Furlough Days in the South Bay

I do not believe that school districts have to cut the school year by a month. The gross expenditures which weigh on school districts, including financial mismanagement, are the real culprit for the lack of funding in our schools. Students do not receive the best...

California: Just Say No to Tax Increases

There is no justifiable reason for supporting a tax increase in California. The political class in Sacramento is spending money as if it grows on trees. They demonstrate no sense beyond wasting the money of hard-working taxpayers, who deserve a break from Big...

On Budget Woes and Furlough Days

The state of California is broke. Multi-billion dollar deficits are decimating our present and impoverishing our future. The political class in Sacramento has refused to tackle major problems to restore sound fiscal discipline in California. Public sector unions...

Librarian's Honesty Burns with Wisdom

This afternoon, I overheard a librarian admit to a teacher that she had considered going into teaching. "I like working with kids," she beamed. She was the story-teller for the kids who visited the library on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings. "But...

"Why do you Want to Be a Teacher?"

It was one week before my students teaching at Dana Middle School was about to end. The mentor teacher for the two eighth grade classes, Will, asked me about interviews that I was going to take. "Well, the first question that they are going to ask you," he...