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Feb 1st, 2011
William Perez
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09:25 PM
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Post Secondary Education
Continuing two decades of declining state support for higher education, Brown has proposed cutting $500 million each from the University of California and California State University systems, and $400 million from community colleges. These cuts are expected to lead to increased fees and reduced enrollment. Community college students' fees would climb from $26 per credit unit to $36. Chancellor Jack Scott...
Feb 1st, 2011
William Perez
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09:25 PM
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Post Secondary Education
Continuing two decades of declining state support for higher education, Brown has proposed cutting $500 million each from the University of California and California State University systems, and $400 million from community colleges. These cuts are expected to lead to increased fees and reduced enrollment. Community college students' fees would climb from $26 per credit unit to $36. Chancellor Jack Scott...
Jan 28th, 2011
Mona Vakilifathi
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04:33 PM
In addition to the Tuesday’s release of California’s below-average performance in the sciences on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results , as reported by the San Bernardino Sun, there were several updates this week in California education.
The use of the ”parent-trigger law” in the Compton Unified School District has been attracting attention throughout...
Jan 26th, 2011
David N Plank
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11:58 AM
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Assessment & Accountability
Bill Tierney and Lisa Garcia have a new article on-line that reviews the findings and implications of their study of Early Assessment Program (EAP) implementation in Los Angeles. (The study can be found here; for background information click here as well). Their findings are almost uniformly negative. The students who participated in their focus groups or responded to their survey know almost nothing about...
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Jan 25th, 2011
Charles Taylor Kerchner
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11:08 PM
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Teachers
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and a raft of supporters in the foundation world fervently want to replace the tried-and-true teacher salary schedule with pay-for-performance schemes. They should be careful of what they wish for.
The idea seems straightforward: Replace raises conditioned on years of service and education beyond the minimum required for a teaching license with conspicuous rewards for good...
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