CA FWD NEWS

Give Local! Buy Local! Eat Local! What about Invest Local?
 150 150 Lauryn Agnew
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If you could invest where you live, to help it retain its strengths, remedy its weaknesses and recycle some of the wealth this region has created for you and your mission, achieving both strong financial returns and positive local impact, would you?

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Let’s encourage debate, not silence opponents
 150 150 Phillip Ung
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Recent kerfuffle in the Assembly where member ordered removal of colleague’s microphone represents a high-profile lapse in effective governance which requires collaboration, open communication and vibrant debate.

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Commentary: My three tech startup challenges to California’s Latino plurality
 150 150 Deldelp Medina
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Latinos are now the biggest demographic group in California. Now what? Here are three ways for them to take part in the state’s booming tech economy.

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California’s Golden Opportunity: How to fine tune local control school reform
 150 150 Michael Fullan
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Three problems with California’s local control accountability plans and three ways to save schools from getting bogged down with complicated plans to improve education outcomes.

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Career pathways point the way to boosting California’s workforce
 150 150 Bill Britt
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Getting students, counselors and colleges on the same path that connects courses with actual, in-demand careers is critical to the future of the California workforce.

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Summit: Employers want, need bigger role in workforce training
 150 150 Justin Ewers
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For California to develop the workforce necessary to remain globally competitive, employers must be given ways to play a larger role in the state’s workforce training system, the California Economic Summit emphasized in a letter to the task force charged with making community colleges more responsive to the state’s economy.

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VIDEO: California’s education reform on right track says international expert
 150 150 Ed Coghlan
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The state’s Local Control Funding Formula initiative is taking the right steps and has the right people on board to make a difference in educating California’s K-12 students.

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How three California open data bills advance the cause of public data
 150 150 Robb Korinke
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Status update on moving the state closer to a strong statewide open data strategy, including three bills under consideration in Legislature

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