Brown details how to hold districts accountable under funding reform - by...
Responding to criticism that he is offering flexibility without accountability, Gov. Jerry Brown has offered up specifics on how he would hold school districts responsible for extra money he is...
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State Board handed job of defining rules of new funding system - by John...
The Legislature will vote today on a bill establishing Gov. Brown’s historic school funding system that punts to the State Board of Education some key decisions on how dollars for disadvantaged...
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State Board must find balance between rules and flexibility - by John...
There was an abundance of thoughtful advice Monday at a public hearing in Sacramento on the state’s new school funding and accountability system. But that good advice also was rife with conflicting...
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Potential weaknesses in new school funding law demand attention - by Louis...
Louis Freedberg There are great expectations that the historic – and necessary – reforms of California’s outdated and opaque school financing system signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this summer will...
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Advocates pile on criticisms of draft funding formula regulations - by John...
Children’s advocates want to ensure that schools spend money equitably under the new Local Control Funding Formula. Credit: Campbell Unified School District On the eve of a critical public hearing, key...
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State Board poised to elevate parents’ role in setting district priorities -...
Berkeley Unified Superintendent Donald Evans speaks to parents last month at a forum on the new spending law. Some districts have already begun to engage parents in the budget process, knowing that the...
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Parent Universities help districts tap into feedback required under funding...
Gloria Pompa-Beal, a parent leader in the Fresno Unified School District, takes notes in a Parent University class. Credit: Fresno Unified School District School leaders are saying that one of the best...
View ArticleBrown details how to hold districts accountable under funding reform - by...
Responding to criticism that he is offering flexibility without accountability, Gov. Jerry Brown has offered up specifics on how he would hold school districts responsible for extra money he is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State Board handed job of defining rules of new funding system - by John...
The Legislature will vote today on a bill establishing Gov. Brown’s historic school funding system that punts to the State Board of Education some key decisions on how dollars for disadvantaged...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State Board must find balance between rules and flexibility - by John...
There was an abundance of thoughtful advice Monday at a public hearing in Sacramento on the state’s new school funding and accountability system. But that good advice also was rife with conflicting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Potential weaknesses in new school funding law demand attention - by Louis...
Louis Freedberg There are great expectations that the historic – and necessary – reforms of California’s outdated and opaque school financing system signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this summer will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Advocates pile on criticisms of draft funding formula regulations - by John...
Children’s advocates want to ensure that schools spend money equitably under the new Local Control Funding Formula. Credit: Campbell Unified School District On the eve of a critical public hearing, key...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State Board poised to elevate parents’ role in setting district priorities -...
Berkeley Unified Superintendent Donald Evans speaks to parents last month at a forum on the new spending law. Some districts have already begun to engage parents in the budget process, knowing that the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Parent Universities help districts tap into feedback required under funding...
Gloria Pompa-Beal, a parent leader in the Fresno Unified School District, takes notes in a Parent University class. Credit: Fresno Unified School District School leaders are saying that one of the best...
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New funding law puts focus on translation for non-English speakers - by...
Parents and students attend a 2013 forum on the Local Control Funding Formula in Oakland. Oakland provides translation for parents whose native language is not English. Credit: Barbara Grady, Oakland...
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