Reform

Westchester High School: Comprehensive Tools for Sustainable Change

Tami Pearson
Westchester Transition Team
Westchester, CA

Presented: 
November 3 2008

Statement by The Education Trust—West on Governor Schwarzenegger's Call For a Special Session on Education and The “Race to the Top” Fund

OAKLAND, CA (August 20, 2009) - “Governor Schwarzenegger’s call for a special session on education today means that California may have a chance to participate in the “Race to the Top” after all.

The Governor is providing clear leadership and keeping his word that California will aggressively compete for every available stimulus dollar.

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Achievement in California 2009: Ed Trust—West Statement on 2009 STAR Data

OAKLAND, CA (August 18, 2009) – Results from the 2009 Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR) released today by the California Department of Education (CDE) show marginal statewide improvement across most grade levels and content areas. More students are demonstrating mastery of state standards than at any point since standards and assessments became fully aligned in 2003.

“We must and do acknowledge the hard work of teachers, administrators, students and parents in these gains.

Statement by The Education Trust—West on The Governor's Recommendation to Suspend Proposition 98

OAKLAND, CA (July 2, 2009) - “The Governor’s recommendation to suspend the minimum funding guarantee of Proposition 98 is a crippling blow to an already wounded system of education in the state of California.  

What’s more, this recommendation flies in the face of the peoples’ will.  Californians enacted Proposition 98 in 1988 understanding the integral connection between a quality education and the quality of our state.  Proposition 98 is the safety net that ensures even in times of budgetary difficulty – there is still some pot of money focused on the stat

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