The California School Boards Association sought to raise the visibility of closing the achievement gap through the Legislature.
Author Archives: John Fensterwald, EdSource
John Fensterwald, staff writer, joined EdSource in 2012. Before that, he was editor and co-writer for The Educated Guess website, a leading source of California education policy reporting and opinion, which he founded in 2009. For 11 years before then, John wrote editorials for the Mercury News in San Jose, with a focus on education. He worked as a reporter, news editor and opinion editor for three newspapers in New Hampshire before receiving a Knight Fellowship at Stanford University in 1997. His wife is a retired elementary school teacher, and their daughter is a neurologist who received her training at UC Davis Medical School and her residency at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
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Equity advocates to ask California court to suspend billions in school construction funding
Plaintiffs in Rodriguez v. State of California argue that the state’s match for modernizing schools denies low-wealth districts a fair share of funding.
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Why California education leaders are relieved and frustrated by Newsom’s budget
The governor included $1.7 billion in his allocation to K-12 and community colleges, but is keeping $3.9 billion until next year.
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Landmark Stanford research finds California’s education system lacks coherence
Researchers concluded that the intended balance of local control, in which the state provides clear guidance for districts to make wise decisions, has gone awry.
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California’s next governor to face tough choices for education as state budget tightens
A continuing decline in statewide enrollment will erode districts’ ability to cover operating expenses and increase staff pay.