History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
What Assembly should do on Race to the Top
- 11-17-2009
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Perhaps in response to criticism that the Assembly was dawdling, Speaker Karen Bass has pushed up by two weeks a hearing on possible Race to the Top legislation and indicated that she might call members into a December special session — “if need be” — to help the state compete for a share of the $4.35 billion federal competition. The state’s application is due Jan. 19. The success of California’s bid for as much as $700 million will depend largely on the persuasiveness of the state’s as yet unformed plan – and the willingness of school districts to join it. But legislators can strengthen the application by committing to reform in four key areas of Race to the Top:Turning around low-performing schools. Sen. Gloria Romero’s SB 5X-1,which the Senate passed earlier this month, addresses a key element. The state currently has no program to deal directly with the chronically worst achieving schools. (more...)
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