Education
Commentary
Leap Year for UC Categorical Imperative
In 2008 the University of California will increase the number of officially recognized Asian categories from eight to 23, nearly a three-fold increase. UC administrators and various student groups hail the move as a milestone of diversity and aid to outreach. That remains dubious but the plan confirms that the ...
K. Lloyd Billingsley
January 2, 2008
Commentary
Why so many teachers are quitting, and how to win them back
More than six million California children returned to school this fall, but about 25,000 of their teachers likely will not return next year if recent attrition trends hold. Nearly every U.S. president since Harry Truman has proposed teacher recruitment plans. State leaders have introduced countless programs as well, including California ...
Vicki E. Murray
January 1, 2008
Leap Year for UC Categorical Imperative
In 2008 the University of California will increase the number of officially recognized Asian categories from eight to 23, nearly a three-fold increase. UC administrators and various student groups hail the move as a milestone of diversity and aid to outreach. That remains dubious but the plan confirms that the ...
Why so many teachers are quitting, and how to win them back
More than six million California children returned to school this fall, but about 25,000 of their teachers likely will not return next year if recent attrition trends hold. Nearly every U.S. president since Harry Truman has proposed teacher recruitment plans. State leaders have introduced countless programs as well, including California ...