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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called for a speedy re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), branded...

The Sacramento Bee has an article today from the Associated Press on Bill Gates and school reform. Here the article is in the Washington Po...

Campaign for America's Future I'm going to Chicago next week for the American Bankers Association meeting. Oddly, I haven't ...

Published in Print: October 21, 2009 Education Week LETTER The Problem Is Poverty, Not a Lack of Standards To the Editor: "Standa...

by Bob Herbert Op-Ed Columnist New York Times - October 20, 2009 The headlines that ran side by side on the front page of Saturday'...

The safety net and the recession  By  Lawrence Mishel   October 8, 2009 "Some claim somehow that the recovery package isn't workin...

That California government is in a financial crisis is not news – but it is in  crisis.  And, that only 13% of Californians think that the l...

It is time for economic justice.  Bill Moyers Capitalism: a Love Story BILL MOYERS : I sat in a theater packed with passionate moviegoe...

The Economic Crisis, The Budget & The University   A forum on   the economic crisis and the cutbacks at the university was held   Oct...

Forum on the Economic Crisis: The Economic Crisis, The Budget & The University Be a part of the solution. Panelists: Prof Paul B...

Go see, Capitalism: a Love Story written and directed by Michael Moore. It is great-and at times sad. Meanwhile.  Barack Obama receives t...

Spare CSU a Phoenix Takeover William Tierney's editorial is astonishing for its elitism.  http://www.sacbee.com/1190/story/2227503.ht...

How the bankers did it. The best way to rob a bank is to own one. These two authors are among the few who can write about economics i...

    No part of society remains healthy when the other parts are sick. Violence and drug abuse in one part of the community endanger us a...

 In an interesting article, “ Budget Woes, school reform collide.” By Diane Lambert in the Sacramento Bee of Oct. 1,2009, the writer gets to...

The Economic Crisis, The Budget & The University Be a part of the solution. Panelists: Prof Paul Burke, Co-Chair Sac. Progressive Alli...

Hearing today Sept. 29, 2009, at the Capitol . The 5th. Extraordinary Session. Assembly Committee on Education Chaired by Assemblywoma...

Another view: Test scores aren't best way to judge Sacramento Bee | Page 3E Our new U.S. secretary of education, Arne Duncan, picked ...

Natomas cuts; An earlier post criticized the Sacramento BEE article by Diana Lambert on budget cuts in Natomas Unified School District. I c...