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SACRAMENTO BEE
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California’s largest teachers union spent $1 million a month to restrict charter schools |
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The state’s biggest teachers union spent more than $1 million a month since April to influence lawmakers as it pushed bills aimed at cracking down on charter schools, financial disclosure forms filed ahead of a Wednesday deadline show. The California Teachers Association has spent a total $4.3 million on lobbying this year, the most of all groups employing lobbyists at the state Capitol. That’s about as much as the union spent during the entire two-year legislative session from 2017-2018, when it was the 10th biggest spender.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article233393557.html |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Is high school football slowly dying? Read the latest numbers for California |
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Football remains king among high school sports in California, but for the fourth consecutive season, fewer players suited up than the year before.
According to numbers released by the California Interscholastic Federation on Thursday, 91,305 boys participated in 11-man football in the past school year.
That’s 36,000 more than the the second-most popular sport (track and field, 55,355), but represents a decline of 3.16% (2,981) from the previous year.
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Is-high-school-football-slowly-dying-Read-the-14274247.php?psid=fA9li |
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FRESNO BEE
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Her son was suicidal. Now, a Fresno County school district must make changes, judge says |
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In 2018, Mia Holguin’s 17-year-old son told a Tranquillity High School teacher he was having thoughts of killing himself. The teacher walked the special education student to his next class and then waited until school ended that day – about three hours later – to notify Holguin. Holguin said she asked the school district for help for her son after he experienced the emotional crisis in school, but nobody listened.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article232853837.html |
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EDSOURCE
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School lunch could be slashed for thousands of California children under new proposal |
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Thousands of children in California would no longer qualify for free school lunches if a federal proposal to cut the number of food stamp recipients is finalized.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking for public comment on a proposal to restrict the number of families eligible for food stamps to only those with gross incomes of 130 percent of the federal poverty level (about $33,000 for a family of four) or less. Currently many states, including California, allow families with higher incomes (up to about $50,000 for a family of four) to enroll in the food stamp program if their child care, housing and other eligible expenses bring their income down to about $25,000 or less.
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https://edsource.org/2019/school-lunch-could-be-slashed-for-thousands-of-california-children-under-new-proposal/615832 |
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KPCC
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Sometimes When You're A Hollywood Nightclub Promoter You Give It All Up To Go Teach The Babies |
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It's not uncommon to read a story about women beating the odds and breaking into male-dominated fields. What you hear less about is men figuring out how they fit into jobs that have traditionally been held by women. Take preschools and child care environments. When men want to step into the profession of early childhood care and education — which is extremely low-paying, and dominated by women of color — it can raise eyebrows. But guess what? Men can also do this vital work.
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https://laist.com/2019/08/02/sometimes_when_youre_a_hollywood_nightclub_promoter_you_give_it_all_up_to_go_teach_the_babies.php |
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