Education

  • Advocates Celebrate Passage of Props 55, 58

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Supporters of public education say they’re thrilled that voters passed both Propositions 55 and 58 by overwhelming margins. Prop 55 extended a tax on the wealthy for 12 years in order to send about $8 billion to public education annually, while...
  • Partidarios de la Propuesta 55 llevan su caso a los Campus de todo el estado

    Suzanne Potter California News Service IRVINE, Calif. – La campana para aprobar la Propuesta 55 fue definiendo esta semana su postura en los Campus de todo California, con manifestaciones ayer en U-C Irvine y en la escuela Back Bay en Costa Mesa – y dos mas en Santa Cruz...
  • Prop 55 Supporters Take Case to Campuses Across State

    Suzanne Potter California News Service IRVINE, Calif. – The campaign to pass Proposition 55 took a stand on campuses across California this week, with rallies on Monday at UC Irvine and Back Bay High School in Costa Mesa, and two more in Santa Cruz on Wednesday and Riverside on...
  • Advocates Push for Better Internet, More Opportunity for Kids

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – More than half of rural America doesn’t have broadband service, and often, little or no access to the Internet at all, so rural advocates are issuing a call to action. The National Rural Assembly said its highest priorities for small-town America...
  • Prop 55 Campaign Revs Up to Extend Taxes for School Funding

    Suzanne Potter California News Service OAKLAND, Calif. – The campaign promoting Proposition 55 is ramping up, with supporters taking to the phone banks, walking the precincts and holding campus events, including one that occurred on Tuesday September 27, 2016 at Laney College in Oakland. Prop 55 would keep the...
  • Students Named Finalists in Middle School STEM Competition

    SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (September 22, 2016) — The nation’s most prestigious middle school competition in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) — Broadcom MASTERS® — has named two students from Silicon Valley-based educational leader Stratford School among the program’s 30 finalists. Shreya Ramachandran of Fremont and Aalok Patwa of...
  • Governor signs bill co-sponsored by the SCCOE


    SAN JOSE, CA – Hundreds more children in Santa Clara County will have access to high-quality child care following the signing on September 24 of Assembly Bill 2368 by Governor Jerry Brown that will ease restrictions for low-income families. Authored by Assemblyman Rich Gordon, representing California’s 24thDistrict, and co-sponsored by the...
  • A+ ideas for supporting classroom learning

    BPT Proud parents across the country are watching their children head back to the classroom for another exciting school year. The knowledge they gain in class will help set them on a path to success. However, learning shouldn’t stop when the school bell rings at the end of the...
  • Top Scams Affecting Students

    Better Business Bureau Students sometimes feel invulnerable, but they’re more susceptible to scams than they think. According to new research by Better Business Bureau (BBB), 80% of millennials think those over 65 are more likely to be scam victims. In reality, young people are three times more likely than...
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