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Prop 13 and California’s Education Failures

October 26, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people.” – Mary Landrieu In California State Superintendent of Education candidate Marshall Tuck’s TV advertisement, he points out that California is 44th in achieving education results. What he leaves unsaid is that this performance parallels our state’s lack of funding for our […]

Filed Under: Elections, Uncategorized Tagged With: California state school funding, Education Spending, Marshall Tuck, Prop 13, School Funding

BREAKING: American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles, Resubmits Stuart Magruder Appointment to LAUSD Bond Oversight Committee

May 23, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

This press release was issued by the American Institute of Architects, Los Angeles chapter just now. It calls for the re-appointment of Stuart Magruder to a second term on the Bond Oversight Committee that has been providing professional feedback on Los Angeles Unified use of bond funds for school facilities. AIA-LA Statement, LAUSD Citizens Oversight […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts, State Education Law Tagged With: iPads, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, School Funding

Apple Sells iPads to LAUSD — Something Does Not Compute

September 7, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

I’m writing this on my MacBook Pro, and I really appreciate that irony and privilege. But it doesn’t change what I’m about to say. When the Los Angeles Unified School District’s School Board decided at its mid-June 2013 meeting to purchase iPads for every child in the district, I was aghast. It wasn’t only the […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts, State Education Law Tagged With: School Funding

The November 2012 Save California Public Schools Toolkit

September 27, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Elections, Fixes, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, School Districts, State Education Law Tagged With: Arts funding, CA budget, California, School Funding

California Secretary of State's Official Titles and Summaries of Proposition 30 and Proposition 38

September 21, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

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 Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. CA Proposition 30: TEMPORARY TAXES TO FUND EDUCATION. GUARANTEED LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING. INITIATIVE CO… […]

Filed Under: Elections, Fixes, Los Angeles, Orange County, Parents, Sacramento, San Francisco, School Districts, State Education Law Tagged With: CA budget, California, California state school funding, Proposition 30, Proposition 38, School Funding

California Budget Project's Analysis of Propositions 30 and 38, For November 2012

September 20, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

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 California that propose to fund K-12 education. This November, voters will decide if they want to vote for one, both, or none, and in order to do so, they’ll […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Elections, Fixes, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, State Education Law Tagged With: CA budget, California, Proposition 30, Proposition 38, School Funding

Special Podcast: Weighted Pupil Funding & California's Budget Process, 2012 — Call to Action

June 15, 2012 by K12NN Site Admin

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 conducting in the next 18 hours, ending Friday, June 15, 2012. You can listen to the podcast here: Listen to internet radio with MOMocrats on […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Los Angeles, Orange County, Parents, Sacramento, San Francisco, Students Tagged With: CA budget, School Funding

CA School Finance 101 Wrap-Up

October 21, 2011 by K12NN Site Admin

Highlights from the CA School Finance 101 workshop — a wrap-up that flags some of the most discussed issues by those in attendance. Over 70 school administrators, parents, school board members, and candidates for school board/Assembly/State Senate participated.

Filed Under: Budgets, Los Angeles, Orange County, Parents, School Boards, School Districts, State Education Law Tagged With: School Funding

Frazzled Moms–Frazzled Because of School Budget Cuts?

December 2, 2010 by K12NN Site Admin

“…As local and state economies continue to struggle, budget cuts to rich and poor school systems are increasing the reliance on unpaid parent help.”

Filed Under: Budgets, Parents Tagged With: School Funding

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Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

There are twenty-three candidates running to fill former Congressman Xavier Bacerra’s seat in Congressional District 34 in Southern California. (Bacerra is currently the state’s Attorney General, replacing Kamala Harris, who, after November 8, 2016, became our US Senator.) Election Day is Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can find your polling […]

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

Take the pledge to #resist and fight for public schools as a public good TODAY. DeVos had to have the assistance of Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in order to win her confirmation. Two GOP Senators voted against, all Democratic Senators voted against. Yet all the other GOP Senators who received campaign donations […]

Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

The next #DemDebate is scheduled for the important primary state of Iowa on November 14, 2015. It’ll be broadcast by CBS in partnership with the Des Moines Register. Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig is leading the call for the families of 50 million students K-12 across the nation and the communities they live in to have […]

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