FW: INSIDE HIGHER ED May 14, 2010 Daily Update

Problems viewing this email? Click here to view this email with your browser.   Daily News Update May 14, 2010 Hello. Below you'll find what's new on our site today. And hurry: Time is running out to join colleagues from scores of colleges for Tuesday's audio conference, The New Emergency Requirements, about federal safety rules. Sign up now at http://events.webeventservices.com/insidehighered/2010/0518/ News Want to advertise here? Huge Problem, Problematic 'Solution' Emergency legislation to finance Colorado's higher education system would let public institutions raise tuitions to make up for lost funds -- but critics fear access institutions and needy students could lose out. more Profs Turned Pols Scientists and engineers are lured into political office by supporters who say their skills are needed as lawmakers. more The Missing Latinos Study finds rapidly increasing group is largely absent from political science textbooks. more Advertisement The Entreprenurial Engineering Undergrad Stanford U. branches out beyond the boundaries of a typical baccalaureate engineering program. more New Presidents or Provosts: Paul D. Camp CC, Cleveland Institute of Art, Moody Bible Institute, Pierce College Pullyap, Texas Tech U. Health Sciences Center, U. of Findlay, Virginia Highlands CC more Quick Takes Advertisement » Emergency Spending Bill Omits Funds for Education Hiring » Science Funding Legislation Hits a Snag » Whitmore, San Jose State President, Is ACT's New Chief » Seton Hall Law School Sticks With Graduation Speaker » Defunct College's Officials Indicted for Financial Aid Fraud » Sign of the Times: Williams Drops NYC Club Views Speaking of Graduation Like many less-established institutions, U of All People can't compete for high-profile commencement speakers. David Galef gets inside the discussions there about how to rectify the situation. more Teachable Moments more Facing enrollment challenges? CLEP exams allow qualified students to move ahead and stay on track to graduate. It's worth considering. 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FW: Fantastic News!!!!! Fwd: Governor's Budget Revise: Higher Education a Priority

Subject: Governor's Budget Revise: Higher Education a Priority

Dear Colleague:
Public higher education received encouraging news today, with the release of Governor Schwarzenegger’s May Revision of the state budget. This version of the 2010-2011 proposed budget continues to include the restoration of $305 million to the California State University’s budget, as well as an additional $60.6 million to support enrollment growth across the CSU’s 23 campuses.
CSU Chancellor Charles Reed commented that "Governor Schwarzenegger has made supporting higher education a priority and we appreciate the continued commitment of his administration. The return of these funds will allow us to restore and preserve student access at campuses across the state. By reinvesting in California’s public universities, we will all ultimately benefit from the creation of jobs which is vital to the state’s economic recovery and prosperity."
The $305 million would serve to backfill a "one-time" reduction to the CSU budget for 2009-2010 and would allow the system to serve 21,000 more students than it can serve under existing state funding levels. The $60.6 million would fund the expansion of enrollment by more than 8,000 additional students system-wide. In the governor’s January proposal this additional enrollment funding was contingent upon the state receiving a threshold amount in federal aid for other state programs. The May Revision removes this contingency. In addition, the governor's May budget revision proposal includes the restoration of new competitive CalGrant awards, which would benefit an estimated 1,600 CSU students and thousands of community college students who will ultimately transfer to the CSU.
San Francisco State's share of this proposed funding is estimated at about $18.5 million, plus $3.6 million for enrollment growth. As the budget cycle progresses and we have more definitive information, I will share it with you.
I truly believe that the broad-based and consistent budget advocacy from campuses like ours, led by the Education Budget Advocacy Committee, has been instrumental in demonstrating to the governor that an investment in higher education is an investment in California's future. Thank you for the work you have done, and continue to do, to support higher education in California.
Please take this opportunity to let your state elected officials know that you support the CSU allocation in the May revise.

--Robert A. Corrigan, president

FW: CTA Campaign 2010 Update - May 17

 

MAY 17, 2010—There are 22 days left until the June 8 primary.

 

SPOTLIGHT

Repeal Corporate Tax Loopholes Initiative: CTA received statewide media coverage about our announcement this week that we will submit collected signatures to the state to qualify our Repeal Corporate Tax Loopholes Act initiative for the November ballot. More than 800,000 signatures – twice the number required to qualify – have been collected! In her Education Week blog, Leslie Maxwell begins with: “The always formidable California Teachers Association has got tax breaks for corporations in its sights.” Always formidable… we like it! Kind of reminds us of former Governor Pete Wilson calling us a “Relentless Political Machine.” Did we not start sporting “RPM” buttons?

 

DON’T MISS

Save the date for Virtual Town Hall Meeting with Torlakson: 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 26, for CTA’s Virtual Town Hall with state schools chief candidate Tom Torlakson. This is your chance to submit questions to our candidate. Alert your members to mark their calendars. Members can participate in the call either by dialing in to a toll-free number (877-229-8493/passcode 14804) or by responding to a “robocall” from CTA President David A. Sanchez that will invite them to stay on the line to join the call. More details will be on www.cta.org soon.  

 

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Your members can expect to receive our first mail piece this week. Many may have received it over the weekend. Our second piece is in the works and will focus on the differences between Tom Torlakson and Gloria Romero. Through our calls to members, we are hearing that many voters don’t know much about Torlakson, but when they hear about where the candidates stand on the issues, they overwhelmingly support Torlakson. Help us get his name and positions out there.

 

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INSIDE HIGHER ED May 3, 2010 Daily Update

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Based on the experience, she hopes never to grade again. more Advertisement More Scrutiny for Colleges' Business Practices Congressional review implies that universities indirectly evade federal tax law, and that lawmakers could raise billions by closing loophole that lets them. more 'Fire in Haste and Rehire at Leisure' AAUP blasts the way U. of Texas eliminated jobs at medical branch after hurricane struck Galveston. more Commencement Speakers Announced: Augsburg, Foothill-De Anza, Hilbert, Johnson C. Smith, Lawrence, Lesley, Mount Ida, Northeastern Illinois, San Francisco State, Utica more Quick Takes Advertisement » Scrutiny of For-Profit Recruiting at Homeless Shelters » Archbishop Objects to Seton Hall Course » A (Sort of) Counter Conference for Education Research » Outrage Over British University's Plan to Eliminate Philosophy » Minnesota Gov. 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May 14, 2010: Obama Administration Backs $23 Million Fund For Teacher Jobs

Subject: May 14, 2010: Obama Administration Backs $23 Million Fund For Teacher Jobs

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Customized Briefing for JULIUS THOMAS May 14, 2010

Leading the News In the Classroom On the Job Law & Policy School Finance Also in the News

Leading the News Obama Administration Backing $23 Billion Bill Aimed At Preventing Mass Teacher Layoffs. The Washington Post (5/14, Anderson) reports, "The Obama administration on Thursday threw its support behind a $23 billion measure intended to avert large-scale teacher layoffs, urging Congress to include the effort in a spending bill lawmakers are drafting to fund wartime costs and other urgent needs." In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), Education Secretary Arne Duncan explained, "We are gravely concerned that ongoing state and local budget challenges are threatening hundreds of thousands of teacher jobs for the upcoming school year" According to the Post, "Duncan's letter, released Thursday evening with backing from the White House, aimed to push the issue of education jobs to the fore as the Senate prepares to consider a supplemental spending bill in coming weeks to fund military operations in Afghanistan and other expenses." WPost Criticizes Teacher Jobs Bill. The Washington Post (5/14) editorializes, "Many school systems are having to lay off teachers, curtail instruction or shut programs. But should the federal government spend money it doesn't have to let school systems operate beyond their means?" The $23 billion Keep Our Educators Working Act "fails to use dollars in a way that would have the most impact" as the "money would be spread around according to blanket formulas, not sent to poorer jurisdictions" nor "linked to the Obama administration's Race to the Top competition, which rewards states that show seriousness about improving public schools." Advertisement "It isn't often that a book reviewer finds a book so compelling that he or she would pay for it...Deeper Reading is one of those rare gems" (Education Review). Help students in grades 4-12 conquer challenging texts with this collection of classroom-tested comprehension strategies. Click here to read Chapter 1: Why Reading Is Like Baseball. In the Classroom High School Students In Georgia Stage Mock Protest, Cause Disturbance On Campus. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (5/14, Simon) reports that on Thursday, "about 75 students" left Pebblebrook High School in Mableton, Georgia, "under the guise that they were conducting a protest." But, according to Cobb County Schools spokesman Jay Dillon, the students instead "left the campus entirely." When they returned later that day, the students "rushed the school, pulled the fire alarm and caused a general disturbance." School officials contacted County police to help with "crowd control," and "the school was placed on lockdown until order was restored." The Journal-Constitution notes that "the protest was supposed to be in response to budget cuts that are affecting every school in the district." Students Develop, Star In "Food Court" Skit For Odyssey Of The Mind. The St. Petersburg Times (5/14, Miller) reports that a team of "brainy and very creative kids" from Weightman Middle School and Wesley Chapel Elementary School won first place "at the Gulf Coast Regional Odyssey of the Mind (OM) competition in February and second in state in April." Now, the team "is gearing up for the 31st Odyssey of the Mind World Finals, May 26-29 at Michigan State University." Team members have proven "their literary and theatrical prowess by penning and acting out a 'Food Court' script that was big on wordplay and followed the parameters set out for their chosen problem." OM guidelines specified that "the cast must be made up of various food items, including one who is accused of being unhealthy and must defend itself before a jury of its peers." Survey Shows Interest In Arts Education In Utah Increasing As Resources Diminish. The Salt Lake Tribune (5/14, Schencker) reports that a survey of schools in Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho from "earlier this school year" shows that "student participation in theater, music, visual arts, and dance classes is climbing at the same time resources are diminishing." It also shows that "higher percentages of Utah schools offer high quality instruction in dance and theater and" teachers "said they get support from their districts for the arts than in the other states." The Tribune notes that "state lawmakers have been working to keep the arts alive in Utah schools." Nearly 300 schools in Utah participated in the survey, which was "the result of a partnership between each state's education department, arts council or commission, and the Western States Arts Federation." Study Says Florida Class Size Reduction Has Had Little Impact On Student Achievement. The St. Petersburg Times (5/14, Matus, Solochek) reports, "A Harvard think tank concludes in a study being released today that despite a multibillion-dollar price tag," Florida's "2002 state constitutional amendment to reduce class sizes has had little impact on student test scores." The report comes "as Florida voters gear up for another amendment on class size," heating the debate over whether or not the class size amendment is working and whether it is worth the cost to keep the amendment. The new proposal "would freeze the [2002] amendment at the school level. It would also prohibit classrooms from being more than three students over current limits in pre-kindergarten through third grade, or more than five students over in other grades." The St. Petersburg Times notes that the Harvard study used "data from the Florida Department of Education" to make its conclusion. On the Job Observers Say Teacher Hiring Boom Over Past Decade Led To Current Wave Of Layoffs. Education Week (5/13, Sawchuck) reported, "An increase in teacher hiring in recent years is leading some observers to posit a link to the waves of pink slips that districts are sending across the country." Although few studies have investigated school hiring patterns, "national data from the US Department of Education and from the National Education Association's annual 'Ranking & Estimates' report show that between the 1999-2000 and the 2007-08 school years, the teacher force...increased at more than double the rate of K-12 student enrollments." NEA President Dennis Van Roekel "acknowledged that districts have added teachers to the rolls to reduce class sizes and to staff initiatives tailored to specific populations." However, he discounted the notion "that the policies might be linked to the slew of layoffs," saying, "I just can't imagine any district bringing on more educators than they need." California School Rankings Released. The San Francisco Chronicle (5/14, Allday) reports, "Bay Area schools hit the highs and lows in California's annual rankings released" on Thursday, "with some schools far out-performing the rest of the state and others ranking among the very worst - as they have year after year. Every school in California is ranked according to the state's Academic Performance Index and compared to every other school, as well as schools with similar demographics." According to the Chronicle, "San Francisco schools overall represented a mixed bag of the best and worst rankings in the state," as the "city has eight schools that earned the highest ranking in the state - but 20, including five high schools, were at the bottom." Advertisement Why teach in small groups? To meet the needs of every student. Join Debbie Diller as she visits primary classrooms in her new DVD, Think Small! Observe a variety of small-group lessons and learn how to form groups, organize for small-group instruction, choose books, write lesson plans, and support student independence. Click here for details! Law & Policy Colorado Legislature Passes Teacher Tenure Bill. The AP (5/13, Paulson, Slevin) reported, "Colorado lawmakers wrapped up their legislative session Wednesday by passing a controversial teacher tenure bill and killing a proposal to replace the state's standardized tests with new student assessments." The bill would make it harder for public school teachers gain tenure and easier for tenure to be revoked. The AP noted, "Teachers said the tests were a poor measure of student progress, and they fought attempts to use the tests to measure their teaching ability." California Senate Passes Bill Holding Parents Accountable For Children's Truancy. The AP (5/14) reports, "The California Senate passed a bill on Thursday under which the State would hold parents responsible if their children regularly skipped school." Under the legislation, prosecutors can "charge parents with misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine if their children were chronically truant." Miami-Dade Teachers Union Signs Off On Florida Race To The Top Proposal. The Miami Herald (5/14, McGrory) reports, "The Miami-Dade school district and its teachers union signed off on Florida's Race to the Top application on Wednesday, putting the Sunshine State in a strong position to win federal education funding." United Teachers of Dade leaders "opposed Florida's application in the first round, saying it took too much control away from local school districts and unions." The new proposal includes "some performance-pay provisions" that, in addition to student test scores, "would also take into account student poverty levels, language and other factors that influence achievement." Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said that the district and union support of the state's application "proves that [they are not] afraid of accountability." He added, "Nobody here is shying away from issues of teacher quality. We just want a seat at the table when that issue is discussed." School Finance Grant Will Keep Elementary School Space Center Open. The Honolulu Advertiser (5/14, Moreno) reports, "The 17-year-old Challenger Space Center at Barbers Point Elementary School, which was under the threat of closure after lawmakers eliminated the program's budget, will be funded next year through a grant secured by the governor's office." Most of the $245,000 grant will go "toward salaries for three teachers and a director and other operational costs." The Advertiser explains that "for many elementary and middle school science classes, the space program is at the center of lessons that occur in the classroom." After "two months of classroom preparation," classes visit the Challenger Space Center for "a two-hour simulated space mission." After Delay, Illinois Paying Districts For School Construction Projects. The Chicago Tribune (5/14, Manchir) reports, "Relief came for 26 school districts across Illinois as the state is finally paying out more than $166 million for school construction projects dating back to at least 2002. About half of the districts added classrooms or opened new schools, only to be left juggling money while waiting for the state to pay its promised share." The Tribune notes that Chicago Public Schools will get "$29.7 million for school construction." Also in the News Too Many Students May Be Going To College, Experts Say. The AP (5/14) reports, "The notion that a four-year degree is essential for real success is being challenged by a growing number of economists, policy analysts and academics" who "say more Americans should consider other options such as technical training or two-year schools." They note that such alternatives have been common in Europe "for decades." To support the recommendation, "experts cite rising student debt, stagnant graduation rates and a struggling job market flooded with overqualified degree-holders." Martin Scaglione, president and chief operating officer of work force development for ACT, argues that our culture places too much importance on degrees, and calls for redefining "certification as the new education currency -- documentation of skills as opposed to mastering curriculum." Report: Hispanic Dropouts Less Likely To Earn GEDs Than Blacks Or Whites. The Washington Post (5/14, Bahrampour) reports, "Hispanic high school dropouts are much less likely to earn General Educational Development credentials than their white or black counterparts, especially if they are immigrants, according to a report released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center. The report, 'Hispanics, High School Dropouts and the GED,' found that only one in 10 Hispanic high school dropouts has a GED, compared with two in 10 African American dropouts and three in 10 white dropouts." Also, the report finds that Hispanics "have a much higher high school dropout rate: 41 percent of Hispanics 20 or older do not have high school diplomas, compared with 23 percent of blacks and 14 percent of whites." The AP (5/14) reports, "A report released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center found that one in 10 Hispanic students who drop out of high school go on to earn a General Equivalency Development degree. Educators and students say limited outreach, immigration and pressure to work may be to blame." Elementary Education Ranks At Bottom Of Best-Paying College Majors List. The New York Daily News (5/14, Hill) reports that Payscale.com "has released a ranking of the best-paying college degrees," with elementary education majors ranking at the very bottom. According to Payscale.com, "the major with the best salary upon graduation was chemical engineering." Other majors near the bottom of the list included social work and theology. E. Coli Outbreak Spreads To Tennessee, Linked To Tainted Lettuce. The AP (5/14) reports, "An outbreak of E. coli poisoning has expanded to Tennessee, where one more person has been sickened after eating romaine lettuce grown on an Arizona farm. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are 23 confirmed cases of E. coli and seven probable cases connected to the tainted lettuce." According to the AP, "The rest of those sickened live in Michigan, Ohio and New York" and many "of them were middle school, high school and college students who ate in school cafeterias."

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