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Adult ed, regional occupational center advocates satisfied with budget deal – for now
Advocates for adult education and regional occupational centers, which provide hands-on learning in specific careers, say they are satisfied that the language in the budget bills expected to be voted on Friday is strong enough to protect their programs for another two years. The legislators and governor did not mince words, they say, in requiring districts that currently have programs to fund them for two more years. Dawn Koepke, a lobbyist for the state’s two adult … Read entire article »
Filed under: Adult education, Career Technical Education, College and Career Preparation, Featured, Multiple pathways, Reporting & Analysis, Workforce preparation
Nine districts submit waiver for relief from NCLB
A collaborative of nine California school districts is submitting today a first-of-its-kind waiver seeking relief from the harshest sanctions of the No Child Left Behind law. The proposal would commit the participating districts to a new accountability system, focusing on student achievement but deemphasizing standardized test scores. The existing requirements and penalties would remain in effect for all of the other districts in the state. If U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan consents, the districts in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Discipline, Equity issues, Evaluations, Featured, No Child Left Behind, Reporting & Analysis, Teachers, Tests & Assessments, U.S. Education Policy
EdWatch 2013: Accountability, accreditation test community colleges
California community colleges did something counterintuitive last year, and that may put them in a strong position to rebound in 2013 with help from Proposition 30 and increased state revenues. Even as the 112-college system was getting hit with an $809 million budget cut in recent years, it was developing and slowly rolling out a comprehensive reform plan. Now, with Gov. Brown proposing to increase community college funding by $196.7 million and some financial breathing room … Read entire article »
Filed under: College Completion, Community Colleges, Featured, Legislature, Bills, Reporting & Analysis
Creativity in the classroom is what’s really at stake with accountability
Many readers of EdSource know that a variety of factors have combined to put rethinking accountability on state leaders’ to-do list. But most people don’t understand what is really at stake. It’s not just about whether we add measures of “college and career readiness” to the API. This is a worthy goal, but the issue of accountability is much bigger than that. Accountability isn’t just testing; it’s the whole structure of rules and regulations that … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commentary, Common Core standards, Featured, Systemic Change
Why California must lead the way in closing underperforming charter schools
Many of California’s charter schools are among the best public schools in the state, if not the nation, but some are also among the worst. It is time for the charter community to fix the failings in the sector so that more children have the chance to attend a great school. The second state in the nation to allow charter schools, California has long been at the forefront of education reform. We must also lead the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charter Schools, Commentary, Featured
Brown attacks tests and data as main measures of school success
Update 10/12/11: Gov. Jerry Brown recently clarified his position on testing and the API. More details > Setting himself apart from other governors, Gov. Jerry Brown has launched an extraordinary broadside against the current national obsession with testing that continues to dominate school reform efforts across the state and nation. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Jerry Brown, Reporting & Analysis, Tests & Assessments
Video Highlights from
2013 EdSource Symposium
Transforming Public Education: What's Next For
Students, Teachers and Schools
- In Partnership with the California State PTA -
May 4th symposium in San Jose featured a number of prominent speakers on key challenges in education today, including Linda Darling-Hammond, Martha Kanter, and Pedro Noguera.
You can find video of those speakers and more at our new YouTube channel by clicking below.
‘I would prefer to trust our teachers …’
January 27th, 2013 | 20 Comments
By Charles Taylor Kerchner / commentary ~ EdSource Today
California’s back! Gov. Jerry Brown did himself proud in Thursday’s State of the State address, and he did California proud, too. In the details of the speech, there are prospects for boldness, greatness and innovation, not the tire patching and gridlock we’ve experienced as government. Others will comment at great length on the wisdom of the San Joaquin delta tunnel project and whether high-speed rail is prescient or folly. And educational interests are putting the pencil … Read entire article »
Filed under: Commentary, Featured, Jerry Brown, Systemic Change, Teacher Collaboration, Teachers