Governor Newsom Fails to Put Pressure on Teachers Unions to Reopen Public Schools

By Brandon Ristoff
01/25/2021
Late last month, Governor Newsom announced a $2 billion plan to support reopening K-6 public schools for in-person learning by providing districts money if they agree to a timetable for reopening starting in mid-February. But Newsom is playing both sides. He’s trying to support both families who want their kids back in school and the teachers...

TAGS: Bay Area, California Federation of Teachers, California Teacher Association, California teachers unions, Gavin, Gavin Newsom, Newsom, public schools, San Francisco, teachers unions

Indoctrifornia

By Larry Sand
10/06/2020
While California’s ethnic studies mandate for k-12ers is dead for now, there is still much in the works to be concerned about. California governor Gavin Newsom is a force of nature. He leads a state which has record homelessness, rising crime and exploding pension debt. But wait, there is so much more! Ruling more like...

TAGS: Black Lives Matter, critical race theory, Ethnic studies, Gavin Newsom, Jose Medina, Larry Sand, social justice warriors, Tony Thurmond

Cultural Marxism for the Kids

By Larry Sand
09/22/2020
The left’s plan to disfigure America is moving right along. The results of a survey released last week revealed that two-thirds of 18-39 year-old Americans do not know that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. One-half of the respondents could not name a single concentration camp. One-fourth said the holocaust was a myth...

TAGS: Black Lives Matter, critical race theory, Cultural Marxism, Gavin Newsom, homeschool, Indoctrination, Larry Sand, social justice warriors

Subsidiarity must become a reality in education

By Larry Sand
08/04/2020
The one-size-fits-all regimen for schools needs to end. Originating in the Catholic Church, subsidiarity is an organizing principle that stipulates “matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority.” And our times are most definitely screaming for this simple but powerful concept to be applied to schooling. A perfect example...

TAGS: California Teachers Association, Gavin Newsom, Larry Sand, teachers union

Waivers, lawsuits, pandemic pods and school choice legislation

By Larry Sand
07/28/2020
Last week, the school wars intensified on many fronts. Since Governor Gavin Newsom’s July 17th edict closing all but a handful of schools in California, much has transpired. First, it was uncovered a few days later that schools in the Golden State could apply for a waiver to reopen, something Newsom mysteriously omitted in his...

TAGS: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Federation of Teachers, California Policy Center, CDC, Gavin Newsom, Kerry McDonald, Lamar Alexander, Larry Sand, pandemic pods, Randi Weingarten, school choice, teachers union, Tim Scott

School is canceled in California

By Larry Sand
07/21/2020
Governor Newsom and teachers unions nix in-person instruction for most school kids in the fall. The writing was on the chalkboard when the California Teachers Association released a statement on July 8th asserting that, due to coronavirus concerns, schools should not open in the fall. The following day, the United Teachers of Los Angeles echoed...

TAGS: American Academy of Pediatrics, California Teachers Association, Corey DeAngelis, Gavin Newsom, John Fensterwald, Kevin Kiley, Larry Sand, Los Angeles Unified School District, pandemic pods, school choice, socialism, Speak Up, teachers union, United Teachers of Los Angeles

California Cities Hike Minimum Wage as Economy Falters

By Edward Ring
04/09/2020
Until further notice, California’s economy is in free fall. As of April 6, California’s Employment Development Department reported receiving 1.9 million new unemployment insurance claims within barely three weeks. As reported in the San Jose Mercury, during the entire 2008 Great Recession, only 2.2. million unemployment claims were submitted. It’s impossible to know how long these unemployment claims...

TAGS: coronavirus, Edward Ring, Edward Ring, Gavin Newsom, Minimum Wage

Suggested Executive Orders for Governor Gavin Newsom

By Edward Ring
04/09/2020
Throughout the last several weeks, Governor Gavin Newsom has issued a number of executive orders to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Without criticizing the tremendous efforts that are already being made, I want to propose a few additional steps that California’s governor could further contain the damage this virus is wreaking. Some of...

TAGS: coronavirus, Edward Ring, Edward Ring, Gavin Newsom

California Dystopia Update, March 2020 edition: How the stage was set for a coronavirus homeless disaster

By Chris Reed
03/19/2020
The debate over homelessness in California seemed to shift last fall, when dozens of local governments supplied or co-signed amicus briefs in a case in which Boise, Idaho, officials urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that banned arrests of people sleeping in public if they had nowhere else to go....

TAGS: Chris Reed, coronavirus, Gavin Newsom, homelessness, LA County

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The Potential Fiscal Effects of Education Savings Accounts in California

Martin F. Lueken, Ph.D. Director of the Fiscal Research and Education Center, EdChoice in collaboration with Lance Christensen Vice President of Education Policy, California Policy Center Download the Full PDF Report Here

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