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Pandemic Reveals Need for Schools to Utilize Technology for Online Classrooms

April 15, 2020

When the coronavirus pandemic forced schools to close this spring, it exposed the California Legislature’s lack of wisdom in approving a two-year moratorium on the expansion of distance learning in charter public schools. It’s not the decade of the 1990s or...

Walters: Finally, a School Data System Emerging

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

March 4, 2020

California has a very fragmented approach to education — a collection of institutional silos that only occasionally communicate with each other and often are more competitive than cooperative. That fragmenta...

Newsom Signs Law Overhauling Charter Schools

AP News

October 3, 2019

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law overhauling California's charter schools Thursday in a move seen as a compromise between teachers’ unions and charter school supporters, who have long argued over how...

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Walters: Charter Schools Cheat the Hangman

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 4, 2019

Elections have consequences – often beneficial ones for those on the winning side and detrimental to the losers. Operators of California’s charter schools – public schools that operate independently of school districts – knew they would be targeted when Gav...

Deal on California Charter Schools Overhaul Announced

AP News

August 29, 2019

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a deal on Wednesday that would overhaul how the state authorizes and judges its charter schools. The Legislature must still approve it, which appears to be a formality a...

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Teachers Face Tough Grades as California Rethinks Charter Schools

CalMatters

July 9, 2019

Heather Williams knew as a kid that she wanted to be a piano teacher. She earned her music degree with a piano emphasis from Brigham Young University and spent decades honing her craft. Ricardo Cano CAL...

California Must Reform Charter Schools. Here’s How.

CalMatters

May 11, 2019

In education circles in California and nationally, the fundamental question is this: How do we ensure all public schools are high quality? Opinion Emma Turner Special to CALmatters California has more charter schools than any state in the uni...

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California’s Public School Chief Says Education No Place for Competition

CalMatters

April 26, 2019

Tony Thurmond seems to be exactly the man that his most loyal backers hoped (and his opponents feared) he would be. by Ben Christopher CALmatters “If it were not for the education, my cousin who ...

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Walters: Election Results Fuel War on Charter Schools

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

April 1, 2019

Elections have consequences, and while some are unintended, one major impact of last year’s California elections is very much intended. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary “Here’s my...

Walters: School Accountability Good for Some, Not Others?

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

March 21, 2019

Last year, in his final budget as governor, Jerry Brown proudly proclaimed a new policy to encourage the state’s 114 community colleges to pay more attention to how their students are faring. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary “By ...

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How California Reached Historic Voter Turnout Despite Pandemic, Distrust

Dan Walters: Identity Politics vs. Melting Pot Vision

Doing This One Thing Helps Community College Students Transfer to a 4-Year University

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San Francisco Voters Approve Taxes on CEOs, Big Businesses

How California Reached Historic Voter Turnout Despite Pandemic, Distrust

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Joe Biden to Deliver a Thanksgiving Address Seeking Unity

Pandemic Reveals Need for Schools to Utilize Technology for Online Classrooms

Walters: Finally, a School Data System Emerging

Newsom Signs Law Overhauling Charter Schools

Walters: Charter Schools Cheat the Hangman

Deal on California Charter Schools Overhaul Announced

Teachers Face Tough Grades as California Rethinks Charter Schools

California Must Reform Charter Schools. Here’s How.

California’s Public School Chief Says Education No Place for Competition

Walters: Election Results Fuel War on Charter Schools

Walters: School Accountability Good for Some, Not Others?

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