Establishing the intersection of “Be nice” and “Know a lot” - by Charles Taylor Kerchner
No Child Left Behind is apparently disappearing with a whimper, or at least a waiver. The originally bipartisan law has become a bad brand. The pragmatics of the law’s demise rest in its rather silly calculation of test scores, and the backloading of expectations so that in the final years of the law the majority of [...]
UC turns career tech ed-friendly - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
A decade ago, 258 career technical education courses counted toward satisfying requirements for admission to the California State University or the University of California. Today, the number has grown to 9,079 courses, closing in on the 2012 goal of 10,000 courses that the Legislature set several years ago. The numbers reflect a dramatic shift in the [...]