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.