Listen to Ms. Wong!
Ellen Wong, C.K. McClatchy teacher extraordinaire and HISP program coordinator (and my teaching partner!), in a letter to the Sac Bee admonishes our state leaders for abandoning higher education. Here's the text of her letter (with links supplied by the Bee):
Higher Ed Legacy Abandoned
Re "Cuts to higher education pose a threat to the state's future" (Viewpoints, July 10): Pat Brown must be turning over in his grave. His master plan for higher education, his legacy designed to make college accessible to every young person who had achieved admission, has been abandoned by his son and the Legislature. How shortsighted our elected officials have become. It's an embarrassment.
And those legislators who refused to allow California voters to decide for themselves if they want to invest in
Higher Ed Legacy Abandoned
Re "Cuts to higher education pose a threat to the state's future" (Viewpoints, July 10): Pat Brown must be turning over in his grave. His master plan for higher education, his legacy designed to make college accessible to every young person who had achieved admission, has been abandoned by his son and the Legislature. How shortsighted our elected officials have become. It's an embarrassment.
And those legislators who refused to allow California voters to decide for themselves if they want to invest in