Published Articles
Dana Bunnett: Without more money, equal education is out of reach for California
By Dana Bunnett
Posted: 01/22/2012 08:00:00 PM PST
Once upon a time in California, we had high-quality public education that ranked among the best in the nation. That was when we not only cared about our public schools but we paid for them. I benefitted from that education in the '60s and '70s when we had art classes, music, sports and even vocational training. But today, according to the California Budget Project, we rank 46th in the nation in terms of per-student funding and 47th in education-spending as a percentage of personal income. After a decade of disinvestment and $18 billion in accumulated cuts to school funding since 2009, our school finance system is woefully inadequate. It virtually abandons low-income students and English-language learners in districts with the lowest levels of funding. Read More
Dana Bunnett: It's time to rethink zero-tolerance suspensions as punishment in schools
by Dana Bunnett
Special to the Mercury News
Posted: 10/22/2011 08:00:00 PM PDT
Anne Stuhldreher: Start in early grades with strategies to avoid suspending students
By Anne Stuhldreher
Special to the Mercury News
Posted: 10/31/2011 08:00:00 PM PDT
Updated: 10/31/2011 08:35:43 PM PDT
San Jose Mercury News Opinion: When government sets new policies, it should first consider children
By Dana Bunnett
Special to the Mercury News
Posted: 07/03/2011 08:00:00 PM PDT
San Jose Mercury News Opinion: We must make children's bill of rights a priority
By Dana Bunnett
Special to the Mercury News
Posted: 01/30/2011
San Jose Mercury News Editorial: Children's bill of rights, sadly, is needed
Mercury News Editorial
Posted: 02/14/2010 08:15:00 PM PST
Opinion: Santa Clara County children's bill of rights more than symbolic
Published January 18, 2010 - The Mercury News
Article by Dana Bunnett and Katherine Lucero
Opinion: A strategy to better protect Silicon Valley's children
Published January 31, 2009 - The Mercury News
Article by Leonard Edwards and Dr. Fernando Mendoza
Keep kids’, families’ needs first when deciding on cuts
Published June 2007 - The Mercury News
Article by Dana Bunnett
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