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USC Faces Growing $200 Million Deficit in 2025

July 15, 2025 1:15 pmJuly 15, 2025 1:15 pm

University of Southern California (USC) President Beong-Soo Kim announced on Monday that the University was operating at more than a $200 million deficit, becoming the latest California college to face a large shortfall in the 2025 fiscal year. The deficit...

New Lawsuit Alleges ‘Insidious, Malicious Discrimination’ at Stanford Against Israeli Researcher

July 15, 2025 7:25 amJuly 15, 2025 7:25 am

Israeli chemist Shay Laps is suing Stanford University for forcing him out of his lab job after he was targeted by workers in a campaign of anti-Semitic harassment that even included his supervisor fabricating sexual harassment charges against him. The...

Lawsuit Schmawsuit: School Districts Spending Like Drunken Sailors with California’s $3 Billion ‘Play Budget’

July 14, 2025 5:03 pmJuly 14, 2025 5:03 pm

The headline does not imply anything against drunken sailors. I once drank with US sailors at a bar called Scotties in Hong Kong, thanking them for their service in Desert Storm. From what I can remember, money was spent irresponsibly....

How California Colleges Mislead Students

July 12, 2025 2:55 amJuly 12, 2025 2:56 am

Thomas Jefferson wrote of the University of Virginia, “The object of this institution is to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity and individual happiness are so much to depend.” The assumption that California’s colleges and universities...

Controversial Bill Would Add Trevor Project Suicide Hotline to Student ID Cards

July 10, 2025 1:55 pmJuly 10, 2025 2:31 pm

An utterly treacherous bill has passed the State Assembly and is making its way through Senate committees. Assembly Bill 727, authored by Assemblyman Mark González (D-Los Angeles) would put the Trevor Project’s suicide hotline number on the back of school...

How Did California’s Public Education Go From Best in the US to Worst?

July 9, 2025 2:00 pmJuly 10, 2025 12:29 pm

American teachers and teachers unions have failed children. Teachers unions have become the biggest school bullies, sacrificing school children on the altar of power and control. My parents were teachers throughout the 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, into 2000’s. They saw...

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...