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Edison deal shows school board’s fear of success
Education Op-Ed
By: Diallo Dphrepaulezz
6.28.2001
The San Francisco Board of Education is aiming to strike a new deal with Edison Schools, Inc., whose charter school the board has been trying to shut down. While this gives parents some hope, it also reveals an education establishment more comfortable with failure than success.
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Teacher Credentialing
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
6.26.2001
A common reason given for the poor performance of California’s public-school students is the lack of fully credentialed teachers trained at university schools of education. Many classrooms in the state, especially in low-income areas, are staffed by teachers holding emergency credentials, meaning that they haven’t completed such a training program. A recent report by the Oregon-based Cascade Institute, however, throws into question the supposed connection between teaching credentials and student achievement.
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The Havoc in Releasing Corporate Secrets in Courts
Technology Op-Ed
6.22.2001
Earlier this month, California’s Assembly and Senate passed similar bills that will benefit trial lawyers, cleverly named the Consumer Attorneys of California, but will harm the technology industry, consumers and the California economy. If Gov. Gray Davis wants to minimize the long list of problems affecting California’s economy, he should veto the bills when they get to his desk.
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Scheduled Blackouts, Planned Crisis
Environmental Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
6.21.2001
Rolling blackouts versus planned blackouts does not amount to much of a choice. Californians are right to be angry because the entire crisis is a planned blackout and need not have happened. Just as during the energy crisis engineered by President Jimmy Carter, we are not “running out” of fuel in any conventional sense.
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High-Tech Tools Are Only As Good As The Users
Technology Op-Ed
6.5.2001
There’s been much rumbling about e-government in the last couple of years, and recently Senators Joseph Lieberman and Conrad Burns introduced legislation to bolster the idea. But notwithstanding the giddy evangelists of automated government services, it’s time for America to think about the possible risks.
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