School Governance

Group of reform-minded California schools measuring more than test scores
150 150 Ed Coghlan

10 districts reviewing a wider range of metrics in quest to improve academic performance, including chronic absenteeism, how students, teachers and parents view their school, suspension and expulsion rates

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Survey: Californians face knowledge gap of school funding reform but support grows when gap closed
150 150 John Guenther

Many parents surveyed said they received no information on participating in LCFF process but there’s support for the goals and funding to close achievement gaps in California schools.

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Michael Fullan: California schools are potential leaders in “whole system reform”
150 150 Aaron Davis

In conversation with CSBA magazine, expert on education reform touts CA Fwd paper on capacity building at the local level for positive change in school performance.

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LCFF working group tackles LCAP challenges, funding and best practices
150 150 Gayle Romasanta, California School Board Association

Funding adequacy remains major concern for group tasked with helping schools navigate California’s local control funding formula

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A Golden Opportunity for education in the Golden State
150 150 Susan Lovenburg

Today, CA Fwd releases a document prepared in partnership with internationally acclaimed education reform practitioner Michael Fullan that suggests considerations for the recently created California Collaborative for Educational Excellence

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Year in Review: LCFF and CA Fwd’s partnership with CSBA
150 150 Ed Coghlan

CSBA and CA Fwd are convening a statewide LCFF collaborative working group of 17 school districts and county offices of education to determine best practices to fit any size county or office of education

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Reforms need time and leadership, board has power to sustain both
150 150 Christopher Maricle

Average tenure of superintendents across the country has dropped slightly to 3.2 years for large urban districts. Is this a trend that we should be concerned about?

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VIDEO: CSBA collaborative key to making sense of LCFF
150 150 Christopher Nelson

The California School Board Association has gathered together 15 school districts and 2 boards of education, along with the help of CA Fwd, to navigate the law that affords each much more control over spending

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CA Fwd and CSBA come together for LCFF “living laboratory”
150 150 Christopher Nelson

It’s significant when 17 school districts and county offices of education agree to participate in a pilot program designed to figure out best practices for the rest of the state on LCFF and LCAP implementation.

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