Forum Report: California at a Crossroads: Crisis and Opportunity
April 20106 pages
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In the spring of 2010, public schools and community colleges faced obstacles as well as opportunities.
Speakers at EdSource's 33rd Annual Forum on California Education—California at a Crossroads: Crisis & Opportunity—discussed both.
Highlights:
- A hard look at the state's fiscal crisis by Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor, which includes a provocative discussion of Proposition 98, the minimum funding guarantee for schools and community colleges
- A moderated Q&A session on K–12 funding and policy issues, featuring two candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Larry Aceves and Tom Torlakson
- A discussion of the role of community colleges and how that role could be enhanced in the future, featuring California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott and Hal Plotkin, a senior policy adviser in the U.S. Department of