California is in. State schools chief Jack O’Connell and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday morning signed the state’s application for Race to the Top federal funding. “The Race to the Top application outlines how we intend to make systemic changes to our education system in order to accelerate the development [...]
SACRAMENTO -- About 700 California school districts, representing about 80 percent of the state’s students, have signed on in support of the state’s application for the Obama administration’s Race to the Top plan and accompanying dollars, according to Janelle L. Kubinec, associate vice president of School Services of California. While [...]
Santa Rosa School Board member Frank Pugh is also president of the California School Boards Association and as such he spent Wednesday in Sacramento alternately lobbying for greater education funding in the governor’s upcoming budget proposal and trying to figure out what is going on with Race to the Top. [...]
I'm spending Monday watching President Obama's speech with some Sonoma County students. A story will appear in Wednesday's Press Democrat. Meantime, here is state superintendentJack O'Connell's response to this morning's speech: "I would like to commend and thank President Obama for taking the time to address our nation's students. These [...]