Education Trust—West

Statement by The Education Trust—West on Teacher and Staff Layoffs

(Oakland, CA) – Today, the California Department of Education (CDE) announced that 22,000 teachers and staff in public schools will receive layoff notices.  The pending $2.4 billion cut to California’s public schools comes on top of two years of massive budget cuts that have resulted in tens of thousands of teachers and other staff losing their jobs.     

“These layoffs are the result of three straight years of budget cuts”, said Arun Ramanathan, executive director of The Education Trust—West.  “Teachers are the lifeblood of our public

Joint Letter Between Alliance for a Better Community and The Education Trust—West on California's Race to the Top Eligibility

Joint Letter Between Alliance for a Better Community and The Education Trust—West on California's Race to the Top Eligibility 

The Alliance for a Better Community (ABC) and The Education Trust -- West (ETW) -- two organizations leading statewide education reform efforts -- applaud key measures in recent legislation that increase California's competitiveness for Race to the Top funds.  Critical reform areas include provisions to: provide alternate credentialing paths; increase the quality of instruction in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math; allow revisions to the Academic Performance Index (API) that add college and career readiness measures; and allow for the removal of the firewall that links student and teacher data to support instruction while allowing researchers to access state education data. 

Publication date: 
February 1 2010

San Jose Unified School District A Case Study: Preparing Students for College and Career

School districts across the country increasingly are shattering the myth that some students can’t learn as much as others. Take the San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD). Here, educators are proving that students from all backgrounds can access rigorous curricula. For more than a decade, the district has embraced college readiness as its mission.

Publication date: 
January 15 2010