, filed by a coalition of students, parents and education groups against the governor and the state, puts California on a growing list of states s...

The Schools Lawsuit That Could Blow Up California (And Why That's Good)
(KNBC NBC 4 News Burbank © 05/21/2010)

(This post has been modified from its original to account for new events and reporting). It is difficult to overstate the potential importance of a lawsuit filed Thursday against the state by school disricts, public school students, and a number of education organizations. This is news more important than anything that's been said in the governor's race or about any of the initiatives currently on...

Schools, students sue state over funding
(San Francisco Chronicle © 05/21/2010)

More than 60 children and nine school districts across California filed a historic lawsuit Thursday, arguing that elected officials have failed in their constitutional obligation to support public schools. The case has the potential to completely overhaul how, and how much, money flows into schools. In short, the case seeks to force the state Legislature and governor to fix a broken education...

Schools bailout package should have strings attached
(Los Angeles Times © 05/21/2010)

The stirrings of better economic times have not reached state budgets and certainly haven't led to increased or even stable revenue for schools. And if the country is going to continue to invest in jobs as part of the economic stimulus, it only makes sense for some of those to be the jobs of teachers. We have strong reservations about the $23-billion Keep Our Educators Working Act, expected to rea...

UNION-TRIBUNE EDITORIAL Well, Mr. President? Obama education reform ally Romero could use an assist
(San Diego Union Tribune © 05/21/2010)

Last spring, the U.S. education reform movement got a giant joyous jolt. A series of policy decisions by President Barack Obama and Arne Duncan, the fellow Chicagoan whom Obama tapped to be education secretary, confirmed that the reform movement had realized its dream: the firm support of a Democratic administration. It turned out Obama actually meant what he said in his 2008 campaign rhetoric on ...

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POLITICO Interview: Rep. George Miller on NCLB
(Politico.com © 05/21/2010)

CONGRESSMAN MILLER: "It's controversial, but I think it makes--I think it makes a lot of sense. One of the things I've done since we passed No Child Left Behind is I've traveled all over this country. I've observed schools, all different kinds of settings, rural settings, urban settings, poor, rich neighborhoods, charter schools, independent schools, private schools to see what's working, what's working, what's working. And we're starting to see these common elements where schools are able to infuse into the community a sense of high expectations in this particular school, of this population, for those children, participation by the community and parents in meeting those expectations, and holding those students to high standards, thinking about their future..."

CSU lost 10% of teaching force, CFA union says
(Los Angeles Times © 05/21/2010)

LOS ANGELES -- California State University lost 10% of its teaching force in the last year, a result of crippling budget cuts that reduced job opportunities on many campuses, according to a faculty union group. Numbers released by the California Faculty Assn. found that about 2,500 fewer faculty members were employed on the university's 23 campuses in May 2010 than in May 2009. The figures are ba...

Protestors seek removal of Rio district superintendent
(Ventura County Star © 05/21/2010)

A group of parents and other protestors gathered next to the Rio School District offices Thursday afternoon and demanded that Superintendent Sherianne Cotterell resign or be fired. "I'm angry at what's happened at our school district, it's just shameful," said protester Jessica Duran, 25, adding Cotterell has lost all moral authority to lead the district as superintendent after pleading no contest...

Letters: Blame testing philosophy for Monterey education woes
(Monterey County Herald © 05/21/2010)

Kimberly Campbell was correct in her recent commentary that the testing philosophy is at fault, not students and teachers, for schools being in program improvement. The traumatic upheavals taking place within the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District are the unintended consequences of the phenomenally misguided tenets of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. Public schools have a mora...

Opponents stay quiet as 1st Milk Day nears
(San Francisco Chronicle © 05/21/2010)

For all the fuss made over passing a Harvey Milk Day into law, the first-ever statewide celebration to honor the slain gay rights leader Saturday has garnered little complaint from opponents. It took two years, the help of an Academy Award-winning film, and a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama to win the signature of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in October for legislati...

Nation's top student newspaper is at Contra Costa County high school
(Contra Costa Times © 05/21/2010)

LAFAYETTE -- A few months ago, the student newspaper at Acalanes High School was on the brink of falling victim to budget cuts. Spared that fate thanks to the passage of Measure A, the Acalanes Blueprint has now been named the nation's top newspaper by the American Scholastic Press Association. The Blueprint competed against 59 other student newspapers nationwide for the "Most Outstanding High Sch...

SEIU and AFSCME unions to spend $100M on saving Democrats
(The Hill © 05/21/2010)

At least two influential unions will spend close to $100 million on the 2010 election, with most of those funds going to protect incumbents. Union officials told The Hill they plan to help endangered members -- particularly freshmen -- who made politically difficult votes in a year during which an anti-incumbent mood has filled the country. And...

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