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Ed. Dept. Seeks to Correct Race to the Top Record - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Ed. Dept. Seeks to Correct Race to the Top Record - Politics K-12 - Education Week
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Sacramento Press / Business and labor groups back District 5 City Council candidate

Sacramento Press / Business and labor groups back District 5 City Council candidate




Business and labor groups back District 5 City Council candidate



Lawyer Patrick Kennedy described himself as a rare City Council candidate because local business and labor groups are backing his campaign. Kennedy is endorsed by the Sacramento Central Labor Council and the Sacramento Metro Chamber.


“Both (organizations) have worked with me,” Kennedy said. “They see that I’m fair.”
The Sacramento Press is interviewing City Council candidates in advance of the June 8 election.
Kennedy, 42, is running against four candidates for District 5, the seat held by Lauren Hammond. She is running for Assemblyman Dave Jones' seat.
Oak Park, Curtis Park, Colonial Heights and Tahoe Park West are among the neighborhoods in District 5.
Kennedy, a fourth-generation Sacramentan, lives in Hollywood Park.
Kennedy has received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from plumbers and pipefitters unions in the state. In response to a question about those contributions, Kennedy noted that as a lawyer who represents management and labor, he has "the trust of organizations throughout the state.”
If elected to the City Council, he said he wants to focus funding on police, fire and youth programs.
“During these budget times, we’ve got to look at core missions, core values and core goals of what the city and local government is,” Kennedy said. Public safety is one of the city’s core missions, he said.
Youth programs are another priority for Kennedy. He said that youth programs are necessary to improve public safety. “We have to continue to find ways that we can do a better job of partnering with our school district,”
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Ed. Dept. Seeks to Correct Race to the Top Record - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Ed. Dept. Seeks to Correct Race to the Top Record - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Ed. Dept. Seeks to Correct Race to the Top Record

By Michele McNeil on May 5, 2010 6:06 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
This editorial in yesterday's Los Angeles Times appears to be causing the U.S. Department of Education some Race to the Top trouble.
And this may be an instance in which the department hasn't really earned it.
The Times writes of a "deal" (presumably brokered between U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger) to let the state apply for round two of Race to the Top even though only a few districts would take part. And this deal supposedly allowed the education secretary to save face by ensuring the largest state applied for his signature education reform competition.
The writer states that the deal represents a change of heart by the department after originally snubbing a similar proposal offered months ago by L.A. Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines, who wanted his district to apply for the competition by itself, as a lone district.
The piece further states: "It never made sense for the Education Department to insist that only entire states could apply for Race to the Top..." It made perfect sense! The law, as passed by Congress, makes it a state competition. That
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Es el momento - Educacion, Becas, Universidades, Aprendizaje

Es el momento - Educacion, Becas, Universidades, Aprendizaje

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