By Jeanne Berrong Parents of California schoolchildren: If your child was or has been a student in California public schools since January, 2008, their personal records will be released to a private party as the result of a lawsuit filed by a non-profit requesting public records. That means their social security numbers, mental health records, […]
“Golden” Granada Hills Charter High School: Scofflaws When It Comes to California Ed Code?
By Carl Petersen. “I am a former candidate for the District 3 seat on the LAUSD School Board, founder of Change The LAUSD and member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council. Opinions are my own.” “Per GHCHS Board Policy, all students must participate fully in California CAASPP and Granada Testing in their 9th, 10th […]
Catholic Sainthood For Junipero Serra Will Erase Native Americans All Over Again
This guest post comes from Pamela Casey Nagler, who is a teacher in California. This piece is part of a series, Why We Need Ethnic Studies. This is why we need better history courses — more ethnic studies in our high schools. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player The Pope has just announced that […]
March 14, 2014: Remarks at the Association of Children's Librarians Annual Institute
Cynthia Liu is CEO/Founder of K-12 News Network. On March 14, 2014, I was invited to speak to the Association of Childen’s Librarians of Northern California at their annual Institute in the beautiful San Francisco Main Public Library. Here’s the substance of the talk I gave. In re-arranging my address to the ACL for publication […]
The Vergera v. California Trial: More Double Standards From the 1%
We know that two epicenters of the funding for profiteering from public schools are Silicon Valley and Wall Street. And in looking at some of the major players pushing privatization of public schools, such as the ones based in Northern California detailed in this Crooks and Liars report, I can see a pattern that emerges […]
K12NN Action: Decline to Sign Rhee's Attack on Teacher Seniority (Ballot Initiative)
Newsflash from the December 18, 2013 Sacramento Bee: A ballot measure submitted by a political consultant for education advocate Michelle Rhee seeks to remove seniority as a factor when California school districts lay off teachers, requiring that they instead base decisions on performance ratings. Performance, under the proposal, would be determined in part based […]
Local Control Funding Formula — A View From SoCal
By Deb McCurdy, special to K12NN and reposted with permission. Students throughout California are finally getting some relief. A few weeks ago, the state legislature reached a compromise on the 2013-2014 budget, which also includes a plan for future K-12 public education funding, and Governor Brown has signed it. The compromise budget provides for about […]
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 negotiations): Put more money into the base grants (raise all districts equally) Supplemental grant percentages would be 20% of the […]
Comparisons of Propositions 30 and 38, Via EdSource & the California Budget Project
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 non-profit state budget watchdog outlet that has excellent information on education. California Budget Project: How Do Propositions 30 & 38 Compare?
The November 2012 Save California Public Schools Toolkit
Step 1: Get informed. We’re on the verge of either saving our public schools from an annual cycle of disinvestment caused by budget cuts ($20 billion in the past 5 years) — or setting off harmful triggers if the November 2012 ballot initiatives to fund K-12 (or K-14) don’t pass. Proposition 30 and Proposition 38 […]