Business warns state is millions of degrees short - by Kathryn Baron
Business and civic leaders weighed in on the condition of California’s university and college systems with an urgent warning that without a significant increase in graduation rates, the state will lose its prominence as an economic contender. A new report released Thursday by the California Competes Council found that the state needs 5 ½ million new [...]
Judge OKs Prop 98 shell game - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
A Superior Court judge last week lopped a limb off Proposition 98. Fans of Monty Python might have been amused; school districts will not be. The three-paragraph ruling by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn simply reaffirmed a tentative ruling he issued in March. Back then he ruled that nothing prevents the governor and Legislature [...]
