On California tag:blogs.edweek.org,2012-02-06:/edweek/on_california/165 2017-07-07T03:14:28Z Charles Taylor Kerchner is a professor and research scholar at Claremont Graduate University. He's a veteran policy researcher and has written extensively about education reform and teacher unions. His writing of this blog is supported by a grant to CGU from the Stuart Foundation, which does not exert editorial control or approval. Movable Type Pro 5.2.7 Where in the world is @CTKerchner? tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72886 2017-07-07T03:12:18Z 2017-07-07T03:14:28Z 'On California' will no longer appear among the active blogs on the EdWeek.org menu. But it will still be available in the archive. Contributing Blogger 'On California' will no longer appear among the active blogs on the EdWeek.org menu. But it will still be available in the archive.
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. Time for a Rest tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72723 2017-06-30T04:12:00Z 2017-06-30T04:13:27Z This post marks the 281th article published on 'On California'. It's author and editor need a rest and to, at least, taste the pleasures of retirement. Thanks to all of you. Charles Taylor Kerchner This post marks the 281th article published on 'On California'. It's author and editor need a rest and to, at least, taste the pleasures of retirement. Thanks to all of you.
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. 'Mass Personalization' Drives Learning Experiment at AltSchool tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72795 2017-06-29T04:30:00Z 2017-07-31T23:43:37Z It's hard and historically expensive to personalize learning. AltSchool's founders think they know how and that an exponential change in learning will follow. Charles Taylor Kerchner It's hard and historically expensive to personalize learning. AltSchool's founders think they know how and that an exponential change in learning will follow.
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. Exploring The Power of Networked Improvement Communities tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72765 2017-06-27T04:01:00Z 2017-06-28T15:04:49Z Labeling schools as failing and sending in experts with packaged programs has been ineffective in improving schools. 'Networked Improvement Communities' are a promising alternative. Charles Taylor Kerchner Labeling schools as failing and sending in experts with packaged programs has been ineffective in improving schools. 'Networked Improvement Communities' are a promising alternative.
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. Actions in Sacramento Undermining Real Accountability tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72740 2017-06-26T04:24:00Z 2017-06-29T20:52:13Z Education Trust-West executive director Ryan Smith argues that promise of local control requires greater transparency in creating state and local accountability measures. Contributing Blogger Ryan Smith argues that promise of local control requires greater transparency in creating state and local accountability measures.]]>
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. Are School Police Feeding the School-to-Prison Pipeline? tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72722 2017-06-23T04:11:00Z 2017-06-23T13:30:45Z School police are a presence in many schools, particularly those in low-income neighborhoods where many students of color live. Marquisha Spencer asks whether they criminalize ordinary misbehavior. Contributing Blogger Marquisha Spencer asks whether they criminalize ordinary misbehavior.]]>
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. 2018 Election Will Rock California Education tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72641 2017-06-19T05:27:00Z 2017-06-25T03:00:54Z Next year's California election will be both a referendum on the massive changes in education finance and testing enacted during Jerry Brown governorship and a test of the political coalition that made those changes possible. Charles Taylor Kerchner Next year's California election will be both a referendum on the massive changes in education finance and testing enacted during Jerry Brown governorship and a test of the political coalition that made those changes possible.
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. Why Don't More Unions Perform Like This? tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72465 2017-06-06T04:30:34Z 2017-06-06T04:31:17Z The potential of professional grade unionism raises the question, "what don't more unions and managements act this way." They would if the law required or encouraged them to. Charles Taylor Kerchner The potential of professional grade unionism raises the question, "what don't more unions and managements act this way." They would if the law required or encouraged them to.
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Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. Here's the Peace Prize for the L.A. Charter War tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72387 2017-05-30T04:14:00Z 2017-05-30T04:15:01Z The election of a charter-friendly school board in Los Angeles will not end the Charter School Wars. Civic activists need to promote a larger goal and seize the peace dividend. Charles Taylor Kerchner The election of a charter-friendly school board in Los Angeles will not end the Charter School Wars. Civic activists need to promote a larger goal and seize the peace dividend.
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. Remembering Judy Burton, a School Reform Pioneer tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72355 2017-05-24T23:10:32Z 2017-05-31T19:36:43Z Judy Burton, who headed Los Angeles school reform programs in the 1990s and then formed the Alliance charter organization, has died. Charles Taylor Kerchner Judy Burton, who headed Los Angeles school reform programs in the 1990s and then formed the Alliance charter organization, has died.
Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. A Shameful Big-Money School Board Election in L.A. tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72329 2017-05-23T04:51:51Z 2017-06-12T15:39:51Z The election of two charter-backed candidates for the L.A. school board is less a victory for reform than a demonstration of expensive trench warfare and dysfunctional politics. And it is spreading throughout California. Charles Taylor Kerchner The election of two charter-backed candidates for the L.A. school board is less a victory for reform than a demonstration of expensive trench warfare and dysfunctional politics. And it is spreading throughout California.
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Click the headline to read the full post. Questions? Email websupport@epe.org. California Can Lead the Country in English-Learner Education tag:blogs.edweek.org,2017:/edweek/on_california//165.72250 2017-05-17T04:07:00Z 2017-05-18T03:41:20Z California is recognizing that students who speak a language other than English are a great asset to its society and economy. Recent changes in education policy promote biliteracy. Pursuing this path puts the state in a position of national leadership, writes Vickie Ramos Harris. Contributing Blogger Vickie Ramos Harris.]]>
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