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State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell Comments on "Race to the Top" SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack ...

Schools Chief Jack O'Connell Issues Statement on Budget Deal SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell ...

Let The Financial Inquest Begin By Isaiah J. Poole July 15, 2009 - 2:43pm ET http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009072915/let-financial-in...

The President of the United States and his Secretary of Education are violating one of the most fundamental principles concerning test use: ...

Obama chides California for not using test scores to evaluate teachers At stake are billions in federal stimulus funds to be allocated in ...

By Diana Lambert Published: Saturday, Jul. 25, 2009 - 12:00 am | Page 1A California schools may already have lost the Race to the Top. The s...

Obama Administration attacks teacher unions. The Federal Department of education directed by Secretary Arne Duncan proposed rules for school...

A $4 Billion Push for Better Schools Obama Hopes Funding Will Be Powerful Incentive in 'Race to the Top' By Michael D. Shear and Nic...

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In his press statement on the budget agreement, the Governor said that public education was fully funded. "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's legislative leaders apparently have agreed Monday on a plan to close t...

Reporters at the Bee's Capitol alert say that the Big 5 will reach a budget deal this PM. Lets see. California budget deficit dwarfs oth...

Here's what Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage is hoping for: The commission must act boldly to investiga...

The Scandal Continues: The Billions in Govt. Cash Behind Goldman's "Profits" By Matt Taibbi, True/Slant. Posted July 17, 2009....

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By Robert Scheer Connect the dots: Goldman Sachs made $3.44 billion in profit this past quarter, while the U.S deficit topped $1 trillion fo...

By Marty Hittelman President California Federation of Teachers Repealing corporate tax breaks makes more sense To address the ongoing state ...

Goldman's Back, and Why We Should Be Worried July 14, 2009, 10:39AM Should we breath a sigh of relief that Goldman Sachs has posted reco...

See: The excellent report on Bill Moyers Journal Health Care; The industry has always tried to make Americans think that government-run syst...

Schwarzenegger is the problem. We need to deal directly with the attack on school funding. In the past 6 months, school funding in Californ...