Budget Crisis Clearinghouse
The state Department of Education just emailed me -- and, I'm guessing, every reporter in California that's on their contact list -- with a heads up that they've added a section on their website that hosts a compendium of pertinent information related to the budget issues that have so consumed public districts these days, what with the Governator's proposal to slash education funding in order to save the state some money.
Anyhoo, thought I'd share a little of this with you:
For starters, the actual link.
Details, according to the note I received:
*The first section has links to specific topics like teacher layoffs, and the affect of the budget crisis on teacher education programs and schools in specific California regions.
*The second section lists data from the field and news reports on school budget cuts by county, then school district.
*The third section lists State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell's news releases about the budget cuts in reverse chronological order.
There she blows. Check it.