Education

I had Friday and Monday off for the Presidents Day/Washington's Birthday weekend, but my wife and kids have this entire week off.When I got home from work this evening, my wife handed me a piece of paper upon which my 7 year-old son had written the fol...

Unexpected cuts for CA colleges Officials lobby legislature to intervene By Kathryn Baron, svef, 2/22/12 Stop me if you’ve heard

There are two bike trail detours scheduled this week, according to an email sent out by SABA. Starting Thursday, Feb. 23, there will be a detour from mile 2.5 at Del Paso Blvd. to mile 3.5 for trail repair. Construction …

State Edu-Welfare Expansion Plans Katy Grimes:  Cal Watchdog, 2/21/12 More than 50 percent of California college students do not pay

CTA in Bed with the Occupy Crowd? LOL! By Larry Sand, Union Watch, 2/21/12 The California Teachers Association is seeking

Santa Barbara School District’s Newest Round of Layoff Notices Likely to Stick, Superintendent Says District faces $6 million in cuts

Concern for Safety and Well-Being of Jewish Students and Faculty at CSUN Gary Aminoff,  Studio City Patch,  2/19/12 CSUN is

A couple posts back, I told you the story of an all too typical story of an encounter I had with an 8th female student in the hallway where she slung the F-word at me and refused to identify herself to me. Just to refresh everyone's memory (BAD LANGUA...

It is impossible to go through an entire week without reading something in the newspaper or the e- media about schools and testing. There is, it does seem, a bottomless well of theories and opinions on who, how, and when to test everything pertaining to the public school system. Quite a few of the big...

A cyclist passes a blooming pear tree along the American River bike trail Friday morning. Kind of strange to see trees blooming in mid-February. According to an article in The Bee, by Debbie Arrington, the warm weather, intensified by reflected …