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Berkeley’s “F”: Unfair admissions game.
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 11.24.2003
John Moores, chairman of the University of California board of regents, recently ignited a firestorm of controversy when he released two reports on UC's admissions process. The reports found that students with low test scores were being admitted to UC Berkeley and that many such students dropped out. The conclusion is that UC is operating a racial-balancing scheme that isn't working.
Critical - but not critical enough: State's audit of education programs only hinted at extent of school woes
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 11.17.2003
Waste occurs when government agencies fail to spend tax dollars in ways required by law. The recent and widely publicized state education audit addressed that problem. However, the audit did not address the kind of waste that occurs from spending that is legal but fails to achieve the results lawmakers claimed would occur.
Good Riddance: California's Better Off Without Teachers' Union Man On Transition Team.
Submitted by Matt Cox on 11.17.2003
James Hein of the California Teachers Association resigned from Arnold Schwarzenegger's transition team when the governor appointed Richard Riordan as education secretary. The resignation should not trouble the governor because the CTA is at odds with both his education reform and fiscal policy.
Advice for Arnold Part One: How to Become the Education Governor
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 11.9.2003
In 2002-03, total education funding in California was approximately $9,200 per pupil, an inflation-adjusted increase of nearly 29 percent over the amount spent 10 years ago. Much of the money gets absorbed by layers of bureaucratic sediment.
An Education Audit
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 11.9.2003
Schwarzenegger has chosen Donna Arduin, Florida's budget director, to examine state spending (he also named her finance director). He has a mandate to clean house in Sacramento, and he may not have to wait for Arduin's results because a key state audit of education spending was released last week.
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