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To Julie Sinai, a “policy junkie” who recently ended a nine-year stint as Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates’ chief of staff, the time was right for a return to education, which she believes “is under siege right now.”
Tag: public education
State education chief unveils report to guide new generation of California schools
July 25, 2012:
California should refocus on updating and replacing aging school buildings with schools designed to be more environmentally friendly and better suited to the needs of the next generation of students, according to a new UC Berkeley report released today by the top state schools chief.
What’s the future of public universities? Forum seeks way forward
October 27, 2011:
The role of public higher education in fostering social opportunity and social mobility was the focus of an Oct. 25 campus forum on the future of public universities. It was the first of four public conversations organized by campus deans, at what they called “a definitional moment” for the institution.
Chancellor calls for a unified civic effort to restore public education
May 21, 2010:
“The message is very simple: Investment in education is an investment in our future,” Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said in a speech Thursday before a San Francisco nonprofit that is creating innovative partnerships to help get schools back on track. The alliance is a nonprofit organization that brings together government, university, community and philanthropic interests to find ways to better prepare the city’s 56,000 public schoolchildren for college and careers.
Wendy Brown: Without quality public education, there is no future for democracy
March 5, 2010:
UC Berkeley professor of political science Wendy Brown was among the more than 200 Berkeley faculty members who traveled to Sacramento on March 4. A co-chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association, she gave the following address on the capital steps during the “Educate the State” rally.
‘Day of Action’ starts quietly, peacefully at Berkeley
March 4, 2010:
A statewide “day of action” for public education kicked off quietly Thursday morning at Berkeley, with small groups of protesters greeting students, staff and faculty at major campus entrances with chants and signs. Many Berkeley faculty canceled classes to participate in events in Sacramento, where the focus was on the state Legislature’s long-term disinvestment in public higher education in California.
March 4 rallies to ‘Defend Public Education’ planned for Berkeley and around state
March 3, 2010:
Major rallies to express concern about the future of public education in California are expected to take place throughout the state on Thursday, March 4, including here at UC Berkeley.
