History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
San Diego and San Jose rated reform-resistant
- 08-24-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
San Diego and San Jose are unrivaled as hubs of innovation in high tech, green tech and biotech. But in terms of fostering a climate for education innovation, San Jose is no Silicon Valley, and San Diego is in the Rust Belt with Detroit and Gary, Indiana. At least that’s view of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, which ranked those two metropolises near the bottom of 26 major cities in the study “America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for School Reform: Attracting Entrepreneurs and Change Agents,” which was released today. Los Angeles didn’t fare much better, ranking 18th, but San Francisco, San Jose’s neighbor, grabbed the #10 rank on the strength of its talent pool of social entrepreneurs and non-profit sector. Fordham is unabashedly pro-charter and pro-choice, and its metrics reflect its view that outside forces — groups like Teach for America, New Leaders for New Schools, reform-oriented foundations and activist mayors – are needed to bust through the status quo to create the climate for energetic and strong-willed superintendents to thrive. (more…)
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