News from June 2014
GSPP Welcomes Young African Leaders Initiative Washington Fellows
The Goldman School of Public Policy and UC Berkeley welcomes the Young African Leaders Initiative Washington Fellows for six weeks of intensive study on civic leadership. The Institute was launched in 2013 by President Barack Obama to “give thousands of promising young Africans...the opportunity to come to the United States and develop your skills at some of our best colleges and universities.” The 500 young African leaders studying in the US this summer at 20 partner universities were selected…
Taking on Teacher Tenure Backfires
By Jesse Rothstein In his decision on Tuesday to strike down California’s teacher-tenure system, Judge Rolf M. Treu of Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that laws protecting teachers from dismissal violated the state’s constitutional commitment to provide “a basically equal opportunity to achieve a quality education” and drew parallels with prior cases concerning school desegregation and funding levels. But there is a difference between recognizing students’ rights to integrated, adequately funded schools and…