Public Sector Pensions: Too Big To Fail? Public sector pensions have become a popular bogey man. It is true that most have huge unfunded liabilities and this is a problem. However, the blame is always placed on the workers themselves who have nothing at all to do with the problem. The ...
Charter Schools: The New Jim Crow The Civil Rights Project, at UCLA, has just released a new report documenting the intense segregation that occurs at charter schools. The organization has been studying charter schools for seven years and has found that students are substantially ...
Charter School Fires Founder, Threatens to Sue LAUSD Slap on Wrist or Decertification for Crescendo? Crescendo Charter Schools, embroiled in a scandal over it administration’s mandate for teachers to cheat on state standardized exams, has fired its founder, John Allen, and threatened to sue Los ...