All Posts Tagged With: "Gov. Schwarzenegger"
Do-Re-Mi video makes a powerful point: California kids can’t afford education cuts
Sometimes a mom has to do what a mom has to do. Just ask Helen Mendoza and Deb McCurdy.
These two moms from South Pasadena noticed that a crucial voice was missing from the discussion over California’s shrinking education budget: the kids who stand to lose the most. So with little time and even less money, [...]
9Jul2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
California kids to governor: No more cuts; give us some Dough-Re-Mi
Angry about the prospect of more drastic cuts to California’s already thin education budget? Then you will appreciate this music video featuring some very talented elementary school students from the South Pasadena Unified School District.
It begins with the voice of a broadcaster saying: “And in Sacramento, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled the latest round of [...]
5Jun2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
California’s school staffing levels are last or almost last
Right now, by any standard you consider, the value California places on K-12 education pales in comparison to most states. And it will likely get worse.
“Comparing California,” a report released last summer by Ed-Data, an education partnership that includes the state’s Department of Education offers a depressing look inside the “Golden State’s” classrooms.
Dead last [...]
14Jan2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
Terminate a week of school? Governor, you can’t be serious
I awoke New Year’s morning with great optimism. But all it took was a look at the front page of the paper to bring me back to reality.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to balance the state’s budget on the back of our children by terminating one week of instruction. He’s been eyeing our kids for [...]
1Jan2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
