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EdSource Article Promoting Racial Preferences Cheapens Higher Ed

January 17, 2024 3:16 pm

A rational person would reason that in the aftermath of the Harvard University Claudine Gay antisemitism, diversity-hire catastrophe, and plagiarism scandal, the only important diversity is that of thought. Merit, rather than skin color is supposed to be the hiring...

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...

Latest Media Literacy ‘Fake News’ Bill Passes Assembly Unanimously

June 5, 2023 2:26 pmJune 5, 2023 4:19 pm

Rather than making sure California’s K-12 public school students are graduating able to read and speak at grade level, do math at grade level, know who the President of the noted States is, where Uganda, Singapore and Nova Scotia are...

Students Trapped in California’s Failing Public Schools Deserve a Way Out

March 20, 2023 8:41 amMarch 21, 2023 9:18 am

During the pandemic, funding for California’s K-12 schools and community colleges spiked from $79.3 billion in 2019-20 to $110.4 billion in 2021-22 — a 39% increase. Also during the pandemic, California public school enrollment dropped by more than a quarter of a...

Disastrous Learning Results, Ideological Indoctrination Prompt Working-Class, Military Community to Speak Up

February 8, 2023 7:52 amFebruary 8, 2023 8:08 am

Oceanside, California is a beautiful seaside town and home to a working-class community with a median per-capita income of $37,366. The city’s two largest public employers are: Oceanside Unified School District (OUSD), a public K-12 school district, and Camp Pendleton,...

California’s Parent Revolution Will Impact Midterm Election Outcomes

October 31, 2022 8:14 amNovember 1, 2022 9:54 am

The parent revolution in California could impact and maybe even determine the outcomes of more than just school board races this November. The awakening of California parents during Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lockdowns of schools across the state can only be...

Gov. Newsom’s Blatant Dishonesty on California Public School Test Scores

October 24, 2022 12:35 pmOctober 25, 2022 9:55 am

In a brazenly political move, California Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and the California Department of Education announced they would not release statewide student test scores until after the November election, the Globe reported in September. “If California’s state test...