With the cost of higher education rising and the quality of primary education falling, important policy reform issues face independent-minded voters. These issues include the size and power of the Department of Education, local control over curriculum, federal student loan programs, and the role of religion and the sciences in the classroom.
There’s a virtual trade imbalance affecting California’s state university system that’s the result of both higher costs for public education in the Golden State and a diminution of quality in its college programs.
Recently graduated college students, many of whom were Obama supporters in 2008, are facing extremely high unemployment rates.
Today, the House voted 215 to 195 to pass a GOP proposed bill to extend the current student loan interest rate of 3.4%, instead of permitting the rate to double on July 1 to 6.8%.
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Take a look for yourself at the ways America has changed since 1940. Does any of the figures surprise you? Did you expect anything to turn out different? How has America changed most significantly in your lifetime?
The task force report on the November 18th UC Davis pepper spray incident took some surprisingly strong swipes at the university’s chain of command, attacking decision-making and communications at the level of the police’s and the school’s leaders.
A rowdy demonstration last week against the imposition of two-tiered fees at normally laid-back Santa Monica College may have been a near-riot, but it forced the SMC Board of Trustees to back down.
Assembly Republicans have formally introduced as state legislation proposals they unveiled last week to address allegations of teacher misconduct in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
California State University system plans to close its doors to qualified students for the 2013 spring term, while future fall enrollment numbers will depend on the outcome of a November tax initiative, say officials.
Senate and Assembly Republicans today unveiled legislation to ensure student safety and expedite the process to remove educators who engage in criminal behavior.
It’s almost springtime here in Sacramento, and nothing says spring quite like a staged protest at the State Capitol. At 10 a.m. this morning, thousands of students, parents, union workers, and professional protesters converged on the lawns and surrounding blocks.
