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We Californians can be pretty smug about holding true to our progressive values in the face of attacks from the president. We tout, among other things, our sanctuary cities, our commitment to environmental regulation and the taxation and regulation of legal cannabis – and candidates for statewide office are falling over themselves to declare the resistance they will lead to Trump’s vision for America.
School districts need right to say ‘no’ to charters As school board members in Oakland, Berkeley and West Contra Costa, we believe in the power of a public-school education. Public schools used to be a way up for students and our state once led the way. But now we’re falling behind the rest of the country. Shrinking budgets and resources are one of the biggest culprits and that’s because, in large part, of the proliferation of charter schools.
Separate is not equal. Schools should be safe, secure and peaceful places for all of our students to learn. These tenets are settled law. In Brown v. The Board of Education and Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court affirmed that discrimination of any kind in our schools is unconstitutional and that every student in every classroom in every corner of this nation is entitled to equal access to education. The law is clear.
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