Investigation-EducationEast Bay second Cal State foundation to file questionable tax returnsMonday, May 21st, 2012 May 21, 2012 By John Hrabe With 427,000 students and 44,000 staff on 23 campuses, the California State University System is the nation’s largest higher education system. But from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Cal State is raising tuition, cutting enrollment and campaigning for a multibillion-d... Cal State Foundation bonuses pose conflict of interestThursday, May 17th, 2012May 17, 2012 By John Hrabe Following public outcry over six-figure pay raises handed out to top executives, the California State University Board of Trustees approved a plan last week to shift future pay hikes from taxpayer funds to nonprofit auxiliary foundations. The decision effectively fre... Cal State Presidents Receive Perks and Benefits Worth 50% of Base PayMonday, March 26th, 2012 MARCH 26, 2012 By JOHN HRABE California State University presidents receive perks and benefits worth as much as 50 percent of their base salaries, or more than $145,000 per year, according to compensation data released by two campuses. Cal State Sacramento and San Jose State University disclos... CalWatchDog.com Exclusive: Cal State Lies about Executive PayFriday, March 2nd, 2012 MARCH 2, 2012 By JOHN HRABE California State University officials have provided false and misleading information to the public about the total compensation provided to at least one of the system’s 23 presidents, a CalWatchDog.com investigation has found. According to IRS documents of the Cal... Time to Flunk Biased ‘Ethnic Studies’Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 DEC. 20, 2011 By STAN BRIN Imagine you are a visitor from another planet, and you read the words “Ethnic Studies” on the side of a university building. You would consult your translation implant and you would conclude that the two words implied a sort of interdisciplinary approach to th... Cal-EPA Indoctrinates School ChildrenFriday, April 8th, 2011 APRIL 8, 2011 By JOHN SEILER Californian's school children might be performing 49th of 50 states on standardized tests. And they might graduate at only a 44 percent rate, as in Los Angeles. But they're going to get the best environmental indoctrination in the country. This year, Californ... Sky Not ‘Falling’ on School BudgetsMonday, April 4th, 2011 APRIL 4, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI If you listen to anyone up and down the food chain of public-school funding in California, Gov. Jerry Brown’s failure to negotiate a budget deal with Republicans means that the sky is falling on revenues for public schools. This groupthink rhetoric is so un... SFSU Whitewashes HistoryThursday, January 20th, 2011 JAN. 20, 2011 By STAN BRIN My alma mater, San Francisco State University, celebrates Nov. 6, 1967 as the birth of a movement to create the first department and college of Ethnic Studies. I remember Nov. 6, 1967 very differently, as a bad day, a violent day. It was bad for the students, bad ... South L.A.’s Charter SuccessSaturday, August 7th, 2010 AUG. 7, 2010 By JOHN SEILER The goal is bold: To graduate 2,000 students from inner-city high schools in South Los Angeles -- then have them all graduate from college. The method: put 40 charter schools within the 45 square miles of Los Angeles bounded by the 10, 105, 110 and 405 freeways.... Admin costs crowd out teachingMonday, July 26th, 2010 JULY 26, 2010 By JOHN SEILER A revealing new study shows that in recent years increases in the administrative costs of California's K-12 schools have squeezed salaries for teachers. It shines a powerful searchlight on exactly what goes on in the dark corners of school budgets. The study... |