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How California can gain qualified teachers
Submitted by Rachel Chaney on 1.24.2007
In his recent State of the State Address, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pinpointed education as one of five areas requiring more investment. Though California's public education system needs reform, the governor did not lay out a concrete plan for improving the system. He called for new facilities and greater accountability and transparency, but he missed a fundamental element in the improvement of public education – qualified teachers.
Failing Our Future: The Holes in California's School Accountability System and How to Fix Them
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D., Rachel Chaney on 1.16.2007
Approximately $1.25 billion in state public education funding provided to schools to help improve student academic performance has yielded little if any academic improvement, even though these schools met the state Academic Performance Index (API) requirements to exit the improvement program as successful. This analysis comes just as the state is set to carry out the agreed upon terms of last year’s SB 1133 (Torlakson) and pour nearly $3 billion more into a similar program.
Our Opaque Public Education System
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 1.10.2007
In his 2007 State of the State address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger touched on some key education principles. Foremost was his call for enhancing parental choice by improving the transparency of the public school system through online information about school performance, funding and demographics. While providing such information would be useful for parents, it is unfortunately the case that much so-called education information gives an inaccurate picture of the real state of schools.
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