April 19, 2010, 12:06 AM
Parents and students in the Capistrano Unified School District could learn as early as today whether the district's 2,200 teachers will go on strike. On Friday, union leaders told the Orange County Register that the membership overwhelmingly granted their governing board permission to...
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April 6, 2010, 12:05 AM
In post-recession, post-stimulus-program America, we’ve gotten used to some frighteningly big numbers being thrown around in the discussion of public finance. Nevertheless, it was difficult not to be alarmed at the bottom line in a study of California's pension obligations conducted by...
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March 30, 2010, 12:07 AM
Faced with a $640 million budget deficit, the Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders are pondering furloughs and a shortened school year to stave off the elimination of roughly 2,100 jobs. Photo by Maxime Perron Caissy According to the LA Times, members of the teachers and...
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February 2, 2010, 12:07 AM
Broken families. Increased hunger. Homelessness. This isn't a blog about post-earthquake life in Haiti. This is the impact of the recession on scores of children attending California schools, according to a recent report from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access. ...
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January 12, 2010, 12:02 AM
For the first time since the program began 14 years ago, a California governor is planning on spending significantly less on California’s popular, but expensive, class-size reduction program than in previous years. In his budget released last Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is...
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