Posted in Achivement GAP, Common Core standards, Race to the Top
Superintendent of Public Instructions Jack O’Connell can legitimately claim some accomplishments during his seven years in office: enacting and successfully defending the high school exit exam; broadly expanding career academies in high school with courses approved for UC admission; drawing attention to disparities of achievement among ethnic and racial groups and creating strategies, through his P-16 Council, for narrowing them; and cheerleading a modest growth in test scores.
But even with debilitating cuts in school funding beyond O’Connell’s control, his last year could be his best – if the state wins hundreds of millions of dollars in federal Race to The Top money.
Listening to his final State of Education address, you’d think that it already has. He’s clearly jazzed at the possibility, devoting the bulk of his speech to Race to the Top – even though there’s no saying California will get a penny. It’s one of 40 states that applied to the competition this week.
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But even with debilitating cuts in school funding beyond O’Connell’s control, his last year could be his best – if the state wins hundreds of millions of dollars in federal Race to The Top money.
Listening to his final State of Education address, you’d think that it already has. He’s clearly jazzed at the possibility, devoting the bulk of his speech to Race to the Top – even though there’s no saying California will get a penny. It’s one of 40 states that applied to the competition this week.
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