EducationCA Should Sell Univ. Football TeamsThursday, January 12th, 2012 John Seiler: To avoid bankruptcy, any sensible business or family begins selling things: cars, TVs, computers, office furniture, etc. Otherwise, the stuff might be sold anyway at a bankruptcy auction. Not California. The state owns billions of dollars of property it could sell, but doesn't. ... States Thwarting Digital Ed ReformWednesday, December 14th, 2011John Seiler: Given that California is the global epicenter of the digital revolution, you would think our schools would be promoting every type of digital learing. But they're not. Lance Izumi is our colleague at the Pacific Research Institute, CalWatchDog.com's parent think tank. He's been... CA Education Boosting MediocrityMonday, December 12th, 2011Katy Grimes: Most of the high school graduates entering college are not ready for prime time. More than one-half of the California State University freshmen students are remedial in Math and English, and nearly 80 percent of all incoming Community College students are not ready to do basic English a... Jerry: Gouge Middle Class Even MoreThursday, December 1st, 2011John Seiler: It's open season on California taxpayers. Gov. Jerry Brown is painting bull's eyes on the backs of the middle class. He wants to increase taxes $7 billion, putting it on the November 2012 ballot. It's supposed to help close an expected deficit of $13 billion. The tax increase... Will Ed Reform Tax Increase Pass?Wednesday, November 30th, 2011John Seiler: Sometimes polls make sense; sometimes they don't. Almost a year from the November 2012 election, polls on what people think of tax increases don't make sense. That's because people aren't focusing on a specific tax increase. And they aren't subjected to the blizzard of ads, pro an... UC Regents Boost Admin PayTuesday, November 29th, 2011 John Seiler: The University of California's motto is: Fiat lux — Let there be light, from Genesis. It ought to be: Fiat ripoff — Let there be a ripoff. Despite massive tuition hikes and the ongoing national and state recession, yesterday U.C. Regents boosted the salaries of top admin... Stanford Students Reject Dream ActTuesday, October 25th, 2011Katy Grimes: It seems that some college students don't think that providing education and financial advantages for illegal aliens ahead of legal citizens, is such a good idea. A California Dream Act bill proposed by the Stanford Associated Students of Stanford University, recently failed to pass... Govt. Union Boss in Top 1%Tuesday, October 25th, 2011John Seiler: The Occupy Wall Street crowd is protesting against the high pay of the top 1 percent in income in America. They say they're part of the "99%ers" -- all the working people who keep the country going. Our friend Larry Sand points out that California's government worker unions, espec... France Almost as PC as CaliforniaMonday, October 24th, 2011John Seiler: France's long, glorious history is being replaced in its government schools curriculum with politically correct brainwashing almost as bad as California's. Another reason to abolish all government schools and truancy laws. Oct. 24, 2011 S. Jobs: Unions Keeping Kids DumbFriday, October 21st, 2011JOHN SEILER: Excerpts now are appearing from the new Walter Isaacson bio of the late Steve Jobs. The book will be published Monday. Here's one: "Jobs also criticized America’s education system, saying it was “crippled by union work rules,” noted Isaacson. “Until the teachers’ unions we... |