May 8, 2013 By Katy Grimes SACRAMENTO -- In 2006, a major rewrite of the federal bankruptcy law allowed for federal student loans to be dischargeable. Prior to 2006, student loans, along with taxes, were always required to be paid back in bankruptcy court. Now, Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski, D...
Posts Tagged ‘Education’Lawmaker wants president to discharge student loan debtWednesday, May 8th, 2013Republican and Latinos agree on education reformsMonday, May 6th, 2013May 6, 2013 By Katy Grimes Politics makes strange bedfellows. This we know to be true, but Latinos and Republicans should not be. Many demographers predict Republicans will steadily pick up Latino voters as Latino assimilation increases, and Latinos succeed economically. But one area is ... Unions kill teacher evaluation billFriday, May 3rd, 2013May 3, 2013 By Katy Grimes For most parents in California, education is a nonpartisan issue. But too many of the state’s elected politicians, who claim to represent all constituents, accept teachers union campaign contributions -- and lots of them. This makes education very political.... School reformers aim for teacher evaluationsWednesday, May 1st, 2013 May 1, 2013 By Katy Grimes Efforts in California to usher in teacher and school administrator accountability have been nearly impossible due to opposition from the teachers' unions. But some reformers aren't giving up, including in the Democratic Party. Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, has... Gov. Brown calls for redistribution of school fundingWednesday, April 24th, 2013 April 24, 2013 By Katy Grimes Citing a lack of civil rights and social inequities as what is wrong with California public schools, Gov. Jerry Brown vowed Wednesday at a Capitol press conference to give more money to the K-12 school districts that serve poorer students and English-language ... 700,000 CA school suspensions spark legislative hearingTuesday, April 16th, 2013April 16, 2013 By Katy Grimes At the California Democratic Party Convention this past weekend, Democrats killed efforts led by other Democrats to call for much needed public school reforms. Convention delegates even passed a resolution slamming education reform groups like Students First... Class warfare hits CA K-12 educationWednesday, March 27th, 2013March 27, 2013 By Joseph Perkins “Class warfare applied to schools.” That’s how pollster Dave Kanevsky describes the plan by Gov. Jerry Brown to change the way public school funding is allocated to divert money from the state’s middle-class and upper-income children to low-income child... Bond scandal now has villain; prosecutor, come on downMonday, February 18th, 2013 Feb. 18, 2013 By Chris Reed The steadily building scandal involving school districts and capital appreciation bonds now has a specific villain -- and the potential for a criminal investigation by Orange County's district attorney or the state attorney general. CABs, in which school districts b... Disinvest in higher educationTuesday, February 5th, 2013 Feb. 5, 2013 By Joseph Perkins College is overrated. That’s the ineluctable conclusion to be drawn from a new study published by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. The study’s co-authors, Richard Vedder, Jonathan Robe and Christopher Denhart, examined employment data... |