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Michael Kirst, father of new school funding formula, looks back and at the...
It was the morning after the evening of the last revision, and the father of the Local Control Funding Formula looked upon all that the governor and Legislature had made, and declared, “Hey, not bad.”...
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State Board handed job of defining rules of new funding system - by John...
The Legislature will vote today on a bill establishing Gov. Brown’s historic school funding system that punts to the State Board of Education some key decisions on how dollars for disadvantaged...
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Duncan indicates support for district waiver, praises Brown’s funding reform...
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan in San Francisco. (Source: Public Policy Institute of California). U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan set aside years of acrimony and disagreements with Gov....
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Student discipline must move beyond ‘willful defiance,’ educators say - by...
California schools urgently need strategies for discipline that help children learn from mistakes, make reparations for harm and go on to succeed, a group of educators said last week in support of a...
View ArticleTransgender students would get new rights under bill on governor’s desk - by...
Transgender students would have the right to participate in school sports and use bathroom facilities that correspond with their expressed genders under a bill awaiting the governor’s signature. If...
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State Board of Education delays vote on new science standards - by Kathryn Baron
Proponents say the proposed science standards for California schools include more hands-on experimentation. Photo from Flickr It was a rare moment of harmony in education reform at the California State...
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Mark Yudof signs off as president of the University of California - by...
UC President Mark Yudof will step down on August 31, 2013, and teach law school. Credit: University of California Mark Yudof bid a formal farewell Wednesday to the University of California. The...
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A new K-12 funding system demands new thinking in building local budgets - by...
As the most sweeping change in K-12 school funding in decades, the new school finance system that took effect this month will require school officials to clear their minds of old formulas and...
View ArticleNapolitano named new UC president amid student protests - by Kathryn Baron
Homeland security chief Janet Napolitano will become the first woman to head the University of California in its 145-year history after her selection was approved Thursday by UC regents in a meeting...
View ArticlePresident asked to veto GOP reauthorization of No Child Left Behind - by...
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan called on President Obama to veto a Republican-sponsored reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act if it should come before him. The U.S. House of...
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California moving away from Washington’s corporate education reform - by John...
John Affeldt California’s shift to a new weighted student funding model represents just the most recent example of how Democratic state policymakers here are charting a different course in education...
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California committed to move forward with Common Core tests as planned - by...
California appears poised to move ahead with plans to roll out computerized testing aligned to Common Core standards in 2015. Image from Flickr Georgia last week became the fifth state to pull out of...
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Resistance greets pumped-up effort to streamline community college, CSU...
Foothill College biology majors Hiba Dada, left, and Jannah Bashar. Credit: Kathryn Baron, EdSource Today. When a long-awaited and much-needed bill to streamline transfer from community colleges to...
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State Board must find balance between rules and flexibility - by John...
There was an abundance of thoughtful advice Monday at a public hearing in Sacramento on the state’s new school funding and accountability system. But that good advice also was rife with conflicting...
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Key education bills await action as session deadline looms - by EdSource staff
Whatever education bills the Legislature passes in the next four weeks will pale in importance compared to its monumental achievement of 2013, the Local Control Funding Formula, Gov. Jerry Brown’s...
View ArticleSan Jose State, Udacity online course experiment posts higher summer grades -...
Summer was a better season than spring for a much-touted online course partnership between San Jose State University and Udacity, according to a status update on the program released this week....
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Civil rights groups dispute memo to State Board on new funding formula - by...
In a sign of a skirmish to come, leaders of 30 civil rights and nonprofit groups representing disadvantaged children are disputing a memo to the State Board of Education characterizing the purpose of...
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Early education advocates seek more support from governor - by Lillian Mongeau
Advocates hope to convince the governor to put more focus on early education programs, like this state-funded preschool program at the Creative Montessori Learning Center in East Palo Alto. File photo...
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Bill to change ‘willful defiance’ suspension practices is postponed - by...
Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento A legislator’s second attempt to change disciplinary practices in California schools, making it harder for administrators to expel and suspend disruptive...
View ArticleBill to help expelled and truant students get back on track heads to governor...
A bill aimed at preventing students from languishing in alternative schools is on its way to the governor, after passing its last hurdle in the Legislature on Tuesday. County-run community schools and...
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