Past Forums
Each year, EdSource hosts a Forum that focuses on current education policies and issues in California.
Recent EdSource Forums have focused on the following topics. Click on the links below to read more:
What's Next? BIG Issues for California and for Education
(April 2009, Irvine, California)
A discussion of the dramatic fiscal challenges facing California schools.
Big Visions and Hard Realities: What We Can Do Now
(April 2008, Palo Alto, California)
A discussion of systemwide reform despite the difficult budget situation.
Money Talks: New Research and Candid Conversations About School Finance
(April 2007, Palo Alto and Pomona, California)
A discussion of School Finance and the findings of the Getting Down to Facts resarch project
School Accountability and Funding: Can California Get It Right?
(March 2006, Fremont and Pomona, California)
A discussion on finding a balance between the currently mismatched state and federal accountability systems and the tensions between raised academic expectations and a state funding system that pre-dates that change.
