Tag: University of California
California Education Department Produces Unintelligible Ethnic Studies Gibberish
More money, no reforms, no school choice expansion equals continued poor achievement by students. ~Lance Izumi While the California Department of Education has released an unintelligible draft of ethnic studies gibberish, California “education leaders” are pushing a bill for a...
Role of the California Lieutenant Governor
If a recall of the Governor is initiated, the recall duties must be performed by the Lt. Gov. California’s Lieutenant Governor (LG) has a largely ceremonial role in this state. He or she runs separately (i.e., the Lt. Governor...
Politicizing UC Berkeley Graduation Ruins it for Parents
It is graduation season, and as such, many families are attending college commencement ceremonies. Some schools hire prominent or celebrity commencement speakers, while others keep the ceremony in-house with Chancellors and school presidents doing the honors. At the commencement of University...
Record Health and Human Services Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget
California’s largest state budget ever — $215 billion — is larded with a record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators, often in exchange for “horse trading” votes on passage of certain pieces of legislation. “Pork barrel” is a...
Record Resources and Transportation Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget
California’s largest state budget ever — $215 billion — is larded with a record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators, often in exchange for “horse trading” votes on passage of certain pieces of legislation. There is pork in every...
Record Education Pork Barrel Projects in California’s Largest State Budget
California’s largest state budget ever — $214 billion — is larded with a record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators, often in exchange for “horse trading” votes on passage of certain pieces of legislation. There is pork in every...