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Los Angeles doubles down on open government with Chief Innovation Officer hire
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Continuing in a recent trend of embracing innovation and open government, Los Angeles shored up its reputation even more by appointing the city’s first Chief Innovation Officer this week

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New lawsuit puts teacher firing practices under the microscope
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Lawyers inevitably end up having the loudest voice in the room, which is why California Forward reached out to a former California teacher for one person’s ground level view on the lawsuit.

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The key to LCFF: Authentic parent engagement
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Californians believe that our school need to stay in school and do better in the classroom to be prepared for the 21st Century. The development of regulations by the State Education Board for the Local Control Funding Formula for public schools has been a big issue recently in the state. What do education leaders think about these new regulations?

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Governor’s budget proposal brings fiscal prudence to California
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Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget is a major step toward replacing governance based on boom-and-bust cycles in favor of a restrained approach where things don’t just fall apart when the next inevitable downturn comes along.

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Communication key for a truly effective LCFF
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The law will thrive or die based on the quality of communication and conversation that comes with it. If the Board’s recent behavior is any indication, LCFF just might have a fighting chance at making positive, groundbreaking change for California’s schools.

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Californians sound off on CAFwd Facebook on what California needs most
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On Christmas day on our Facebook page we decided to keep the wonk to a minimum and embrace something more light, which is why we asked our Facebook fans what the best gift California could receive from Santa would be.

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Year in Review: Voting and elections
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Continuing with our review of the past year, we sat one-on-one with Caroline Vance Bruister of CAFwd’s Partnership for Public Accountability.

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Year in Review: Open government and transparency
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We sat down with our own Robb Korinke to discuss our transparency portal and the current state of open data and transparency in California, as well as what 2014 will have in store for California Forward on those topics.

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