Advice to Jerry Brown (continued) - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
Finish CALPADS; appoint accountability-savvy members to the state board; focus on assessments; listen more to teachers; reform the finance system. That was yesterday’s advice (not to be confused with “so yesterday”) to Jerry Brown on this page from nine leaders in education. Today, an additional dozen voices in education, some of them familiar to readers of this blog, [...]
Most parcel taxes defeated this week - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
California voters continue to be generous when it comes to renovating and building schools. But at least in the latest election, they refused to spend any more money running them. Only two of 17 K-12 parcel taxes on Tuesday’s ballot got the two-thirds majority needed to pass, although a couple came excrutiatingly close. Even in usually [...]