Prop. 30 isn't perfect, but if it fails, the results will be tragic
If funding for public education is devastated, we will all pay the price.
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Gov. Jerry Brown at an August event supporting Proposition 30 in San Francisco. (Paul Sakuma, Associated Press) |
It's the kind of education news that never makes headlines: Dozens of teachers and principals from both charter and district-run schools across the Southland gathered last weekend at Loyola Marymount University to talk about what's working in their classrooms.
The ideas were eye-opening — a mix of innovation and common sense, data analysis and gut-level grit. And so was the energy.
But the celebration couldn't mask the sense of desperation in the room: California's public schools