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EdWatch 2013: The next budget bill
California may finally get the “Year of Education” that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised for 2008, which, ironically, is now remembered as the year school funding began its descent to the lower depths. 2013 is full of promise for education, notably due to increased tax revenues from voter approval of Proposition 30 last November. The year will also tax the facility of legislators, Gov. Jerry Brown, educators and education advocates to agree on how to make … Read entire article »
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Survey the hard way to understand hard choices
September 5th, 2012 | 10 Comments | By Seth Rosenblatt / commentary
Implicit in the role of being a school board member is combining and analyzing multiple inputs into any decision: recommendations from the superintendent and staff, feedback from parents and the community, economic factors, and also one’s sound judgment and (hopefully) constructive dialog among board members. Most board members will admit to struggling with at least one ingredient in this mix: getting community feedback. Often school board meetings are sparsely attended, and feedback tends to emerge disproportionately … Read entire article »
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