Articles in this issue

• PTA rallies to protect funding
  The California PTA held a rally in Sacramento recently to protest the budget cuts Gov. Schwarzenegger has proposed for education.
• More minorities go to college, but many don't graduate
  Even though the number of black and Hispanic students entering college has increased dramatically over the last 30 years, students from these groups still lag well behind white students in earning college degrees, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis.
• U.S. ed secretary proposed NCLB amendments
  U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has announced significant new amendments to regulations under the No Child Left Behind/Elementary and Secondary Education Act in the areas of high school graduation rates, supplemental education services providers and school choice, among others.
• Adult ed collective bargaining bill opposed by ACSA
  A bill regarding collective bargaining has passed out of the Assembly Education Committee and is now being considered by the Assembly Appropriations Committee.