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More scrutiny for CIRM and big-government health care
Submitted by Diana M. Ernst on 3.31.2008
State Sen. Sheila Kuehl, California’s leading partisan for government monopoly health care, has assumed the role of consumer watchdog. Her new measure, Senate Bill 1565, “Stem Cell Research — Public Accountability and Access,” targets problems with the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Some may wonder if the senator should be pointing fingers, but CIRM does seem to lack accountability.
New Speaker Must Support Charter School Success
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 3.14.2008
The California Charter Schools Association held its 15th Annual Meeting in Sacramento in early March. More than 2,000 charter teachers, principals and leaders from across California and the country attended. The conference came on the heels of the election of Assemblywoman Karen Bass, D-Los Angeles, as the 67th Speaker of the Assembly.
We’re No. 8: decoding the Advanced Placement spin
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley on 3.9.2008
Recently, the College Board released the results of Advanced Placement tests placing California eighth in the nation, with nearly one in five public school students scoring a college-credit-earning three or better on at least one 2007 AP exam. The news came with a positive spin, but there is a lot more to the story that policy makers and parents should know.
No more Homeschooling in CA?
Submitted on 3.7.2008
If you haven't read by now, "The Second District Court of Appeal ruled that California law requires parents to send their children to full-time public or private schools or have them taught by credentialed tutors at home." If the State has not anointed you as an official educator of children, you have no right educating kids.
Monopoly players shouldn't pass 'Go'
Submitted by Jim Waters on 3.4.2008
ABC's John Stossel in a "20/20" report examined America's education system in a segment called "Stupid in America." It wasn't pretty.
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