Choosing Democracy

Obama's truce with teachers By:  Kendra Marr August 22, 2010 05:00 PM EDT In the past few weeks, President Barack Obama delivered tw...

Labor's campaign in California has been an ambitious mix of trying to persuade swing voters while at the same time trying to mobilize th...

In  new EPI report,  leading educational testing experts caution against heavy reliance on the use of test scores in teacher evaluation Stud...

Responding to the Great Recession:   Book Reviews. The   current Great Recession was created by finance capital and banking, mostly on Wa...

SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today issued the following statement after learning California...

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says parents have a right to know how effective teachers are at raising student test scores. "What i...

by Tula Connell A majority of the American public thinks Bush’s tax cuts should continue for families that make less than $250,000 a year b...

Reviving California's economy: Meg Whitman versus Jerry Brown Both have put forth plans to address the state's loss of industrial...

Any school administrator who mis uses these funds should be fired! A New York Times article today, with a Sacramento insert by  the Bee’s D...

Service Employees International  Vice President, Eliseo Medina, speaks to  a crowd of over 100 on the Capitol Steps in Sacramento  on Augus...

The AIG Bailout Scandal. The government’s $182 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG should be seen as the Rosetta Stone for understandi...

 Sacramento LATINO VOTER REGISTRATION RALL Y  Tuesday, August 17 th at 5 PM
State Capitol, West Steps  All are invited. Bring a friend ! ...

Boxer v. Fiorina In considering this important election, we should clearly look at the recent voting record.   Given the economic cr...

Tonight, President Obama will sign into law a bill that will save over 160,000 educator jobs and provide millions in critical public educati...

Inexperienced Companies Chase U.S. School Funds By SAM DILLON With the Obama administration pouring billions into its nationwid...

Don't be fooled by hawks who warn of a "long-term deficit crisis," says the celebrated economist—expanding entitlement program...

One Nation Formed to Bring Back the American Dream Posted By  James Parks  On August 5, 2010  Working people are  frustrated and angered  ...

The U.S. Senate defeated another Republican filibuster- finally. Ten Billion $ to keep teachers at work. The U.S. Senate  approved a vote ...

Carly Fiorina is running for Senate in California   against Barbara Boxer . I came across an ad on La Jornada ( a Mexico City left newspa...