Federal penalty likely to slow charter growth - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess No one was more surprised than Eric Premack to learn last week that the federal Department of Education had docked California $11.5 million from an expected $51.5 million in critical grants for new charter schools this year – and may whack up to $40 ...
New dropout rates may be accurate but tell you little and could get worse - by Peter Schrag State-level school graduation and dropout statistics have always been squishy, and the most recent numbers, from California’s Department of Education, are not immune to some of the familiar problems. While far more accurate and reliable than anything ...