Educators get schooled in politics - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Many offices were visited; many words were spoken; few, if any, minds were changed Monday, the Association of California School Administrators’ annual Legislative Action Day. That’s hardly surprising. In the taxonomy of ACSA Executive Director Bob ...
Districts will lay off some of their best and brightest today; that must change - by Arun Ramanathan Kaitlin Donovan, Nicholas Melvoin, Emilie Smith, and Tyler Hester didn’t expect to get a layoff notice. They were the kind of teachers typically romanticized in Hollywood movies. Young, energetic, and idealistic, they sought out the challenge of ...
CalSTRS CEO: Avoid drastic change - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess A response from CalSTRS’ CEO rejecting key recommendations of the Little Hoover Commission serves as a cautionary note to Gov. Jerry Brown and five Republican senators who have been negotiating changes in public pensions as part of an agreement to vote ...