This emperor has no clothes…
In general, education policy in California is on a different trajectory than many other states. No less a personage than Diane Ravitch has lauded my governor, Jerry Brown. Even though the Obama administration foolishly over-looked Linda Darling-Hammond, our state superintendent has highlighted her work, and appointed her to the state credentialing commission. With the departure of State Senator Gloria Romero after her failed bid for the state superintendent position for a sinecure at Parent Revolution the legislature seemed on a more even keel.
As I grew up in the 1970s and 80s, the Legislative Analysts Office had a sterling reputation for giving sound advice. My experience on the ARRA EETT debacle, showed them as uninformed, and out of sync — chasing after pennies in the hopes of getting quarters that would cost dollars. Money was diverted from classrooms to data systems in the foolish hope of getting RttT funding from the feds when it was CLEAR to everyone that the
As I grew up in the 1970s and 80s, the Legislative Analysts Office had a sterling reputation for giving sound advice. My experience on the ARRA EETT debacle, showed them as uninformed, and out of sync — chasing after pennies in the hopes of getting quarters that would cost dollars. Money was diverted from classrooms to data systems in the foolish hope of getting RttT funding from the feds when it was CLEAR to everyone that the
