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DateTitle
October 12, 2009 Governor Vetoes Three Bills Attempting Reform of the UC
October 07, 2009 UC Leadership Looks Into Alternative Ways To Save Public Universities
October 06, 2009 Staring At The Abyss In Higher Education
September 30, 2009 The misdirected UC “walkout”
September 25, 2009 Students, Faculty, and Workers Across the State Protest UC Fee Hikes and Furloughs
September 21, 2009 Furlough Issue Comes To Head This Week at UC
September 18, 2009 Senator Accuses Regents of Using Crisis To Line Pockets of Top UC Executives
September 17, 2009 UC Regents Reluctantly Push For Massive Fee Hike Amid Students Protests
September 14, 2009 The Future of Higher Education in California, Or Is There Any?
September 09, 2009 School reform: The Arne-and-Arnold agenda
September 04, 2009 Early Education Key To Closing the Achievement Gap
September 03, 2009 Executive Pay Bill Killed in Committee
September 02, 2009 Yudof’s Message
August 28, 2009 “Race To The Top:” Feds Demand Too Much, Too Soon, For Too Little
August 28, 2009 Students Forced To Pay More to Get Less from CSU
August 27, 2009 California’s Response for Federal Stimulus Funding
August 26, 2009 Stealing From the Youth
August 20, 2009 Private Postsecondary Institutions Need Oversight Now
August 13, 2009 Yet Another UC Compensation Scandal Renews Calls for Legislation
July 24, 2009 Educational Leaders Decry Cuts To Education in Budget Agreement
July 18, 2009 Weekly Radio Address: Superintendent O’Connell, Assemblymember De León Call Education Achievement Gap Threat to Economy
July 17, 2009 Opposing Changes to Prop 98
July 15, 2009 Suspending Prop. 98 Would Permanently Rob Billions From Public School Students
July 13, 2009 Our Embattled Public University System Deserves Better
July 13, 2009 Furlough Plan by UC Met with Mix of Support and Opposition
July 03, 2009 Fully Fund Our Schools
July 02, 2009 Governor Proposes More Raids of Public Education Dollars
June 30, 2009 Ethnic Studies: The "Stress Test" of Education in California
June 25, 2009 New UC Chancellor Unfit to Serve
June 24, 2009 Abandoning High School Exit Exams Would Be a Mistake
June 24, 2009 Nightmare Scenario for School Lunches
June 23, 2009 Republican Legislator Shows Profound Misunderstand of State Education Policy
June 22, 2009 Pink Slips Have a Devastating Impact on Schools
June 19, 2009 Investing In California Higher Education Benefits All Californians
June 03, 2009 We Need To Remove Barriers To College
June 01, 2009 California School Funding: "Worse Than a Retreat; It is a Massacre"
May 29, 2009 High Quality Preschool Must Remain A Priority in California
May 29, 2009 California Must Develop Local Funding Options for Schools
May 28, 2009 UC Would No Longer Be ‘Above The Law’ Under Proposed Constitutional Change
May 26, 2009 Blowing the Whistle On Those Thwarting Efforts to Protect Whistle-Blowers
May 22, 2009 The People Have Spoken
May 21, 2009 First 5 Responds to the Loss of Proposition 1D
May 20, 2009 On the Failure of Prop 1A and the Future of Higher Education
May 20, 2009 Special Election Defeat Means More Hardship For California Students
May 18, 2009 High School Dropout Rates: An Urgent Need For Improvement
May 18, 2009 Decrying Double Digit Student Fee Hikes
May 14, 2009 UC Regents Have Bigger Concerns Than The Swine Flu
May 13, 2009 CDE Report Shows Scant Movement on California Drop Out Rates
May 08, 2009 UC Arrogantly Lines Pockets Of Executives
May 07, 2009 Senate Approves Sen. Romero’s Bill Increasing Transparency in Education Policy
May 06, 2009 $634 Million Coming To California For Special Education
April 30, 2009 PPIC Report: Californians Support Changes For Schools, Split on How to Achieve Change
April 23, 2009 Bill Requires Increased Accountability of the Migrant Education Program
April 17, 2009 Teachers’ Group to Use Courts to Get Prop. 98 Money
April 14, 2009 New Report Underscores Education Reform Needs
April 10, 2009 This is What Education Has Come To: Pay Cuts or Layoffs
April 02, 2009 State Gets Over One Billion in Educational Money from the USDE
March 27, 2009 UC Continues to Disrespect Taxpayers, Students
March 27, 2009 Torlakson Presses Governor To Help Beleaguered Schools
March 20, 2009 Schools Across the State Brace For Another Hit
March 17, 2009 Rescue Higher Education: Students, Faculty March & Rally to Protest Cuts
March 13, 2009 Rethinking Federal Student Aid for the Common Good
March 13, 2009 Rescue Higher Education: UC, CSU, Community Colleges Students, Faculty to March & Rally to Protest Cuts
March 09, 2009 Teachers Protest Educational Cuts This Friday
February 26, 2009 Ensure Stimulus Funds Reach the CSU System
February 20, 2009 State Superintendent Discusses Impact of Budget on Education
February 12, 2009 O’Connell Seeks To Save School Meals
February 10, 2009 UC’s Broken Record: University Again Misleads Taxpayers, Students
February 06, 2009 Class Size Reduction Program Must Be Protected
February 06, 2009 CFT Launches a New Radio Campaign Promoting a State Budget Solution That Includes Fair Taxes
February 04, 2009 State of Education Address by California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell
January 19, 2009 Moderate Republicans Need to Step Up to Save Education
January 15, 2009 O'Connell Criticizes UC Cuts in Enrollment
January 08, 2009 California’s Failure to Invest in Higher Education Gives the State Little Hope for Economic Prosperity in the 21st Century Global Economy
January 08, 2009 O’Connell Writes Obama to Urge Funding For Education Priorities in Economic Stimulus Package
January 07, 2009 AB 89 Provides Money For Education, Children's Healthcar, and Anti-Smoking Programs
January 02, 2009 Governor’s Plan Imperils Education For California
December 04, 2008 Today’s California College Students: Indentured Servants?
December 04, 2008 California Must Find the Funds to Feed Students
December 04, 2008 Looking Beyond Funding In Education Reform
December 01, 2008 Standing in the Doorway of College Bound Californians
November 25, 2008 Schrag: Some UC Campuses are More Equal Than Others
November 19, 2008 California Education Cuts in the Year After the “Year of Education”
November 16, 2008 Garamendi as a Regent: Why Education Funding is Critical to Improving California’s Future Workforce and Economy
November 14, 2008 The Ultimate Betrayal of California's Future
September 27, 2008 Preschool Legislation Aimed at Closing the Achievement Gap in California Becomes Law
September 16, 2008 Schrag: New UC President Mark Yudof Has Best Chance in Decades to Bring About Needed Change
August 30, 2008 Bill Exempting Students With Disabilities From the High School Exit Exam Until 2011 Passes California Legislature
August 19, 2008 Schrag: Jack O’Connell Shows His California Sense of Humor on Algebra
July 29, 2008 Fixing California’s Dropout Problem Requires a Big Picture Solution
July 26, 2008 Jack O’Connell: California’s Alarming Dropout Rate and the Support Our Children Need
July 22, 2008 Schrag: A Look Behind the California High School Dropout Numbers
July 15, 2008 Schrag: California Algebra Testing—Business Community Needs to Show Us the Money or We Need a Bigger Whip
July 09, 2008 Additional Freedom of Press Protections for Students at California High Schools and Colleges Appears Headed to Governor’s Desk
July 08, 2008 Making California’s Schools Work for All Central to Democracy
June 24, 2008 Schrag: Uncertainty Principle Underlies Math Testing in California
June 11, 2008 Failure on California High School Exit Exam Can Be Predicted as Early as the Fourth Grade
June 11, 2008 Schrag: What We Can Learn From the Graduating Class of ‘08
June 07, 2008 Celebrating California Graduations and the Role of Higher Education in Our Future
May 06, 2008 Fee Increases at UC and CSU: Steps to Privatization of California’s Univerity and College System
May 06, 2008 California Education to Latinos: Sorry, We Forgot That You Exist!
May 01, 2008 Californians Very Concerned About Schools and Budget--Want Education Protected From Cuts
April 30, 2008 Schrag: History Tells Us California’s Future Depends on the Children of Immigrants and Their Education
April 27, 2008 California Education 25 Years After “A Nation at Risk” Released
April 23, 2008 Schrag: Do We Want a University of California? State Budget Cuts are Permanently Damaging Higher Education in Our State
April 22, 2008 Massive March on State Capitol as Thousands of College Students Around the State Protest Schwarzenegger’s Proposed Cuts to UC, CSU, and Community Colleges
April 20, 2008 Is Anyone Going to Stop the Teacher Exodus from California?
April 17, 2008 Schwarzenegger’s Broken Promises on Higher Education and a New Study on the Effects of Cuts
April 09, 2008 Schrag: California School Funding is Inadequate Any Way You Measure It
April 02, 2008 Schrag: New University of California President is First Outsider to Get Job Since 19th Century
March 28, 2008 School Firearms Safety in California: A Reasonable Step
March 25, 2008 As We Cut School Funding, Bankers Get Bailout for “Trickle Down”
March 19, 2008 Schrag: Despite the Rhetoric, Education is a Low Priority for Schwarzenegger
March 17, 2008 One Los Angeles Teacher’s Response to Governor Schwarzenegger’s Education Budget Cuts
March 08, 2008 Home Schooling Goes the Way of the Dodo Bird While Schwarzenegger Demands “Action”
March 06, 2008 The Pink Slip Factor: Budget Cuts Threaten California’s Teaching Workforce
March 05, 2008 The California Education Budget – One Parent’s Perspective
March 05, 2008 Schrag: Class at Private and Public Universities
February 28, 2008 California Education Budget Update
January 23, 2008 Schrag: Disappointment in Governor’s “Year of Education” Are Not Just in Lack of Funding
January 09, 2008 Arnold's Year of Education: Defunding Students Who Need It Most
January 08, 2008 Schwarzenegger’s Year of Education: Taking It Out on Teachers
January 07, 2008 Schwarzenegger’s “Year of Education”: Missing The Point at the Outset
December 05, 2007 Schrag: Be Wary of Distorted Factoids in “California’s Year of Education That Probably Won’t Be”
November 28, 2007 California Must Start Now on School Finances if 2008 is to be the "Year of Education"
November 21, 2007 High Schools for Equity in California: A Progressive Education Agenda
November 19, 2007 The Moral Imperative to Close California's Achievement Gap
November 18, 2007 California's Achievement Gap Needs Solutions Based on the Problem
November 16, 2007 How Many Students Does It Take To Stop The California Fee Hikes?
November 11, 2007 New Research: California’s School Readiness Gap and the Promise of Effective Pre-Kindergarten Programs
November 07, 2007 California State Auditor Confirms Compensation Scandals at CSU
November 01, 2007 Californians See College as Essential to Succeed in Workplace and Affordability as Main Issue in PPIC Survey
October 31, 2007 Schrag: Brace Yourself for Schwarzenegger's Ballyhooed "Year of Education" on the Horizon
October 22, 2007 Major Reforms Set to Hit California's Higher Education Systems
October 11, 2007 University of California Students Active in Urging Schwarzenegger to Sign California Dream Act
October 03, 2007 Schrag: The Zigs and Zags of Education Reform 50 Years After Sputnik
September 30, 2007 California Reading Scores Shameful- Again: National Scores Essentially Stagnant.
September 26, 2007 Schrag: Why Does the University of California Keep Shooting Itself in the Foot?
September 07, 2007 Why the California Legislature Usually Gets It Wrong On Public Education
August 30, 2007 California Educational Test Results?
August 29, 2007 Schrag: "Racial" Achievement Gaps in Educational Testing in California
August 23, 2007 A Plan To Attack California’s High School Dropout Crisis
August 22, 2007 Schrag: Larger Questions for the University of California in the Wake of Dynes' Departure
July 19, 2007 Governor Backs Out of Deal to Not Test 7 Year Olds in California
July 09, 2007 Bill Aimed at "Diploma Mills" Advances in California State Assembly
June 27, 2007 Class Size in California Matters, of Course!
May 30, 2007 Peter Schrag: Take California High School Graduation Statistics With a Grain of Salt and Watch the Hidden Agendas
May 23, 2007 Preschool for California Kids in Areas Served by Low Performing Elementary Schools Needs Continued Funding in State Budget
May 10, 2007 CSU Students Deliver 7,000 Letters on Fee Hikes on Steps of State Capitol, then Lobby Legislature and Governor
April 26, 2007 PPIC Poll: Californians Support Major Educational Changes and Increased Funding if Coupled With These
April 17, 2007 California Needs to Join Other States in Movement for Excellence in Higher Education
April 05, 2007 Time for a Moratorium on Commissions on Education in California
March 21, 2007 Wrapping the Mind Around 1,700 Pages of Reports on California's Public Schools
March 20, 2007 Upset: California Federation of Teachers Elects Marty Hittelman to Replace President
March 19, 2007 Cal Students Lobby Legislature on Tuition Increases
March 17, 2007 Assemblymembers Discuss Overhauling California’s K-12 Education in the Democratic Weekly Radio Address
March 16, 2007 Three Different Perspectives on "Getting Down to Facts"--A Groundbreaking Report on California's Educational System
February 28, 2007 Anybody Want to be Schwarzenegger's Secretary of Education?
February 20, 2007 California Teacher Credentialing Changes Cost Students $, Do Not Improve Schools
February 08, 2007 With Student Fees Rising and Professors at California Universities Talking of Strike Because of Low Pay, Legislation Introduced to Require Openness in Executive Pay Process
February 07, 2007 State of Education Address by California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell
January 12, 2007 GOVERNOR, THE “PRICE IS WRONG” FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA
January 09, 2007 California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell Hearkens to Times of Change of Hiram Johnson and Pat Brown in Inaugural Address
January 02, 2007 Meddling, Pandering and Muddling in California Teacher Preparation
December 02, 2006 The Future of California Education: Research and Resources
November 20, 2006 California State University Executive Packages Out of Whack When Compared With Professors' Compensation
September 09, 2006 Democrats Call on Governor to Expand Cal Grants in Weekly Radio Address
July 17, 2006 California Public Schools Better Than Private Schools According to Suppressed Study
June 24, 2006 Assembly Speaker Says It's Our Job In Sacramento To Push For Reforms That Help Our Children Succeed
June 08, 2006 WHY THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM WORKS
May 20, 2006 California Exit Exam Fails Kids and the State
May 13, 2006 An Open Letter to Superintendent O’Connell on the California High School Exit Exam
May 09, 2006 Yes on Prop 82 For Equal Access to Preschool
April 27, 2006 New Survey Shows Education is Key Issue to Voters and in Race for Governor
April 20, 2006 Is Chamber Really Supporting a Tax Increase for Education?
April 15, 2006 Assembly Member Montañez Discusses the Importance of Education
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