Biden Ain’t for the Kids
By Larry Sand On education issues, trouble looms if Biden becomes president. At the risk of stating the obvious, the country’s political future is murky. If Joe Biden withstands the onslaught of ballot fraud challenges and becomes POTUS 46, it’s anyone’s guess as to how he will govern. Or for how long. As […]
Pocket Man – If Joe Biden becomes president, will he go along with the teachers union wish list?
By Larry Sand As I wrote last week, charter school students, kids who are in other school choice programs, and taxpayers could be getting the short end of the stick if Joe Biden becomes president on January 20th. To assist Biden with policy decisions, the National Education Association came out with a “policy playbook” […]
Pandemic Pod Pushback
By Larry Sand The education establishment is losing customers, and it isn’t happy. Teacher union honchos don’t like homeschoolers for obvious reasons. When kids learn at home, it means less control, money, and power for them. Over the years, the National Education Association has adopted resolutions at its yearly convention which stipulate that […]
Moorpark College Recognized as a 2020 Champion of Higher Education
College has received the honor five consecutive years Moorpark, Calif. (November 23, 2020) – Moorpark College is pleased to announce that it has been chosen by the Campaign for College Opportunity as a 2020 Champion of Higher Education for the fifth consecutive year. Of the state’s 116 community colleges, only 12 received this prestigious award. A […]
Affordable Online Degree for Transfer Program Becomes a Ventura College Hallmark
College’s faculty trained in online teaching methods Ventura College is on the forefront of providing students in California access to education with its fully online associate degree for transfer (ADT) program. Though California community colleges have transitioned to online learning due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, Ventura College offers approximately 35 programs fully online. The college […]
Schools for Scandal
By Larry Sand As shown by the 2019 NAEP, most of our students are being badly shortchanged. The latest bad education news comes to us courtesy of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The most recent exam was administered to high school seniors in early 2019, a full year before the COVID-19 lockdowns. […]
Ventura County School Reopening Plans Impacted as COVID-19 Cases Rise Statewide
In response to a statewide spike in new coronavirus infections, Ventura County and 28 other counties were suddenly moved back to the most restrictive purple tier of California’s color-coded tracking system on Monday, November 16. Facing an unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases, Governor Gavin Newsom said he was “pulling an emergency brake.” Now that Ventura […]
kidSTREAM Children’s Museum’s Outdoor Space Takes Shape
In Response to COVID, kidSTREAM has redirected a phased plan to open the outside space ahead of schedule and under budget Working in partnership with local design firm, Landrec Playspaces, kidSTREAM is planning on opening the outside of the museum as a phased approach, and at 10% of the original budget. The closed doors during […]
School Reopening Plans May Change as Ventura County COVID-19 Cases Rise
Some Ventura County schools could have to delay their plans to resume in-person instruction if the County falls back to the most restrictive level – the purple tier – on the state’s coronavirus watch list, which is looking increasingly likely. Due to a growing number of COVID-19 cases, County health officials anticipate the move back […]
SEEAG – Online Tours Are Here
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