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
Gates pushes district-charter compacts
- 04-13-2011
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
The Gates Foundation is making a pitch to Santa Clara County and Sacramento to join the next round of 12 to 15 school districts and high-performing charter schools nationwide that agreeing formally to collaborate. The Foundation is offering $100,000 in negotiations money, plus the possibility of receiving several million dollars to carry out the terms of their compact. But the driving force, Gates Deputy Director Don Shalvey told school board members in San Jose, should be mutual interest – a willingness to work together for their students’ benefit. If they agree to the idea, Sacramento City Unified and a handful of districts in Santa Clara County, together with the Santa Clara Office of Education, would join Los Angeles Unified as the only participants from California. Last December, Los Angeles joined districts in Baltimore, Denver, Hartford, Conn., Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York City, and Rochester, N.Y., in signing compacts. (more...)
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