The 2010 EdSource Forum will be held Friday, March 19 at the Marriott Hotel in Santa Clara, California. The program will run from 8:30 AM to 3 PM.

Forum Moderator

Davis Campbell, President, EdSource Board of Directors and President, CSBA Governance Institute 

Session I: California's Fiscal Crisis and its Impact on K-12 Education and Community Colleges. 

Hear an update on the state education budget and the federal education funding, plus projections for 2010-11, including a timely analysis of the governor's January budget proposal. 

Mac Taylor, California's Legislative Analyst

Session II: Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better

The new findings from this landmark study identify school and district practices and policies that distinguish higher from lower performing schools on the California Standards Tests.

Michael Kirst, Principal Investigator, Middle Grades Study, and Emeritus Professor of Education and Business Administration, Stanford University

Trish Williams, Middle Grades Study Project Director and EdSource Executive Director

Session III: Who Will Be California's Next Superintendent of Public Instruction?

What are their plans for K-12? Who has the best ideas? How do these candidates view the new federal initiatives? Three candidates discuss their views.

Larry Aceves, Retired School District Superintendent and Past President of the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)

Tom Torlakson, California Assembly Member, Chair of the Assembly's Select Committee on Schools and Community, Member of the Education and Appropriations Committees, and former Senator

Session Moderator: Greg Lucas, California political writer and satirist, freelance writer, speaker, and consultant on writing and communications

Session IV: The Community College System: Higher Expectations, Greater Challenges, New Approaches.

When students graduate from K-12, the greatest numbers of them head for the community college system. What efforts do these two leaders think are needed now to increase academic success for more of these students?

Jack Scott, Chancellor, California Community Colleges; Former State Senator; Former President, Pasadena City College

Robert M. Shireman, Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education; Former President, Institute for College Access and Success

Session Moderator: Kenneth Hall, Fiscal Officer, EdSource Board of Directors and Executive in Residence, University of Southern California

As always, an audience Q and A session will follow each presentation!

Note about speaker changes: Senator Romero needed to cancel. Martha Kanter's work responsibilities caused a conflict so she graciously asked her next in command at the U.S. Department of Education to speak to the EdSource Forum. See Robert M. Shireman's bio—he has deep California roots and is looking forward to talking with our audience.