Choosing Democracy

Well worth reading. The Press: The Enemy Within By Michael Massing http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18555 from 'The New York Review of Bo...

Op-eds for sale A columnist from a libertarian think tank admits accepting payments to promote an indicted lobbyist's clients. Will more...

"Bush’s excuses for the illegal eavesdropping are indeed risible. The Times didn’t mention it, but of 19,000 requests for eavesdropping...

Whittle, C. (2005). Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education. New York: Riverhead Hardcover. 288 pp.
$24.95 ISBN 1594489...

D’s AND F’s FOR ‘NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND’ By Chris Levister Nearly four years into the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) the nation’s urb...

Buying School Reform California School Reform . Peter Schrag titles his column of December 14, 2005, in the Sacramento Bee, “Buying School ...

New Report Raises Warning Over Assignment of Least Prepared Teachers and
Resurgent Teacher Shortage in a High Stakes Education Environment (...

Who's Afraid Of Teacher Voice? Charter Schools And Union Organizing http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=101&ItemID...

| A Growing Wariness About Money in Politics By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 29, 2005; A01 http://www....

The Press: The Enemy Within By Michael Massing New York Review of Books Volume 52, Number 20 December 15, 2005 The past few months have witn...

"We had good intentions..."--Gates Leader “I think it’s fair to say we’ve learned a number of important lessons, and it’s quite ...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-takeover21nov21,0,7438973.story?coll=la-home-local THE STATE Mayor Talks Tough to Push School Takeov...

First, thank you so much to everyone who came out and made our screening of Wal-Mart: The High Price of Low Cost such a tremendous success! ...

Calif. Schools Progress? Reality Check: Expectations For California Students Outstrip Resources

State Sets Tougher Academic Standards Than ...

Students, Teachers and Public Schools Winners as Voters Reject Governor's Agenda and 'Special Interest' Initiatives November 9,...

Arnold Terminates Himself By Harold Meyerson The Washington Post Thursday 10 November 2005 Los Angeles - Arnold Schwarzenegger's...

The End of News? By Michael Massing http://www.nybooks.com/articles/18516 [Cut] The developments at the Tribune Company mirror those in the ...

Scholar Cornel West to speak on race issues Cornel West Black activist and philosopher Cornel West, author of the best-selling book Race Ma...

Dan Weintraub gives a detailed accounting of the last campaign. He is descriptive of the governor's role and the internal debates. He d...

This is an excerpt from an essay by William Grieder. He refers to the Washington media elite. He could as well be writing about Sacramento ...