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Californians are Abandoning Public Education
Thursday May 26, 2011
With the latest round of cutbacks enacted by the Legislature a couple of months ago, California is slated to spend about $7,000 per student in the upcoming year, leaving the state ranked at 48th among the 50 states. That amount is about $3,000 per student below the national average, and less than half the per-student expenditures of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Plea to end classroom closures
Monday April 11, 2011
Dennis Walcott's first assignment as schools chancellor should be reversing the policy of shutting down struggling schools, said the teachers union and other groups yesterday. Leaders from the Urban Youth Collaborative, the Coalition for Educational Justice and the powerful United Federation of Teachers called on him to enact reforms to help bad schools make the grade.
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Why we shouldn't close failing schools:
Vulnerable young men of color stand to lose
Thursday March 31, 2011
For the last five years, a coalition of corporations, philanthropies and educators such as [Pedro Noguera], called Winning Strategies/Black Male Donor Collaborative, has been working to call attention to the enormous challenges facing black and Latino men in New York City.
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Philadelphia students draft rules for safety and a voice on policy
Wednesday March 23, 2011
50 students and adults met late Tuesday afternoon inside the United Way in Center City to describe a list of recommendations to not only make schools safer but also give students a greater voice in how schools are run.
