Arun Ramanathan / commentary

Arun Ramanathan is executive director of The Education Trust–West, a statewide education advocacy organization. He has served as a district administrator, research director, teacher, paraprofessional, and VISTA volunteer in California, New England, and Appalachia. He has a doctorate in educational administration and policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His wife is a teacher and reading specialist and they have a child in preschool and another in a Spanish immersion elementary school in Oakland Unified.

Posts by Arun Ramanathan / commentary

• For kids’ sake, let’s not distract attention from Common Core ~  April 12th, 2013
• Vast inequality lurks behind mind-numbing data on school spending ~  November 4th, 2012
• Failing to guard students from predators violates public trust ~  July 1st, 2012
• Persuade, not threaten, me to vote for your initiative, Governor ~  May 16th, 2012
• San Francisco Unified blazes civil rights path for California districts to follow ~  March 9th, 2012
• A blank check to Sacramento would be a Dickens of a bad deal ~  January 3rd, 2012
• We should never waver from an opportunity to do what’s best for kids ~  November 18th, 2011
• California’s Greek tragedy: New lows in mortgaging our children’s future ~  July 8th, 2011
• Legislature should follow gutsy districts challenging seniority-based layoffs ~  June 12th, 2011
• Districts will lay off some of their best and brightest today; that must change ~  March 15th, 2011