CALPADS put on ice - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to suspend funding for CALPADS, the state student longitudinal data system, and to stop further planning for CALTIDES, the teacher data base that was to be joined at the hip with CALPADS. That big piece of education news ...
Big (invisible) boost in K-12 spending - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess Gov. Jerry Brown gave K-12 school districts significantly more money, tempered by conflicting messages and sober warnings in the May Revision budget he presented on Monday. Reflecting higher state revenues and an acknowledgment that schools and ...
Holding a line, almost, on higher ed - by Kathryn Baron California’s public colleges and universities were spared their worst-case scenario fears in Monday’s May revise, but it’s not exactly a cause for celebration. Gov. Brown didn’t add money to higher education, but thanks to the $6.6 billion in ...
