Compromises Reached on School Funding Reform
Read EdSource Today's coverage of compromise on Gov. Brown's school finance reform plan.
- Adult ed, regional occupational center advocates satisfied with budget deal – for now
- June 13, 2013 - Early childhood advocates cheered by $55M in restored funding
- June 13, 2013 - Foster youth win big in California’s new budget
- June 13, 2013 - Michael Kirst, father of new school funding formula, looks back and at the work ahead
- June 12, 2013 - Adult ed, regional occupational centers, partnership academies get reprieve
- June 12, 2013 - It’s a deal: Brown, top lawmakers raise base funding in finance formula
- June 11, 2013
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2011 Forum Video: View From the Top
Session IV: View From the Top: New State Education Policy Leadership
Tom Torlakson was elected this past November as California’s new Superintendent of Public Instruction. He takes over the leadership of the California Department of Education at the same time that California has a newly elected Governor (Jerry Brown) who recently replaced the majority of members on the State Board of Education. What changes can K–12 educators and stakeholders expect in state education policy and priorities? How do these leaders hope to strengthen the state’s public school system in a time of increasingly scarce resources?
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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The 2011 Forum included the following sessions:
- Introduction: Setting the Stage (Forum moderator Carl Cohn)
- Session #1: California's Fiscal Crisis and its Impact on K-12 Education and Community Colleges
- Session #2: California's New Common Core K-12 Academic Standards
- Session #3: Next Generation Learning and Technology
- Session #4: View From the Top: New State Education Policy Leadership
- Closing: Farewell from Trish Williams