New way of counting dropouts; same old rates - by Kathryn Baron There’s not much new in the latest graduation and drop-out rates released yesterday by the California Department of Education (CDE), except for the way they were computed. For the first time since the student data system, known as CALPADS, went online, ...
No conflict for Patricia Rucker - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess The California Fair Political Practices Commission has dismissed a complaint filed by a parent activist group against Patricia Rucker, a State Board of Education member who works as a paid lobbyist for the California Teachers Association. In doing so, ...
Look to experience, not policy, to assess 21st century skills - by Charles Taylor Kerchner Learning to collaborate and to solve ill-defined problems are to the 21st Century what industrial discipline was to the last hundred years, according to those who have studied what employers and society need. They need to be considered basic skills, ...
