Looking Beneath the Surface of Good News in California Education
What a surprise I had when I picked up my newspaper at breakfast this morning! The front page of the San Francisco Chronicle featured not one, but two positive stories about public education! Under the shared headline “State Schools Closer to Making the Grade,” the Chronicle had one article about improvements in our statewide test scores, and one article about a local principal whose leadership has made a positive impact at a struggling school.
Sadly, I can’t just look at the “good news” about schools and feel cheered by what’s reported. Let’s start with
