History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
An aha moment on higher ed
- 01-07-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Gov. Schwarzenegger’s proposed constitutional amendment to protect higher education budgets and slash prison spending is the fiscal equivalent of a death-row conversion. Better late than never to see the light – but look at the mess he created. “Spending 45 percent more on prisons than universities is no way to proceed into the future,” he said in the State of the State address. “What does it say about a state that focuses more on prison uniforms than caps and gowns? It simply is not healthy.” University of California President Mark Yudof couldn’t have said it better. But this from a governor who pushed through a massive bond for prison expansion, who vetoed a bill to establish a sentencing commission and who saw prison spending about double on his watch. Even now, he has resisted a federal court order to cut the prison population by 40,000 inmates, saving billions. (more...)
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