Lawmakers should keep handcuffs off districts and extend local control - by Stephen Blum Once upon a time, school districts were mainly controlled by locally elected school boards and district management. The landmark court decisions of Serrano v. Priest (1971 & 1976) and the famous initiative, Proposition 13 (1978), unintentionally ...
Claude Steele returning to the Farm - by Kathryn Baron World renowned scholar and social psychologist Claude Steele is returning to Stanford University to head the School of Education. An announcement by the University said Steele will take over as dean on September 1, succeeding Deborah Stipek, who’s ...
Center on teaching joins WestEd - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, best known for its often-cited annual reports on the status of teaching in California, will have a new location, director, and affiliation. Otherwise, not much will change. The decision by the founder ...