State legislators and then-Gov. Jerry Brown should have known that they were lighting the fuse of a political time bomb three years ago when they ordered up a “model curriculum in ethnic studies” for high school students. The bomb is now exploding. The state Department of Education has released a 303-page...
Walters: Ethic Studies Time Bomb Explodes
State legislators and then-Gov. Jerry Brown should have known that they were lighting the fuse of a political time bomb three years ago when they ordered up a “model curriculum in ethnic studies” for high school students. The bomb is now exploding. The state Department of Education has released a 303-page...
Do Charter Schools Help or Hurt California Education?
Charter supporters, citing the need to overhaul public education, want to change how schools are run. Opponents argue that charters steer revenues away from traditional neighborhood schools, cherry-pick the best and brightest and can avoid employment and governance rules that school districts must follow. Charters, which the Legislature authorized in...