Foster youth deserve to be left out of Brown’s plan to combine categorical funds | Thoughts on Public Education

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Foster youth deserve to be left out of Brown’s plan to combine categorical funds - by Daniel Heimpel

by Daniel Heimpel

In 1981, the California State Legislature launched the Foster Youth Services program to address the educational needs of foster children, putting California at the vanguard of a national movement to level the educational playing field for students in foster care. But dramatic changes to how K-12 education is funded in Governor Jerry Brown’s latest proposed budget [...]

CTA’s a team player for Jerry Brown - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

The president of the California Teachers Association said Monday that in backing Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative, the state’s largest teachers union is agreeing to “stay at awful” for now with the expectation that more money will flow again to schools in coming years. But if voters defeat the $6.9 billion tax measure in November, [...]