Third time wasn’t a charm but now L.A. can win Race to the Top - by Yolie Flores
Second chances don’t come around too often. Fourth chances? Almost never. But Los Angeles now has a remarkable opportunity to make up for California’s failures to win federal funds and to institute much-needed education reforms. Three times in the last two years, California has competed in Race to the Top, the federal program that provides [...]
Big price, little time for initiative - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
The California Federation of Teachers has stopped collecting signatures for its Millionaires Tax, throwing its full effort into an expensive race against time to qualify an initiative it negotiated last week with Gov. Jerry Brown. The union had vowed to continue its own initiative drive as a backup in case the compromise effort with the governor [...]
Community colleges hurt by CSU freeze - by Kathryn Baron
President Obama has called community colleges “the unsung heroes of America’s education system.” U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said, “no other system of higher education in the world does so much to provide access and second-chance opportunities as our community colleges.” Yet community colleges can’t catch a break. Two days after California State University announced [...]