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California Legislature’s ‘Gut and Amend’ is ‘Bait and Switch’, This Time Trying to Destroy Charter Schools

September 10, 2025 4:32 pmSeptember 10, 2025 5:56 pm

UPDATE below: The “gut and amend” bills in the California Legislature are nothing more than a legislative bait-and-switch. “Gutting and amending” unrelated bills into controversial legislation prevents Californians the time guaranteed by law to review and deliberate. We recently saw...

San Diego’s Students Sacrificed in the Charter Lawsuit

September 3, 2025 4:51 pmSeptember 3, 2025 4:51 pm

In 2015, San Diego Unified and Grossmont Union High School District decided the best use of their time and taxpayer dollars was not more books, more student resources, or higher teacher pay — but a lawsuit. Their target was charter...

AB 84: Targeting Charter Schools While Ignoring Millions in District Fraud

August 16, 2025 8:07 amAugust 16, 2025 8:07 am

Why are California lawmakers preparing to spend $1 billion over the next decade on a brand-new bureaucracy to oversee charter schools — while turning a blind eye to the financial scandals plaguing traditional school districts? Assembly Bill 84 proposes to create...

Sacramento’s Education Power Grab Will Hurt Families Like Mine

July 8, 2025 2:56 amJuly 8, 2025 2:57 am

As the father of two daughters, I fought every day for more than 15 years to ensure they received a good education that would empower them to build a life even after I am no longer there to fight for...

Thousands of CSU Faculty Strike… During National School Choice Week

January 22, 2024 2:30 pmJanuary 22, 2024 9:48 pm

This week is National School Choice Week. As states across the country are enacting universal school choice programs to allow all children to access education options, more than 30,000 California State University faculty have walked off the job in a...

Newsom’s Proposed Education Budget Grows as Students Test Scores Continue to Drop

January 16, 2024 2:31 pmJanuary 17, 2024 3:49 pm

Last week California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his 2024-2025 state budget, feigning indignation over the Legislative Analyst’s Office’s recent update on the state’s actual budget deficit, which the LAO put at $68 billion. Newsom’s $330 billion budget has supposedly been...

Los Angeles and Oakland Get ‘F’ Grades for Charter Funding ‘Equity’

August 22, 2023 2:20 pmAugust 22, 2023 2:40 pm

The University of Arkansas study compared funding for regular public schools and charter schools in 18 cities across the country using 2019-2020 budget data. Historically, regular public schools have been funded more generously than charter schools, which are autonomous publicly...