Jerry Brown talks to the State Board of Education

01-14-2011

Blog by Micaela Massimino/Sacramento Bee

It was the State Board of Education's first meeting of the year today in Sacramento, and who should drop by but Gov. Jerry Brown. The governor talked informally about education policy, telling the members he's sometimes wary of reform. "I sometimes call myself a reformed reformer. ... Everything that people propose, they call it reform. That doesn't mean it's change," Brown said. "I don't expect any silver bullets," he added. "I see a lot of fashion in educational theories and practices." Brown also mentioned that critics of some of his picks had equated experience to "has-been." "Well, I'm probably 'has-been' more than anybody around here," Brown said. Still, he added, "I'll be looking for some younger appointees, too, along the way. I don't want everyone to be on Medicare that I appoint." (more…)

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