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May 19, 2014

Sacramento Bee - Capitol News

Big money pours into California schools chief race as challenger gains steam

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Among California’s eight statewide constitutional offices, the superintendent of public instruction is a peculiar case.

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May 18, 2014

LA Times

Opposing visions for education on view in state superintendent race

In next month's contest to lead the state's public schools, the two front-runners represent opposing forces within education over how best to improve student achievement.

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May 14, 2014

Sacramento Bee - Capitol Alert

Campaign spending surges as unions weigh in for Torlakson, Pérez

Independent expenditures in California statewide and legislative races have more than doubled in the past week, with reported spending by dentists, teachers and dozens of other groups exceeding $11.4 million as of Tuesday evening.  The total stood at about $5.5 million a week ago.

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May 14, 2014

Sacramento Bee - Capitol Alert

Jerry Brown signs law requiring political nonprofits identify donors

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Nonprofit organizations that make political contributions in California will have to disclose more information about the source of their money under a law Gov. Jerry Brown signed on May 14.

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May 09, 2014

Sacramento Bee

Ad watch: Tom Torlakson opponent Marshall Tuck promises state schools turnaround

Progress is mixed at the Los Angeles schools that Marshall Tuck oversaw until last August. While accurate that California schools are among the worst performing by national standards, Tuck’s ad does not provide full context for the achievements of the schools he led.

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May 03, 2014

Associated Press

School chief race tests reach of unions, reformers

Tom Torlakson, the veteran lawmaker seeking a second term as California's elected superintendent of schools, and Marshall Tuck, a former charter school executive hoping to unseat him, are both Democrats.

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April 29, 2014

Reuters

Calif. Superintendent Race Shows Democrats Split On School Reform

The race to be California's superintendent of education is shaping up to be an expensive contest between fellow Democrats - one backed by the party establishment and teachers unions, and the other calling for school reform.

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April 15, 2014

Capital & Main

The Rise of Corporate Democrats in California

"A recent University of Southern California study found that the electoral reforms in California are associated with an ideological shift toward the center for Democrats (i.e., in a rightward direction) in California’s state legislature — with no perceptible move to the center from the Republican Party. Except, perhaps, from Republicans who have simply switched parties. The legislative effects of such defections have yet to be gauged."

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March 14, 2014

San Jose Mercury News

California pension measure scrapped for 2014 in big defeat for San Jose mayor

SAN JOSE -- Mayor Chuck Reed on Friday abandoned what was supposed to be his crowing achievement, saying he had admitted defeat in his bid to get a statewide pension reform measure on the November ballot.

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February 27, 2014

Capital & Main

The Education of Ted Mitchell

The nomination of Californian Ted Mitchell to the number two position at the U.S. Department of Education is the latest indication that proponents of school privatization are continuing to gain influence over the Obama administration’s education policy.

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