Reality vs $ at community colleges - by Kathryn Baron
One of the dominant issues at the fourth and final town hall meeting on how to improve the state’s community colleges wasn’t even in the 70 pages of recommendations from the Task Force on Student Success. “There was some eloquent testimony today that we need more funding,” Community College Chancellor Jack Scott told the 200 or [...]
Unanimous for Rockship - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
Undeterred by the threat of a suit by local districts and at odds with a staff recommendation, the Santa Clara County Board of Education unanimously approved three more Rocketship Education K-5 charters Wednesday night, bringing to eight the number of Rocketship charters it has approved and signaling a receptiveness to granting as many as 20 [...]
Big midyear hit for Prop 98 likely - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
The first shoe fell with a thud Wednesday, when the Legislative Analyst’s Office predicted that a $3.7 billion state revenue shortfall this year would result in $2 billion in midyear “trigger” cuts, including $1.5 billion in Proposition 98 funding and $100 million each to the University of California and California State University. The other shoe will [...]