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The American Diploma Project in California: Findings and Policy Implications

November 19, 2009 by fani | Comments (0)

December 11, 2009
The American Diploma Project in California: Findings and Policy Implications
Herb Fischer, retired San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools
Marc Frazer, partner with Education First Consulting
Scott Hill, Vice President at School Innovations & Advocacy
Jorge Ruiz-de-Velasco, Associate Director of the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute
Christine Tell, Director of State Services with Achieve

The ADP has sought to strengthen alignment between standards and expectations in K-12 schools and post-secondary education and training. In the first year the ADP has worked toward agreement on a common standard of readiness for non-remedial college coursework across the three segments of California’s higher education system, with a particular focus on the augmented CST that students take as part of CSU’s Early Assessment Program (EAP). Members of the ADP team will discuss progress to date and next steps in the effort to ensure that more California students are prepared for success in college and careers.

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International Teachers in California Schools

November 3, 2009 by fani | Comments (0)

November 6, 2009
International Teachers in California Schools
Lora Bartlett, Assistant Professor of Education at the University of California – Santa Cruz

Increasing the percentage of highly qualified teachers in public schools is a priority for California. In this seminar, Bartlett highlights the role overseas trained teachers have played in addressing this goal. She presents data on the number and distribution of overseas trained K-12 teachers in California public schools, highlighting their concentration in high poverty districts and schools. She also examines the implications of different definitions of teacher qualification, and traces connections between education and immigration policy.

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The Future of Early Education Systems in California (PreK-3rd)

October 13, 2009 by fani | Comments (0)

October 29, 2009
The Future of Early Education Systems in California (PreK-3rd)
Brad Strong, Director of Education, Children Now
Lisa Guernsey, Director, Early Education Initiative, New America Foundation
Loretta Burns, Director, Santa Clara County Partnership for School Readiness

California’s education system continues to struggle to close persistent achievement gaps that often exist at school entry, and the state’s dire fiscal situation certainly doesn’t help. But real progress is possible, even now, as new strategies to build seamless early learning systems are being developed and supported through federal efforts. Presenters will discuss the critical components of PreK-3rd systems, provide specific examples of how these systems are working locally to improve school readiness in California, and offer up new opportunities for statewide leadership that are outlined in a New America Foundation report on California’s early education system.

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Seminars for Education Policymakers and Scholars 2009-2010

October 2, 2009 by pace | Comments (0)

Despite the unprecedented fiscal crisis now battering California’s schools and universities, the urgency of comprehensive reform in California’s education system has not diminished. California had fallen behind other states on many key indicators of educational performance before the current crisis arrived. Doing the same things in the same way with dramatically reduced resources will not produce success for the state’s students and schools.

As the Governor’s Committee on Educational Excellence and others have made clear, California will ultimately have to spend more—not less—on our education system if we hope to achieve the ambitious goals we have set for our students, and ensure the future prosperity of our state. For now, though, California will have to use the resources we have more efficiently and effectively to sustain recent improvements in the performance of our schools.

The need for new thinking and policy innovation is therefore greater than ever. PACE’s Sacramento seminar series brings California’s leading researchers together with policy makers for an informed discussion of the many issues facing California’s education system, and for thoughtful analysis of the difficult policy choices facing our state.

Our 2009-2010 Seminar Series begins this month, for a complete list please see our Upcoming Seminars page!

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Register now for “Leading and Learning in CA Schools: Preparing and Supporting Effective School Leaders”

August 13, 2009 by pace | Comments (0)

Upcoming Conference: September 25, 2009
Co-Sponsored by California Commission on Teacher Credentialing & Policy Analysis for California Education
“Leading and Learning in CA Schools: Preparing and Supporting Effective School Leaders”

Date: Friday, September 25, 2009
Time: 9:00am-3:00pm Lunch will be provided.
Location: Department of Health Services Auditorium, 1500 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95811

Featured Speakers:

Pedro Garcia – University of Southern California and former Superintendent, Metro Nashville Public Schools
Susanna Loeb – Stanford University

The Commission on Teacher Credentialing and Policy Analysis for California Education are co-sponsoring a one day conference looking at preparing effective school leaders on September 25, 2009. This is a free, one day seminar for researchers, the policy community, district and school administrators and faculty. This seminar will offer research perspectives on effective leadership in educational settings, examine their use in context, and explore their implications for policy and future systemic change in California.

The seminar will feature presentations by education and business leaders including Richard Rothstein from the Economic Policy Institute, Craig LaFargue from Lee Hecht Harrison, and Mary Alice Callahan from the California Federation of Teachers. There is no cost to attend this event, however you must register. Lunch is included. The deadline to register is September 11, 2009. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration and the tentative program schedule are available at: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/seminars/seminars.html

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Save the Date! – September 25, 2009

July 6, 2009 by pace | Comments (0)

Leading and Learning in CA Schools: Preparing and Supporting Effective School Leaders

A free one day seminar for researchers, the policy community, school leaders and faculty featuring speakers from many perspectives. This seminar will offer research perspectives on effective leadership in educational settings, examine their use in context, and explore their implications for policy and future systemic change in California.
 
Featured Speakers:

Pedro Garcia – University of Southern California
Susanna Loeb – Stanford University

Department of Health Services Auditorium 
1500 Capitol Avenue 
Sacramento, CA 95811 
 
Registration will begin in mid August

download the flyer HERE

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May 29th Seminar Podcast

June 2, 2009 by pace | Comments (0)

pace seminarAn audio broadcast of our recent seminar “Resources, Incentives and Accountability: Overhauling California’s System of School Finance” featuring Eric Hanushek of The Hoover Institution at Stanford University is now available.

Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public school funding, the United States now spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. Yet American students still achieve less than their foreign counterparts, their performance has been flat for decades, millions of them are failing, and poor and minority students remain far behind their more advantaged peers. In this seminar, Eric Hanushek concludes that the principal focus of both courts and legislatures on ever-increasing funding has done little to improve student achievement. Instead, Hanushek proposes a performance-based system that directly links funding to success in raising student achievement. This system would empower and motivate educators to make better, more cost-effective decisions about how to run their schools, ultimately leading to improved student performance.

Eric A. Hanushek is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His most recent book (with Alfred A. Lindseth) is Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America’s Public Schools, published by Princeton University Press in 2009. The speaker was introduced by PACE’s Executive Director David N. Plank.

Download Mr. Hanushek’s Powerpoint presentation.

Listen to the audio of this seminar: (note: the recording starts a few seconds late)



Download this audio file to your computer (zip)

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May 22 Seminar Podcast

May 25, 2009 by pace | Comments (0)

pace seminarAn audio broadcast of our recent seminar “What Now? Improving Schools Within Budget Constraints” featuring W. Norton Grubb of the University of California, Berkeley.

As California continues to wrestle with the challenge of providing sufficient funding for our state’s schools, understanding the relationships among school funding, effective school resources, and outcomes is essential. In this seminar Norton Grubb addressed four principal questions: (1) What kinds of school resources make a difference to outcomes? (2) Why is the relationship between spending per student and outcomes so weak, and how can that help California schools in a time of fiscal crisis? (3) Why are outcomes so inequitable, including the role of race and ethnicity? (4) What should California do now, in both school finance and other areas of school policy, to avoid further damage to the state’s education system?

W. Norton Grubb is a professor and the David Gardner Chair in Higher Education at the School of Education, the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book is The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes, and Equity, published in 2009 by the Russell Sage Foundation, New York. The speaker was introduced by PACE’s Executive Director David N. Plank.

Download Professor Grubb’s Powerpoint presentation.

Listen to the audio of this seminar:



Download this audio file to your computer (zip)

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