Saturday, October 29, 2005

Jill Stewart creeps in again

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It must be the Halloween Season. Jill Stewart, writing for Orange County papers and the Sacramento News and Review has been consistently an...
Thursday, October 27, 2005

Key Propositions: a dead heat

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Key California Propositions: a dead heat The Public Policy Institute is a reliable, independent polling organization. Oct. 28 report. http:/...

The Governor is losing

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GEORGE SKELTON / CAPITOL JOURNAL Governor Revs Up Reform Sales Pitch, But Maybe Too Late George Skelton Capitol Journal October 27, 2005 Gov...
Monday, October 24, 2005

Real School Administrators oppose Prop.74

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October 21, 2005 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS VOTE TO OPPOSE PROP. 74 Superintendents join rest of school community in flunking governor’s measure...
Saturday, October 22, 2005

Improving teachers or firing teachers?

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The Governor has proposed Prop. 74 to make it easier to dismiss new teachers. This is typical of his thinking. Teachers can already be dism...
Thursday, October 20, 2005

NAEP Reading results and school reform choices

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A little history of California schools. In 1994, the reading scores of California schools hit bottom. We ranked 49 out of the 50 states o...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

NAEP Reading Results

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summary from NCES. Overall Reading Results for California : NAEP In 2005, the average scale score for eighth-grade students in California wa...

State Superintendent comments on the low test scores

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Jack O'connel. Superintendent of Public Instruction. "Unlike our statewide assessments, NAEP is not aligned to the content taught i...

Latest California Test Scores

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California Students' Math, Reading Scores Among Lowest By Emma Vaughn Times Staff Writer 2:49 PM PDT, October 19, 2005 WASHINGTON — Desp...

Award to Tom Campbell on Prop. 76

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To lie, falsehood, untruth, fabrication Today’s Award. I am speaking from my talking points; don’t let facts get in the way. Goes to : Tom C...
Monday, October 17, 2005

Latino Leaders oppose 74, 75 & 76

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Nunez, Padilla, Latino Leaders Unite Against Governor’s Agenda, Urge Community to Vote No on Propositions 74, 75, 76 and 77 Monterey Park, C...
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

L.A. Times on Prop. 74

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The Los Angeles Times has long been a Republican paper, particularly in the editorial pages. This is an example of the corporate control of...
Monday, October 10, 2005

Weintraub on teacher job security

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Today's California Insider, the blog of Sacramento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub, has a long description of how well Arnold gets along ...

PTA on Prop. 76

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October 7, 2005 STATE SUPERINTENDENT JACK O’CONNELL AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE PTA OPPOSE PROP. 76 Initiative Could Devastate Public Schools; ...

Proposition 74 and the Sacramento Bee

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Proposition 74 and the Sacramento Bee. On Sunday, Oct. 9, the Sacramento Bee editorial board published an editorial urging a No vote on Prop...
Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Fight the lies: No on Prop. 74

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Fight the Lies! End the blame game ! Vote No on Prop. 74. Vote No on Prop. 75 There will be at least eight initiatives on the November...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

High Stakes Tests Fail

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THE BIGGEST NEWS YOU DIDN'T HEAR LAST WEEK After analyzing National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test data from 25 states, ...
Friday, September 30, 2005

Prop. 74. Voter guide

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This is the argument in the Voter Guide. Note. It is not tenure. It is an extended probationary period. Public School Teachers. Waiting Peri...

Tenure problem ? evidence please

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The Governor argues that we need an initiative to change teacher tenure, but there has been no evidence offered that this is a problem cau...
Thursday, September 29, 2005

The governor is a loser

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Special Survey on Californians and the Initiative Process, September 2005
Mark Baldassare Half of state residents s...