Choosing Democracy

  Sacramento Senator Darrell Steinberg  has authored and promoted SB 1285 that changes seniority rules for the lay off of teachers.  He  see...

California has a Secretary of Education as well as a Superintendent of Public Instruction.  The Superintendent organizes the state education...

'The Washington post says that 900,000 people will lose their jobless benefits by the end of the money. Millions are losing their heal...

By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: June 27, 2010             Recessions are common; depressions are rare. As far as I can tell, there were only two...

The U.S, and the school systems in most of  our cities, including Sacramento, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and others,  are currently at a ...

Washington, D.C. - Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following statement on the approval of...

On Friday, May 7, CFT and coalition partners AFSCME and CNA submitted 1.1 million signatures on petitions to place a Majority Vote Budget me...

Republican partisan politics won—and working families lost—again last night when Senate Republicans for the fourth time this year blocked...

Earlier this afternoon, the US Senate failed to pass its version of jobs legislation. In response, Jean Ross, executive director of the C...

The first fundamental failure of Keynesian economics occurred forty years ago during the Vietnam War when the economy was overheating but...

Professor Su Jin Jez, of Sacramento State’s Public Policy and Administration Graduate Program, has coauthored an education policy brief t...

Important reading.  Tea Party Jacobins. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/may/27/tea-party-jacobins/  Also: Harpers.  July 20...

Recently, I (Diane Ravitch)  wrote a book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System , in which I took issue with a number of c...

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said the Republican’s action toSenate Republicans last night blocked a jobs bill that would have extended u...

No More Gambling with Taxpayer Money! Submitted by Mary Bottari on June 9, 2010 - 04:27 Let's Get the Job Done, Help Us Whip the Confe...

by Ann Bibby:An endless summer awaits many of Detroit's teachers and school buildings this Thursday. Detroit, one of the poorest and mos...

President Barack Obama Every child in America deserves a world-class education. Today, more than ever, a world-class education is a prerequi...

Shutting Out Parents Obama's Disappointing Blueprint for Reform By Leonie Haimson & Julie Woestehoff As public school parents an...

The ‘Blame the Teacher’ Movement, and the Public-Sector Union Crisis Friday June 11 12:51 pm By Richard Greenwald Will government work...

In my own search to comprehend the craziness of the anti immigrant Right and the Tea Party, I found this insightful piece.  From, the NY Rev...