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CA Fwd co-chair Lenny Mendonca responds to criticism of BITA
150 150 Lenny Mendonca

When I read Henry Lawrence’s guest perspective on the passage and effect of the Ballot Initiative Transparency Act, or BITA, I was inspired to react because in many instances, I believe he is mistaken

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Robust response to California Higher Education Innovation Awards
150 150 Ed Coghlan

California has a growing shortage of skilled workers for major regional industry sectors and needs to better prepare people for in-demand and/or high growth jobs in major industry sectors

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CA Fwd’s letter to the Federal Election Commission
150 150 Alexandra Bjerg

CA Fwd is asking the FEC to embrace and improve electronic disclosure of campaign finance information so that it’s more difficult for large political donors to exert more influence on policy decisions than the average citizen

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What will it take to close California’s skills gap?
150 150 John Colborn

State could learn from innovative ideas in New York, Texas, and Louisiana

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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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California community colleges get double dose of good news
150 150 Nadine Ono

California’s community colleges are considered a key player California meeting the challenge of aligning its workforce to the jobs available. Recently they received a double dose of good news from Governor Brown and President Obama

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