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
Change the education system
- 03-09-2010
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Blog by Jennifer Imazeki/Voice of San Diego
As a professor in the California State University system, I see the impact of the state budget cuts firsthand, every day. And as a lifelong advocate for California education, I fully endorse the ideals behind the March 4 rallies. But as a researcher, my call to action for Sacramento is a little different than what was heard at those rallies. Rather than simply asking for more money for schools, I would ask for real change to the California education system, at least at the K-12 level. Thanks to Proposition 13 and the legislative response to a 1970s court case that prohibits a school's revenues from being tied to the wealth of the local community, combined with 30 years of politicians adding new regulations and programs, California has a system of school finance and governance that is highly prescriptive and often irrational. (more...)
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