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Even Megan Fox knows Calif. has an education crisis
- 04-12-2010
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
You know that the crisis in California’s public education system is really severe when even the actress Megan Fox -- not exactly identified with intellectual pursuits -- knows there is a really big problem. She and her boyfriend, Brian Austin Green, star in a short video for the www.saynotocuts.com website, which tells the tale of massive budget cuts in California that have left many schools without nurses, janitors, librarians and counselors. Sports programs are now considered a luxury, and teachers are being laid off across the state in droves. The word “crisis” is used with such profligacy today that saying something is in crisis doesn’t raise much concern. (more...)
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