We lost again in Race to the Top. Now what?
Well, as of yesterday, the final bell rung on California's foray into Race to the Top. And the results were sobering: After two stabs at hundreds of millions in federal dollars, there's no cash to show for it.
The winners were Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia. California hoped to gain up to $700 million.
Now larger questions loom. What does the twice-abysmal performance say about the current state of California education? Will the results spur California education leaders to do a major self-reflection or a systemwide
Commissioner slaps more fines on UC Davis housing subcontractors
The state labor commissioner has ordered two subcontractors working on the UC Davis Tercero student housing project to pay nearly $1.5 million in back wages and penalties for labor violations – just a few months after two other subcontractors on the same project were accused of similar misdeeds.
An investigation by the California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement found that Nevada-based subcontractors Kings Drywall Inc. and JL Home Development had willfully broken prevailing wage laws. The investigation found that the companies had failed to report workers on their certified