More charges and blame over CALPADS - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell escalated his attack Monday on Gov. Schwarzenegger’s veto of money budgeted for completing the statewide student data system known as CALPADS. O’Connell and Keric Ashley, the Department of Education ...
Unions fighting a phony ‘war on teachers’ - by Eric Hanushek No longer is education reform an issue of liberals vs. conservatives. In Washington, the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program rewarded states for making significant policy changes such as supporting charter schools. In Los Angeles, the Times ...
Superman’s Emily states her case for choice - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Emily Jones was speaking only for herself. She and her mother, Ann, made that clear. Emily, now a sophomore at Summit Preparatory Charter High in Redwood City, was one of five students portrayed in Davis Guggenheim’s documentary Waiting for Superman. ..