Prop 54 Hates Your Mom and Apple Pie
The LA Times columnist George Skelton calls Prop 54 “a motherhood-and-apple-pie proposal if ever there was one” in that it supposedly limits the power of
Joe Mathews
September 16, 2016
Author: Joe Mathews
Connecting California Columnist and Editor, Zócalo Public Square, Fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (UC Press, 2010)
California Education is a Game of Chance
Californians may think we have a system of public education. But what we really have is a state system for rationing public education. I got
Joe Mathews
September 15, 2016
Loretta Sanchez, Negotiator
It’s rare that a political candidate shows herself to be not up to the job in a debate negotiation. But Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez demonstrated just
Joe Mathews
September 13, 2016
Could the Chargers Join the Ranks of the Homeless?
No one wants the San Diego Chargers. A last-ditch ballot measure to support a new stadium for the NFL team (as part of a convention
Joe Mathews
September 12, 2016
Hold the Outrage on Politicians’ Ballot Measure Committees
“Candidates are increasingly using these committees as slush funds for unlimited contributions from special interests. They’re paying off lawmakers without technically violating the law. It’s
Joe Mathews
September 9, 2016
Sherman the Californian
This month, as California celebrates Admission Day—a legal holiday in honor of our officially joining the United States on September 9, 1850—we should give ourselves
Joe Mathews
September 8, 2016
Why CTA Needs to Pull its Anti-Charter Ads Now
Charter schools have their problems—some are high-performing. Some aren’t. Some are models that other schools should be mulating.. Some would be better off shut down.
Joe Mathews
September 7, 2016
The EU Is Stealing Our Apple Taxes
The European Union is trying to steal taxes that ought to belong, at least in part, to California. The EU made news with its demand
Joe Mathews
September 6, 2016
Your Homework Assignment: Read Goodwin Liu’s Dissent in the Robles Case
It was a good week for the educational status quo in California. Our state’s Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to rules that make it
Joe Mathews
September 2, 2016