School Governance

California school districts worry they may be shorted millions in funding
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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Some of California’s biggest school districts, like Los Angeles, San Diego, and Fresno, are worried that they will be shortchanged millions because of the California Department of Education’s decision back in August to require that schools verify family income yearly.

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Survey says parents don’t know what LCFF is, but like the idea
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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Only nine percent of Californian parents reported knowing a great deal about the formula, while a whopping 57 percent have never even heard of it.

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To prepare California’s kids we must train the adults that care for and teach them
 150 150 Yolie Flores
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Let’s invest in raising awareness about how the adults in the lives of children are the ones – the only ones – that can shape a child’s future, and then let’s invest in giving those adults the tools and training they need to do so.

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Early Learning Development and the Local Control Funding Formula
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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One area that hasn’t received much ink in regard to ELD is how it stands to fare under California’s new Local Control Funding Formula law

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Ignorance isn’t bliss when it comes to civic awareness
 150 150 Alexandra Bjerg
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Only one percent of respondents answered all five of the relatively easy questions correctly.

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Criticism of new school funding law misses the mark
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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Like all things that sound hunky dory, the law has drawn increasing caution, concern, and criticism, highlighted last week by a piece by EdSource’s Louis Freedberg on the potential weaknesses in the new school funding law. But some parts of his argument lack clarity in a manner that merits a response.

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The Not-so-Magic School Bus
 150 150 Jim Mayer
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Senator Carol Liu’s “Pathways to Partnership” tour is not likely to turn up in Sunset magazine. But, when not stuck in traffic, the bus might have been headed to the future.

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A conversation on LCFF with Teri Burns of the California School Board Association
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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Teri updates California Forward on the progress of the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the new way of funding California’s schools by allowing for more control by districts over how they spend their funds.

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Benchmarks set for rollout of new school funding formula
 150 150 Matthew Grant Anson
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And, as with most things involving the tortoise-like progression of government policy, it’s a tale of regulations and rules.

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