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Jan 16th, 2011

The California State Budget Proposal

By: | 01:14 AM | Categories: Finance

The initial California state budget proposal was released last Monday. The proposal, as...

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Jan 14th, 2011

CA Education Policy News Update

By: | 04:13 PM | Categories:

Last Monday, Bill Honig stepped down from his appointed position on the State Board of Education, according to the Contra Costa Times and the Thoughts on Public Education blog, due to “complications” during his...

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Jan 11th, 2011

IT WON’T BE EASY, JOHN DEASY

By: | 01:21 PM | Categories: Governance

John Deasy deserves the welcoming he is getting as superintendent of the nation’s second largest school district. He should savor the moment; he’ll need it.

The public and private speculation about Deasy concerns whether he is really a “reformer,” whatever that means, what deals he has cut with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa or the Gates Foundation, or whether United Teachers...

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