California's education awards cancelled for this year
California's budget crisis has dried up funds for the state's highly touted education awards program, which will not be distributed this academic year, Governor Gray Davis's administration announced last week. A fundamental piece of the state's accountability puzzle and a favorite program of the governor, decent-sized awards were to have gone to more than 2,300 high-performing schools and their teachers. Qualifying schools - which are fewer than last year, as test scores indicate Golden State schools have slowed their rate of improvement - will instead have to settle for certificates honoring their achievement. "Education Award Plans Suspended," by Duke Helfand, Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2002
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