Study examines link between student poverty, teacher experience
California schools in high-poverty areas systemically receive less money from their school districts than campuses in better off areas, according to study by the Center for American Progress.
Aided by data made available due to the 2009 federal stimulus, researchers found a 10-percent increase in the rate of student poverty in a California public school generally meant a $411 drop in average teacher salary.
In Los Angeles Unified School District, teachers at high-poverty elementary schools make $954 less than those whose students come from more affluent backgrounds. At San Diego Unified, the salary gap is $6,766, a difference of $417 per student. At Long Beach Unified, the difference is $11,270 or $694 per student, according
After 100-year wait, UC Press to publish Twain autobiography
Aided by data made available due to the 2009 federal stimulus, researchers found a 10-percent increase in the rate of student poverty in a California public school generally meant a $411 drop in average teacher salary.
In Los Angeles Unified School District, teachers at high-poverty elementary schools make $954 less than those whose students come from more affluent backgrounds. At San Diego Unified, the salary gap is $6,766, a difference of $417 per student. At Long Beach Unified, the difference is $11,270 or $694 per student, according
After 100-year wait, UC Press to publish Twain autobiography
For more than thirty years, American literary legend Mark Twain worked on and off on a blisteringly honest autobiography – one where he shared his political opinions, personal vendettas and day-to-day musings.
But he wanted to make sure he and most of the people he was likely to offend would be long gone before the tome hit bookshelves. He didn't want it published until 100 years after his death.
That's why the University of California Press will publish the first nearly 800-page volume of Twain's uncensored account in November of this year, the Independent reports.
"His original intention is to publish it after he dies," said Robert Hirst, lead editor of the book and the Mark Twain Papers & Project at UC Berkeley. "The point is that he's freed up to say what he wants to say, when he wants to say it, without having to worry about hurting anyone's feelings."
As state cuts funding, UC raises money for Grateful Dead archive
But he wanted to make sure he and most of the people he was likely to offend would be long gone before the tome hit bookshelves. He didn't want it published until 100 years after his death.
That's why the University of California Press will publish the first nearly 800-page volume of Twain's uncensored account in November of this year, the Independent reports.
"His original intention is to publish it after he dies," said Robert Hirst, lead editor of the book and the Mark Twain Papers & Project at UC Berkeley. "The point is that he's freed up to say what he wants to say, when he wants to say it, without having to worry about hurting anyone's feelings."
As state cuts funding, UC raises money for Grateful Dead archive
"This is a time of peril for the university we all love."
So read a fundraising pitch sent to alumni of the University of California from Russell Gould, chair of UC's Board of Regents and its president Mark Yudof, imploring them for their support.
New York-based UC Santa Cruz alumna Laurie Garrett received that pitch and many others from her alma mater. She wants to help out. But she balked when she received an invitation to a $250-a-head fundraiser held in New York last night – to raise funds for UCSC's Grateful Dead archive.
The event consisted of a gathering at the home of a UC Santa Cruz alumna on the Upper East Side, followed by
So read a fundraising pitch sent to alumni of the University of California from Russell Gould, chair of UC's Board of Regents and its president Mark Yudof, imploring them for their support.
New York-based UC Santa Cruz alumna Laurie Garrett received that pitch and many others from her alma mater. She wants to help out. But she balked when she received an invitation to a $250-a-head fundraiser held in New York last night – to raise funds for UCSC's Grateful Dead archive.
The event consisted of a gathering at the home of a UC Santa Cruz alumna on the Upper East Side, followed by
