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07 Mar 2010 11:13

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U.S.: California has a law limiting sex offenders that has no bite

These kids are near a school. This school is near a sex offender. Despite the passage of a law designed to prevent this, Jessica’s Law has no punishment. Oops. source
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04 Mar 2010 20:05

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U.S.: Students protest California’s frustrating university budget cuts

  • My heart and my support are with everybody and anybody who wants to stand up for public education. I salute those who are making themselves heard today in a peaceful manner on behalf of a great cause.
  • University of California President Mark Yudof • Regarding the major protests being staged at his and other universities across California and in 17 other states. The protests are in the wake of massive budget cuts to the state’s educational institutions, which have the effect of lowering the quality of education and raising the cost of tuition. For his part, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says the cuts are terrible, but necessary, due to the state’s $20 billion budget deficit. Rock, meet hard place. In between? An education system. source
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01 Mar 2010 21:21

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U.S.: Obama’s willing to help your school as long as it doesn’t suck

  • $900 million the size of the grants Obama wants to offer to schools
  • no
    losers     the prevailing rule around which schools get the grants source
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20 Nov 2009 12:03

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U.S.: How big budget cuts screwed over the California university system

  • Dismantling this institution, which is a huge economic driver for the state, is a stupendously stupid thing to do, but that’s the path the Legislature has embarked on. When you pull resources from an institution like this, faculty leave, the best grad students don’t come, and the discoveries go down.
  • University of California-Berkeley dean of the College of Chemistry Richard A. Mathies • Describing how a $813 million budget cut has decimated the system, forced tuition hikes and created huge protests at universities throughout the University of California system. We’d straight-up say the budget cut was a terrible idea, but we just want to point out the level of gridlock getting ANY budget passed in California this year. The state’s jumbled constitution and laws have had the effect of screwing the state. Simple as that. • source
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21 Oct 2009 09:29

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World: Pakistan’s not taking any chances with terrorists today

After an attack on an a well-regarded Islamic university yesterday, Pakistan has chosen to leave schools and colleges nationwide closed. Just in case. source
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14 Jul 2009 20:06

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U.S.: Obama pulls a rabbit out of the community college hat

  • $12 billion amount of money Obama wants to throw into community colleges, including money for technology and curriculum improvements
  • five million number of people Obama wants to help earn degrees and certificates by 2020 – and this includes unemployed workers source
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09 Apr 2009 10:39

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U.S.: Detroit’s doing so bad, it’s closing down public schools

  • 20 schools in Detroit will be closed, affecting up to 7,500 students
  • 600 teachers will be laid off, to help stem off a $306 million deficit source
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14 Mar 2009 13:01

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U.S.: California jerks around its teachers with preliminary pink slips

  • 26,500 teachers received pink slips before the Sunday deadline to receive them. California’s public education system needs to swallow $8 billion in budget cuts, but many of these pink slips will likely be rescinded. They must be having fun right now.
  • 15,000 school support staffers – bus drivers, janitors, secretaries and administrators – also received preliminary pink slips. A number of teachers and other staffers wore pink to school on Friday to protest the slips. source
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