GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Lungren supplied the biggest surprise in a four-way debate yesterday by announcing his opposition to a ballot initiative that would abolish bilingual education in California.
San Francisco – The Sonoma Charter School has won the grand prize of $20,000 from the Pacific Research Institute (PRI) in its sixth annual privatization competition.
How does it feel to be a passenger on the education version of the Titanic? Just ask the opponents of Proposition 227, the ballot measure that would replace bilingual education with intensive English instruction, also known as sheltered English immersion.
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, high-tech trend setters for national life, are showing their political clout in California by forcing legislators to follow their lead on hot-button issues of school reform.
