Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
Melody Petersen
June 29, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education has agreed to forgive $171 million of debt owed by former students of the bankrupt for-profit school Corinthian Colleges Inc., most of them in California.
By Lyndsey Layton
Thursday, February 20, 2014
The head of the nation’s largest teachers union said the rollout of the new Common Core academic standards has been “completely botched” in many states and that wholesale changes taking place in U.S. classrooms need an immediate “course correction.”
By Beau Yarbrough, The Sun
Posted: 09/13/13, 5:37 PM PDT | Updated: 14 hrs ago
They’re promoted as making American students more competitive with their international peers, but some local conservatives say new educational standards set to be fully implemented next school year amount to a federal takeover of local education.
Capitol Alert
The latest on California politics and government
September 10, 2013
Gov. Jerry Brown says he’ll push forward with school-testing legislation despite U.S. Department of Education threats to withhold federal funds.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, Sep. 10, 2013 – 8:16 pm
Last Modified: Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2013 – 7:24 am
Gray Davis may have been the most risk-averse governor in living memory and paid the price for his reticence when he was recalled for failing to deal forthrightly with severe budget and energy crises.
California Watch
A Project of the Center for Investigative Reporting
K–12
August 12, 2010 | Louis Freedberg
Many unknowns stand in the way of California school districts actually being able to spend money from the $26 billion state relief fund signed into law by President Obama this week.
Issue back on table with school reform
Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell, Staff Writer
Created: 05/01/2010 10:03:17 PM PDT
In early March, California missed out on Race to the Top funding because many teachers unions declined to sign an agreement requiring them to accept drastic reforms linked to the funding.
Among the list of changes low-achieving schools were asked to make was linking teachers’ pay to student performance, an issue unions representing teachers have long opposed.