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Affeldt: Shame on districts seeking to perpetuate funding advantages
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Friday, February 15, 2013
Teachers picket Eureka City Schools district office
Eureka Teacher's Association members picketed outside of Eureka City Schools district office on Walford Avenue in Eureka on Thursday morning before the second round of 2013-2014 contract talks.Turmoil grips San Jose charter high school
It was a good week at ACE Charter High last week: The Internet finally got hooked up for students at the fledging school. Access to the Web is both a triumph and an indicator of the bumpy start for the charter, which hoped to do "blended learning" of technology and traditional teaching for kids in one of San Jose's toughest neighborhoods. But ACE opened in August without textbooks, student Internet access or lunch tables -- and chaos in some classes.Affeldt: Shame on districts seeking to perpetuate funding advantages
Kudos to Jerry Brown for proposing to end the inequities in California school funding – and shame on the districts that seek to fossilize the advantages they have enjoyed for decades now.Thursday, February 14, 2013