By David N. Plank | 09:16 AM | Finance
The California Teachers Association has released preliminary findings from their ongoing evaluation of the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA). The initial findings are generally positive, but their release is an occasion for disappointment rather than celebration, for two reasons.
The first is that the implementation of QEIA coincided with the unprecedented fiscal calamity that has engulfed...
DEC 3RD, 2010
By Mona Vakilifathi | 05:27 PM | The initial results for the Quality Education Investment Act QEIA was heavily discussed this week, namely for its positive effects for low-performing schools. According to theSI&A Cabinet Report, 488 California schools in this study achieved an average 63 point increase on their...
DEC 1ST, 2010
By David N. Plank | 11:39 AM | School & District ReformAn article in the San Francisco Chronicle over the weekend makes it clear just how hard it will be to make the distribution of resources in California’s education system more equitable. The article describes a controversy in the Albany USD, where the three elementary schools are raising money from...