Recent Education Articles

EDUCATION CHANGE

• Press Release. U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Announces Final Regulations to Strengthen No Child Left Behind.
• Dan Walters. "Sacramento Bee” Squabbling over dollars masks real problems of California public schools.
• Peter Schrag. "Sacramento Bee” Lots of noise, little sensible talk about education
• Editorial. "Sacramento Bee” Letter to the Editor: Overcoming school budget crisis.
• David Long - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's secretary of education. "Sacramento Bee” A state plan that will help struggling schools.
• Dan Walters. "Sacramento Bee” School mess cataloged once again.
• "The Los Angeles Times.” The State of Education. Supt. Jack O'Connell's plan is sensible, if not revolutionary.
• Peter Schrag. “Sacramento Bee.” Tight budgets needn't halt school reform planning.
• Editorial. “Sacramento Bee.” Not giving up. ‘Year of Education’ – tempered by realism.
• Editorial. “The Sacramento Bee.” Despite tight budget, aim high for education. How can California expect excellence without sufficient data about students?
• Ted Mitchell and Dede Alpert. “The San Jose Mercury News.” Opinion Editorial: Removing barriers to student success need not break the bank.
• Editorial. “Sacramento Bee.” Time to make the 'Year of Education' a reality. With school funds poised for big growth, Schwarzenegger has a rare opportunity
• Jessie Mangaliman. “Contra Costa Times.” Education panel's proposals run into state deficit
• Editorial. “San Jose Mercury News.” Budget deficit no excuse to halt school reform
• Carl Guardino. "The Sacramento Bee." Opinion Editorial: FACTS and their meaning to schools
• Peter Schrag. “The Sacramento Bee.” State of our schools: Not all good, not all terrible
• Dan Walters. “The Sacramento Bee.” Big talk, few fixes for school
• Editorial. “Mercury News.” Education report can't help until it's public
• Peter Schrag. “The Sacramento Bee. California school fixes ahead: Proceed with caution
• Dan Walters. “The Sacramento Bee.” Education solutions stay elusive

INFORMATION

• DATA QUALITY CAMPAIGN Announces 3-Year Progress
• Mitchell Landsberg. “The Los Angeles Times.” Some California dropouts finish high school but don't succeed beyond, study finds.
• Seema Mehta. “Los Angeles Times.” Fewer California students pass high school exit exam.
• Dakarai, Aarons. “Education Week.” Global Economy Demands New Skills, Report Says
• Lucy Dunn. “Orange County Register.” ‘Stay in school’ accountability includes parents, educators, others.
• Editorial . “Sacramento Bee” Latest numbers put new focus on reforms in city high schools.
• Janelle Weiner. “Sacramento News and Review” Is our students learning?
• Ted Mitchell and Dede Alpert. “San Jose Mercury News” State budget woes are no excuse for delaying school reform.
• Tammerlin Drummond.” Contra Costa Times” Report offers disturbing data on education.
• Eric Larsen.” Capitol Weekly” Shared data: A new system could provide advance warning on school dropouts.
• Jack O’Connell. “The Fresno Bee.” Using data to unlock students' full potential.
• Peter Schrag. “The Sacramento Bee.” The dropout numbers: Who should take the rap?
• Dan Walters. “The Sacramento Bee.” New numbers won't end California school dropout debate.
• Editorial. “The Sacramento Bee.” At last, accurate dropout data are within reach. New tracking system will let schools and public know what happens to all students.
• Carl Guardino. "Sacramento Bee.” Another View: State needs student data
• David Long. “The Sacramento Bee.” Committed to better data on education.
• Editorial. "Sacramento Bee." Baby steps on school data won't get job done.
• "Sacramento Bee” ‘Nice guy’ says he’s a fighter
  Sacramentan brings focus on public service to Senate post
• John Fensterwald. “The San Jose Mercury News Blog.” Umm, data. Good.
• Shirin Parsavand. “Press-Enterprise.” State plan to track student performance advances: EDUCATION: The state picks IBM to develop a program that will track individual performance
• Associated Press. “Orange County Register.” State lacks systems to adequately track students

FINANCE

• Daniel B. "Wood. The Christian Science Monitor." California's fiscal crisis hits schools
• Michael Kirst and Goodwin Liu. “Sacramento Bee.” Opinion Editorial: Finding right mix for school funding.

TEACHERS

• Bess Keller. “Education Week.” Tiered Licensing Systems Being Used by States to Help Teacher Quality
• Editorial. “Contra Costa Times.” Save mentor program
• Paul Thissen. “Contra Costa Times.” Teacher mentor program falls short, critics contend - $128 million mandate up for review by a state commission as questions about effectiveness persist

CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS & RESEARCH

• Anthony York. “Capitol Weekly. Major education report hits Capitol with a thud
• Naush Boghossian. “LA Daily News.”State schools bad, L.A. worse
• Editorial. “Riverside Press-Enterprise.”Dropout madness.

Recent CSSP Articles

• Christopher T. Cross. “The Los Angeles Times.” Letter to the Editor.
• Richard C. Seder. “The Sacramento Bee.” Letter to the Editor.