By Lisa Schiff
In the midst of a protracted assault on public education, teachers unions have in front of them a tremendous opportunity. The need for strong leadership asserting child-centric approaches to education has never been greater – teachers an…
By Randy Shaw
In the past month, 1. Los Angeles voters overwhelmingly rejected a billionaire-backed school board candidate seeking to shift control of the district to anti-union forces; 2. Thirty-five Atlanta educators, including a close ally of promin…
By Robert Reich
“Our biggest problems over the next ten years are not deficits,” the President told House Republicans Wednesday, according to those who attended the meeting.
The President needs to deliver the same message to the public, loudly and clea…
By Steve Hochstadt
American higher education has some big problems. We still have a world-class network of colleges and universities. Students from less developed and from highly developed nations come to the US to get BAs and advanced degrees. Our tea…
By Robert Cruickshank
Last week’s big news was the announcement from Governor Jerry Brown that the state budget is out of perennial deficit and looking at several years of surpluses. We’ll talk more about what those surpluses mean and how they ought to…
By Christopher AllenCalifornia Progress Report
California Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his 2013-14 budget proposal yesterday, declaring that the state’s lean years of budget deficits are over. In place of dramatic spending cuts, the governor’s $97.6 b…
By Dan Aiello
Advocates of universal access to higher education fear California voters, faced with two competing education tax initiatives will fail both, effectively abandoning the state’s historic commitment to provide access to higher education for …