State's teacher supply plummets
The number of Californians seeking to become teachers has plummeted by 45 percent over a seven year period – even as student enrollments are projected to rise by 230,000 over the next decade and as many as 100,000 teachers are expected to retire.
Teaching is clearly becoming a less and less desirable profession for Californians. The number of students enrolled in teacher preparation programs has declined from 77,705 in 2001-02 to 42,245 in 2008-09, according to
College sued over public records fees
Have you ever gone to pick up some official document and winced when you saw the Xerox bill?
When that happened to Terry Francke, lawyer for the Californians Aware good government group, he filed a lawsuit under the state Public Records Act.
Francke’s target is the Contra Costa Community College District, which includes 35,000-student Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill.
“We heard – I can’t remember how – that there was a high charge for public records there, and we decided to
