Busting out of traditional notion of school demands taking risks - by Robert...
Maybe I’m too close to it. I’ve started schools, run schools, taught in schools, gone to school, visited schools – and they all look pretty much the same. As I imagine what schools might look like, I...
View ArticleCA breaks another bad record - by Kathryn Baron
More California school districts than ever before are heading toward insolvency. The State Department of Education’s Second Interim Status Report for 2011-12, released yesterday, named 188 districts...
View ArticleNo Child Left Behind’s successor, smartly written, can make impact - by...
If you had $23 billion a year dedicated to improving low-income children’s education and addressing a wide variety of other congressionally negotiated purposes, what would you do? This is the question...
View ArticleFoster youths’ financial climb through college getting even steeper - by Rosa...
The last time Lerone Matthis was released from the Division of Juvenile Justice, in April 2008, he feared he had reached bottom. “I was discouraged by the prospects for a meaningful future,” Matthis...
View ArticleSome cuts, cash in budget deal - by Kathryn Baron
John Fensterwald co-authored this article. Legislative leaders protected most student financial aid in the Cal Grants program and preserved status quo funding for charter schools in the budget deal...
View Article160-day minimum year coming - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
Call it a last-minute clarification or a June surprise, another piece of bad news: A trailer bill that the Legislature will vote on Wednesday permits districts to slash the school year by an additional...
View ArticleCompromise on school fees bill - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
Advocates of a complaint process for parents and students who believe they’re being charged illegal fees have amended a bill to satisfy all of the main opponents, save the silent one who hasn’t been...
View ArticleFueling an Innovation Spirit in Education - by Rich Rosen
[Working Title]: “Fueling an Innovation Spirit in Education” In business, we’re familiar with the entrepreneur – the owner of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative. Our...
View ArticleTOP-ED Tax Measures - by Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Voters will be asked to vote on two education initiatives this coming November, Proposition 30 (also known as the Brown initiative); and Proposition 38 (also known as the Munger initiative). Both of...
View ArticleOur Kids are Alright - by Silicon Valley Education Foundation
In the last month both the ACT and the SAT testing programs, the college entrance exams taken by almost all college bound high school students, reported their results for the high school class of 2012....
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