State budget cuts: good-bye, one billion dollars!

California's proposed budget cuts for 2011 will cut one billion dollars from higher education - namely UCs, CSUs, and community colleges, specified Governor Jerry Brown. Check out this video with a break-up of the state's new budget plan:



Governor Brown's cuts remove funding for 90,500 students - a staggering number that can only grow as community colleges and state college campuses continue to endure losses, estimated to last at least five consecutive years. If fewer college students get access to higher education, will fewer high school students retain the motivation to pursue a college degree? How can we counterbalance the proposed cuts to education by keeping middle and high school students engaged? Loss of student drive is just one potential side effect of Brown's devastating measure, which has also led school districts to deny teachers tenure in light of the proposed cuts on education.



Let's hope that the tables will turn and the state passes some positive education reform in the coming months, as promised by Obama's State of the Union in January. Don't stay on the sidelines as we discuss measures central to the development of education in the U.S.! Join the conversation at the Tutorpedia Foundation's 2nd Annual Benefit in San Francisco on February 23, 2011. We will be hosting speakers Vicki Abeles, director of Race to Nowhere, Dennis Littky, co-founder of the charter school network Big Picture Learning, and Farb Nivi, founder of the educational test prep company Grockit - all at the Minna Gallery in downtown San Francisco. Proceeds will fund one-on-one tutoring for the Bay Area's under-privileged students.