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Caroline Grannan was an editor at the San Jose Mercury News for 12 years. Currently she contributes to a number of Internet sites dealing with education and schools. She is a San Francisco public school parent, advocate, and volunteer and has followed education politics locally and nationwide.

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Special election school funding propositions aren't easy to like

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Californians faced with six eye-glazing budget-related propositions in the May 19 special election are desperate for some clarity. San Francisco...
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Newsom drops effort to short schools with Rainy Day Fund

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Thank you to Mayor Newsom for allocating a fairly determined amount from the city's Rainy Day Fund to SFUSD. Here's the city press release.03/10/09 -...
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Protest school funding cuts -- and call for transparency

Before I got to compiling a list of protests and events calling for adequate funding for our schools, parent activist Lisa Schiff beat me to it with...
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Mayor Newsom and supervisors, give our schools their due!

Calls for Mayor Newsom to provide the schools with all possible assistance from the city's Rainy Day fund are growing louder and louder. Here's one of...
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An easy, effective way to protest state cuts to education

The California state PTA has created a website to enable easy advocacy and outreach to protect education funding:PTA's Economic Recovery Plan:...
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Will schools have to close early due to legislators' idiocy?

The “tyranny of the minority” is holding California’s state budget hostage – and some doomsayers predict that will force...
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California state PTA urges you: STAND UP FOR CHILDREN

To All Californians:PLEASE HELP STAND UP FOR CHILDREN NOW!Children across California are back in school, but we don't yet have a state budget.Way back...
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California's "lavish" school spending: millions squandered on light in classrooms

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Mon dieu! Les wasteful Americains.Critics of public education often claim that schools overseas deliver a superior...
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Can't we just feed the kids?

School food sucks.OK, that's out of the way.Student nutrition professionals, school food advocates and also lots of...
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There should be such thing as a free lunch for schoolkids

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The law that provides the National School Lunch Program -- our school cafeteria food -- is up for reauthorization...
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