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CFT/Affiliates In the News: 9/2
The Buck Stops With California State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed
By Lillian Taiz, California Faculty Association – California Progress Report
Just under two weeks ago our CFA staff, while searching for financial information on the CSU Chancellor's website, stumbled across minutes of meetings involving the top financial leaders of the California State University. http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=node/8121
Education News: 9/2
Education Coalition:
LEGISLATURE OVERWHELMINGLY REJECTS GOVERNOR’S MAY REVISION BUDGET TO CUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY AN ADDITIONAL $4 BILLION
by Robin Swanson in the California Majority Report September 01, 2010 @ 11:46 AM
Yesterday, the Governor's May Revision proposal to cut billions more from California's public schools was overwhelmingly rejected by the California State Legislature, falling 29 votes short of what was needed for passage.
The test score witch-hunt in LA
Socialist Worker Online - 12 hours ago
THE SCHOOL year in the Los Angeles Unified School District is about to kick off--with two unpaid furlough days due to budget cuts and union concessions--and ...
States Awarded Grants to Improve Achievement Tests
New York Times - Sam Dillon - 59 minutes ago
The Department of Education on Thursday awarded $330 million to two groups of states to design new standardized tests to replace the ...
California Teachers Receive Over $1.3 Million Thanks To DonorsChoose.org
Huffington Post (blog) - 16 hours ago
California teachers experienced perhaps the best first day of school this year after receiving a check in the mail for more than $1.3 million, plus an extra ...
State News: 9/2
Prop 25:
PD Editorial: Yes on 25
Santa Rosa Press Demo
California, which boasts the worst credit score of any state, is one of only three states that require a two-thirds vote to adopt a budget
Prop 25, the On-Time Budget Act Fixes, Doesn't Create, Problems
Fox and Hounds Daily (blog) - Lance Olson - 2 hours ago
To suggest that Proposition 25 "takes away" the right of referendum is inaccurate because budget appropriations already go into effect immediately and are ...
Someone needs to call the shots
Los Angeles Times - George Skelton - 17 hours ago
Two courts have ruled that Prop. 25 does not jeopardize the two-thirds tax vote. The business lobby and the GOP — invariably the minority party in the ...
Meg Whitman: No Budget, No Paychecks For Lawmakers
KXJZ News - 1 hour ago
A spokesman for Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown points out that a measure on November's ballot, prop. 25, already includes a proposal similar ...
US Senate Debate Showed Clear Difference of Positions – KQED California Report
US Senator Barbara Boxer and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina met in their first -- and possibly only -- debate last night in the Bay Area suburb of Moraga. Reporter: Scott Shafer.
More: Listen to the debate
More: Complete coverage of Election 2010
CFT/Affiliates In the News: 9/1
CFC's November Ballot Recs: Corporate Interests vs. The Public Good
California Progress Report - Zack Kaldveer - 3 hours ago
... Lung Association of California, California Federation of Teachers, Sierra Club, California Nurses Association, Consumer Federation of California, ...
TUSD budget safe for now
The Turlock Journal - Maegan Martens - 12 hours ago
The Turlock Teachers Association and the Turlock Classified - American Federation of Teachers have come to an agreement with the district to take an ...
Education News: 9/1
Schools Experiment With Online Instruction For Kids – KQED California Report
Online instruction is nothing new at the college and university level, but only a few school districts in California offer it for elementary or secondary students. It's an alternative to charter schools or homeschooling -- but some educators are concerned about the curriculum chosen by the private company that offers the classes. Reporter: Ben Adler.
L.A. Unified Board Makes First Statements About Test Score Analysis Of Teachers -- Most members say the current way of evaluating teachers needs to be reworked; some add parents deserve more information about instructors. Some criticize The Times' publication of database. JASON SONG in the Los Angeles Times -- 9/1/10
Steinberg's Teacher Layoff Bill Buried In Assembly -- Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and civil rights groups lost big Tuesday when an Assembly committee rejected his legislation that would have changed how teachers are laid off. DAN WALTERS SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/1/10
Fensterwald: Bill To Shield Schools From Layoffs Killed -- Democrats, Republicans and silent voices on Tuesday defeated SB 691 (formerly SB 1285), which would have prohibited disproportionate teacher layoffs in roughly the state’s third poorest-performing schools. JOHN FENSTERWALD educatedguess.org -- 9/1/10
Bill To Roll Back Cutoff Date For Entering Kindergarten Wins OK -- Heavily debated legislation that would gradually roll back the cutoff date for children to be old enough to enter kindergarten won Assembly approval Tuesday and appeared headed to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk. DAN WALTERS SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/1/10
Bill Targets Parents Of Chronically Truant Kids In Grades K-8 -- Parents who habitually allow their children to skip school could face criminal charges under legislation receiving final legislative approval today. DAN WALTERS SacBee Capitol Alert -- 9/1/10
UC sees money in out-of-state students
San Francisco Chronicle - Nanette Asimov - 11 hours ago
In the end, the potential dollars from nonresidents proved a tempting argument after a year of budget cuts, employee furloughs, layoffs and protests over ...
Viewpoints: Dear Mr. Secretary, Please come visit our Golden State schools
Sacramento Bee - Jonathan Raymond - 9 hours ago
The reforms are about improving education. For kids. And kids who struggle under adverse conditions need quality schools the most.
Schools hazy about funds
Contra Costa Times - James Rufus Koren - 11 hours ago
"A check would follow shortly," said Lupita Alcala, the California Department of Education's deputy superintendent of government affairs.
Lois Kazakoff: Teachers pension fund to Legislature -- we have a problem
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) - 3 hours ago
CalSTRS, California's pension fund for the state's 848000 teachers and their families, has launched a $600000 public relations campaign to try to get the
State News: 9/1
Walters: Hot Air On Budget Ends California's Legislative Year -- Both legislative houses voted Tuesday on competing versions of the long-stalemated state budget after hours of flowery debate. The net result was zero, as everyone knew in advance that neither could muster the required votes. DAN WALTERS in the Sacramento Bee -- 9/1/10
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