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California School Funding 101: How the State Funds Your School
CA State School Funding: What’s Ahead for 2011-2012? Map of the Fullerton College campus that shows parking, building info. Park for free on the first floor of the Student Parking Garage at Lemon &...
View ArticleDear Governor Brown, Please Sign AB250 For High Quality Education Into Law!
UPDATED: SUCCESS! Governor Brown signed AB250 into law on October 8, 2011. Your urgent action is needed by October 6, 2011! An important education bill that shifts the state toward high-quality...
View ArticleCA School Finance 101 Wrap-Up
Ask any parent casting an uneasy eye on state budget cuts and ballooning class sizes, or shrinking programs and dwindling resources devoted to her child at the local neighborhood school, and you’re...
View ArticleThree CA Education Revenue Initiatives for November, 2012? A Comparison,...
UPDATE: as of March 14, 2012 The Sacramento Bee reports that Governor Brown and the Courage Campaign/CFT have reached a deal in which he tempers the regressive aspects of his ballot initiative by...
View ArticleEducation Voter Guide, CA State Senate & Assembly Races, June 5, 2012: Who...
Coming up on June 5, 2012: California’s first open primary election in which anyone can vote for any candidate for state legislative offices, so long as you live in the district. Among other things,...
View ArticleSpecial Podcast: Weighted Pupil Funding & California’s Budget Process, 2012 —...
I just spoke with two impassioned and well-informed high school student leaders and a community coordinator at Californians for Justice about an emergency action to support public schools that they’re...
View ArticleCalifornia Budget Project’s Analysis of Propositions 30 and 38, For November...
California Budget Project‘s Senior Policy Analyst and specialist in education issues, Jonathan Kaplan, recently released Budget Briefs analyzing the potential impact of two ballot initiatives in...
View ArticleCalifornia Secretary of State’s Official Titles and Summaries of Proposition...
These are reproduced from pdfs found on the California Secretary of State’s website and are the official titles and summaries of Propositions 30 and 38. Proposition 30: Temporary Taxes to Fund...
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The November 2012 Save California Public Schools Toolkit
Step 1: Get informed. California Budget Project, “School Finance Facts, 2011.” Click for full report pdf. We’re on the verge of either saving our public schools from an annual cycle of disinvestment...
View ArticleComparisons of Propositions 30 and 38, Via EdSource & the California Budget...
This one’s from EdSource, a very reliable non-profit education news outlet. EdSource: Proposition 30 | Proposition 38 Comparisons This one’s from the California Budget Project, also a very reliable...
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California Public School News Updates
Aspire and State Board give up fight over controversial charters - by John Fensterwaldfrom John FensterwaldAfter a six-year legal battle, Aspire Public Schools and the State Board of Education have...
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Brown fights back, responds to critics of his funding formula - by John...
By John Fensterwald Gov. Jerry Brown emphatically vowed Wednesday “to fight with everything I have and whatever we have to bring to bear” for passage this year of his school finance reform, as...
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Common Core test is on track, State Board told - by John Fensterwald
By John Fensterwald Four states have encountered serious glitches and system meltdowns over the past several weeks as they have moved their own state assessments online. But the head of the state-led...
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Advocacy groups urge rejection of NCLB waiver for California districts - by...
By John Fensterwald Seven advocacy and civil rights organizations, led by Washington-based The Education Trust, have called on Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to deny nine California districts a...
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Bonds would fund business investment in schools under Steinberg proposal - by...
By Kathryn Baron The leader of the California State Senate says the way to encourage more and stronger bonds between industry and education is through, well, bonds. With California facing a shortage of...
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California looks to Ontario schools’ reformer for guidance - by John Fensterwald
By John Fensterwald Michael Fullan may be coming soon to a school district near you. The man credited with transforming the Canadian province of Ontario into one of the world’s most effective school...
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California could get $350 million for preschool under federal proposal - by...
By Lillian Mongeau California could nearly double its spending on public preschool with an influx of federal funding if the president’s proposal to significantly increase the money available for early...
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Governor Brown, Add SB69′s Revisions To Your Local Control Funding Formula
UPDATE: as of 1:13 pm, PDT, Monday, June 10: Good news, keep signing! It’s a constantly changing picture, but so far the main points of agreement seem to be these (as of the past weekend’s...
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