Immigrants Still Generally Lag in Education
Immigration advocates recently trumpeted a report from the Pew Hispanic Center that the educational attainments of legal immigrants, at all levels of... Read More
CAPS Crowdifornia Student Video Competition Has Top Prize of $5,000
Students across the country have the opportunity to use their video production, research, storytelling and other creative skills to win the top... Read More
DREAM Act, Defeated Dozens of Times, Resurfaces
The impossible-to-kill DREAM Act has again bubbled to the surface. Although multiple versions of the federal DREAM Act have been defeated for 12... Read More
While College Grads Settle for Less in Dismal Job Market, Amnesty Talks Continue
Watching the NCAA March Madness basketball games this weekend, one commercial caught my eye and reminded me of the dire jobs picture... Read More
Teachers Beware, H-1B Visa Holders Want Your Job
When discussing the H-1B visa, the automatic assumption among many is that it’s used for bringing high tech foreign national workers into... Read More
California Congressman Bob Filner: We Must Not Deport Alien Junior College Student; Reason: She’s a Track Star!
The other side has a new cause célèbre Dreamer. Today, it’s 20-year-old Ayded Reyes, an alien student at Chula Vista’s Southwest College.... Read More
Maryland Patriots Win Another Round against the Dream Act; California to Follow?
From Maryland last week came encouraging news for Assemblyman Tim Donnelly and his signature gathering effort to overturn A.B. 131 and put... Read More
Unsurprising Report from California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office: Dream Act Will Cost More Than Originally Estimated
Before you read my blog about the latest outrage regarding the California Dream Act—that its cost projection for taxpayers has been increased... Read More
Taxpayer money for California DREAM Act near reality-sparks talks of a recall – Continue reading on Examiner.com
California’s taxpayer-funded version of the DREAM Act inched closer to reality as it leaped out of the state Senate 22-11 along party-line... Read More
Time to Challenge Plyler vs. Doe? Latest Grim California Education Stats Indicate "Yes"
Once considered to be recession proof, education careers—especially teaching—are shaky at best. Hiring new teachers has slowed, fewer enter the profession and... Read More