LAO: Cut basic aid districts’ money - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess The Legislative Analyst is recommending cutting $200 million in state money to revenue-wealthy districts to restore a piece of the sizable cuts that Gov. Brown is proposing for child care. From San Jose, I can see the smoke signals of resistance ...
Top honor for Sanger superintendent - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess The American Association of School Administrators has named the superintendent of a small, poor rural district near Fresno as its national superintendent of the year. Three years after becoming superintendent in 2003, Marc Johnson led Sanger Unified ...
10 essential blogs on California education – no, make that 11 (mine) - by Jeff Camp About 10 years ago, I set out to learn how education works in California, when it fails, and who could tell me why. I devoured books and magazines. I peppered educators with questions. I attended conferences. I attended leadership meetings of teacher ...