CFCE in the News

Education

Op-Ed column by Loren Kaye, San Jose Mercury News: California business leaders need young people ready to work.  (April 18, 2007)  Business leaders in California's new economy are demanding a very old-fashioned skill from today's high school graduates - a work ethic.

George Skelton column, LA Times: Funding school reform may tax governor. (March 12, 2007) The "reforms" the business types preferred were anything that would get the students more work-ready:  "essential skills such as ... reading, writing, and math, as well as communications skills, (personal) responsibility and work ethic."

Inside Bay Area: Business leaders flunk schools; Survey shows state public education top worry for corporate elites. (March 13, 2007) Public school education is not just a concern for kids. Business leaders from across California ranked K-12 public education as their top public policy concern in a survey released Monday.

Orange County Register: Business leaders willing to raise taxes for better schools.  (March 13, 2007) California's business leaders say they're willing to spend more money on public schools and even raise taxes to pay for them as long as the increased spending is tied to major reforms and holding schools accountable, according to a survey released Monday.

Health care

Riverside Press Enterprise: Mythical RX. (June 12, 2007)  Gov. Schwarzenegger's pitch for health care reform in California relies heavily on the idea of a "hidden tax" generated by the uninsured. But Stanford University's Hoover Institution last month issued a study that said the actual figure was no more than 2.8 percent of premium costs. And the California Chamber of Commerce weighed in last week with a study that said the uninsured added no more than 1.4 percent to premium rates.

San Francisco Chronicle: Cause of high costs argued. (June 7, 2007) Californians without medical insurance are a much smaller factor in increasing health care premiums in the state than low funding from government programs such as Medicare and Medi-Cal, according to a study released Wednesday.