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| California Education Reform Proposals
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There is little doubt that California’s current budget woes have dampened hopes that 2008 would be the "Year of Education."
But the budget situation does not automatically prevent California's Legislature and governor from tackling reforms in state policy that would better support local schools' efforts to improve student achievement. Even without new funding, they can address issues that revolve around the systems by which schools are funded and governed; the abilities and accountability of educators; and ways to improve the data available for evaluating what reforms are most effective. Perhaps progress on these difficult and complex challenges would bring some satisfaction in a year where so much looks bleak.
This section includes ideas and proposals to reform California's complex education system. Some recent reports and policy recommendations in this area include:
Students First: Renewing Hope for California's Future
Recommendations from The Governor's Committee on Education Excellence
In March 2008, the Governor's Committee on Education Excellence released their long-awaited official recommendations for improving California's public education system. You can find the full and official set of documents released by the committee in this section.
Closing the Achievement Gap
Recommendations from the California P-16 Council
California Superintendent of Public Instruction convened the P-16 Council, an assemblage of education, business, and community leaders, to examine strategies for closing the achievement gap in California, with particular attention to socioeconomic and ethnic gaps. The Council released its report in January 2008.
"Getting from Facts to Policy"
A California Education Policy Convening
As an independent and impartial host, EdSource organized a California Education Policy Convening on October 19, 2007, in Sacramento to facilitate the presentation and sharing of education policy options based upon nonpartisan analysis, study and research. These policy alternatives were offered by a broad and diverse range of top-level K–12 opinion leaders in California.
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