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
August 2011
Comparing teacher turnover in charter and regular public schools
Blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Shanker Blog
I think these critiques of parent trigger laws are missing the point…
Blog by Larry Ferlazzo/Engaging Parents in School
Are 21st century 5-year-olds cognitively ready to read?
Guest blog by Elfrieda H. Hiebert/Washington Post
Look to experience, not policy, to assess 21st century skills
Opinion by Charles Taylor Kerchner/Thoughts on Public Education
Bullying climates at schools may be linked with lower test scores
Blog by Jeannine Stein/Los Angeles Times
Schools flagged for earthquake risks left unchecked
By Emily Alpert and Kyla Calvert/Voice of San Diego
Congressional gridlock on education needlessly threatens schools
Column by Robert McCartney/Washington Post
Regents pay a political price for their free advisers, dissenters warn
By Michael Winerip/New York Times
As schools open, possibility of shorter academic year has teachers, parents on edge
By Sharon Noguchi/San Jose Mercury News
Innovative policies are essential to save men who are at risk
Opinion by Angela Glover Blackwell and Maria Echaveste/Sacramento Bee
President Obama on shaky ground with teachers: Can he firm up support?
Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week
L.A. Unified bests reform groups in most cases, data show
By Howard Blume and Sandra Poindexter/Los Angeles Times
What’s the link between time in school and achievement?
Guest blog by Jennifer Davis and Emily McCann/Washington Post
Bilingual youth: Language demands of a globalized future
Blog by Marjorie Faulstich Orellana/Huffington Post
Can the US compete if only 32 percent of its students are proficient in math?
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo/Christian Science Monitor
What we don’t know about new teacher evaluation systems (and why it’s a problem)
Guest blog by Matthew Di Carlo/Washington Post
California loses $11.5 million in federal funding for charter schools
By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee
Dream Act students cheer Obama's immigration enforcement policy
Blog by Teresa Watanabe and Paloma Esquivel/Los Angeles Times
There are more successful schools than you think (see for yourself)
Guest blog by Sean Slade/Washington Post
UC income from tuition will surpass state funding for the first time
By Larry Gordon/Los Angeles Times
Education reformers aren’t tackling the root problems that lead to bad schools.
By Sarah Garland/The American Prospect
31 million U.S. kids live in poverty today as racial inequality deepens
By Julianne Hing/Color Lines
Under Bloomberg, a sharp rise in accusations of cheating by educators
By Sharon Otterman/New York Times
Groundswell calls for school board president resignation in Arizona Ethnic Studies debacle
Blog by Jeff Biggers/Huffington Post
Officials re-examine environmental curriculum influenced by plastics industry
By Susanne Rust/California Watch
Why great teachers aren’t enough to make schools work
Guest blog by Harold Kwalwasser/Washington Post
777 school employees will be let go, in the largest layoff under Bloomberg
By Fernanda Santos/New York Times
Tiny tax cut for most Californians equals a huge, hidden tax on the state's college students
Blog by Gary Orfield/Huffington Post
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