Newsom Deal Delays Reopening By Moving Original Goal Posts; Expected Criticism from UTLA and SF Unified
Newsom Deal Delays Reopening By Moving Original Goal Posts; Expected Criticism from UTLA and SF Unified
CLICK HERE to see which benchmarks your county has passed this week. After a difficult past few months, Governor Newsom and the leaders of the California Legislature finally announced a $6.6 billion school reopening deal in Elk Grove on Monday. As reported by Politico, the proposal would give grants to schools if they reopened schools...
By Brandon Ristoff
Opposition Is Rising to Teacher Union-Mandated Shutdowns
Opposition Is Rising to Teacher Union-Mandated Shutdowns
Refusing to accept responsibility for Covid-related lockdowns, the American Federation of Teachers tars Republicans. In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a Republican, correctly blamed the nation’s teachers unions for the overwrought Covid-related lockdowns that have strangled public education throughout much of the country. The American Federation of Teachers...
By Larry Sand
Fighting for $15… By Saying Businesses That Pay Less Shouldn’t Exist – CPC Newsletter
Fighting for $15… By Saying Businesses That Pay Less Shouldn’t Exist – CPC Newsletter
The teachers union vaccine bargaining chip: This week, Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner told the school board that all school employees must be vaccinated before elementary classrooms can reopen. At the behest of teachers unions, other districts in the state have also made this anti-science demand, which Gov. Newsom has called unrealistic. Newsom announced last Friday that 10 percent of the...
By Jordan Bruneau
Update: 99.9% of California Passes Newsom’s K-6 Reopening Threshold; School Districts Set Tentative Reopening Dates With Teachers Unions in the Way
Update: 99.9% of California Passes Newsom’s K-6 Reopening Threshold; School Districts Set Tentative Reopening Dates With Teachers Unions in the Way
CLICK HERE to see which benchmarks your county has passed this week. On February 23, the California Department of Public Health’s released their updated Blueprint for a Safer Economy. With this new update, fifty-five out of fifty-eight counties, which covers 99.9% of the Californian population, have reached Newsom’s K-6 school reopening threshold. Five new counties...
By Brandon Ristoff
Huge Waiting List for Orange County Classical Academy
Huge Waiting List for Orange County Classical Academy
In the 2010 documentary Waiting for Superman, there is an unforgettable scene, where parents and children anxiously await the results of a lottery. A lucky few will be able to enroll their children in a charter school. These New York City schools only have capacity to admit one in twenty of the applicants. Charter schools are...
By Edward Ring
Equity = Inequality, Discrimination and Mediocrity
Equity = Inequality, Discrimination and Mediocrity
The fixation on equity is a loser for all concerned. At the same time that the indoctrination of American students continues to work its way through the schools, its evil twin “equity” is advancing right along with it. As the race-obsessed Ibram X. Kendi explains, equity exists when “two or more racial groups are standing...
By Larry Sand
What a Difference Six Weeks Can Make – CPC Newsletter
What a Difference Six Weeks Can Make – CPC Newsletter
What a difference six weeks can make: Covid-19 hospitalizations in California have plummeted over the last six weeks. On Jan. 7, California’s Covid hospitalizations peaked at 22,851 people. By yesterday, that figure had fallen by 63 percent (nearly two-thirds) to 8,566. New cases have fallen even faster. It’s time for social and economic restrictions to lift to reflect this new pandemic prevalence....
By Jordan Bruneau
Exodus: Digital Realty Trust, Stitch Fix, and Miami Billboards
Exodus: Digital Realty Trust, Stitch Fix, and Miami Billboards
Every week, we recognize some businesses or people that are leaving or have left the Golden State and some of the biggest stories regarding the exoduses. To access The California Book of Exoduses: CLICK HERE Digital Realty Trust On January 14, Digital Realty Trust, a $36 billion company with over 1,500 employees, announced their relocation...
By Brandon Ristoff
California’s Bureaucracies Fail to Submit Timely Financial Data
California’s Bureaucracies Fail to Submit Timely Financial Data
With Californians about to enter their second year of restricted economic activity, and with all the resulting financial anxiety and hardship, it’s unfortunate that accurate and timely financial information isn’t available for the vast public sector. While public sector budgets and projections abound, actual audited financial data for recently completed fiscal years is subject to...
By Edward Ring
The Final Sprint: Nine Out of the Ten Largest California Counties Reach Newsom’s Benchmark to Reopen K-6 Schools
The Final Sprint: Nine Out of the Ten Largest California Counties Reach Newsom’s Benchmark to Reopen K-6 Schools
CLICK HERE to see which benchmarks your county has passed this week. Last week, we examined the different benchmarks that could be used to determine whether schools in California counties could be allowed to reopen. We’ve now updated this analysis and found that the vast majority of the state meets Gov. Newsom’s Safe Schools for...
By Brandon Ristoff
Elite Private Schools Go Woke
Elite Private Schools Go Woke
Some parents are paying $50,000 a year for their kids to be indoctrinated. Colleges have been fertile fields of woke craziness for years now. Just a few recent examples: Middlebury College Professor Jonathan Miller-Lane claims that “To preserve American democracy, Whiteness must be demilitarized so that bodies designated as ‘White’ might become human.” A Washington...
By Larry Sand
Letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
In a little-known and influential institution, a group of experts at the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) regularly update best practices and standards for government financial practices and procedures. They are best recognized for their generally accepted accounting principles. As described in their website, “GASB develops and issues accounting standards through a transparent and inclusive...
By Jordan Bruneau
When Will School Reopen – CPC Newsletter
When Will School Reopen – CPC Newsletter
Newsom signals school reopening deal coming any day now: On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he’s close to striking a deal with the state’s powerful teachers unions to reopen elementary classrooms. The sticking point is vaccines, which unions are demanding for teachers before they return. Newsom explained that full teacher vaccination before school reopening is not realistic. Expect...
By Jordan Bruneau
Exodus: ZP Better Together, Salesforce, and Dee Dee Myers
Exodus: ZP Better Together, Salesforce, and Dee Dee Myers
Every week, we recognize some businesses or people that are leaving or have left the Golden State and some of the biggest stories regarding the exoduses. To access The California Book of Exoduses: CLICK HERE ZP Better Together ZP Better Together is a communications company focusing on providing services for those who are deaf or...
By Brandon Ristoff