Every School A Quality School

Campaign Theme: Every School A Quality School
Every effective campaign has a central theme or organizing principle.
As the campaign has started to pick up steam, I am frequently asked — in a number of different ways – the same key question: “why are you running for office?”
Of course, there are a number of specific areas where [...]

Why We Need MORE Vocational Education

Legislative Analyst Report: This recent, comprehensive report documents how poorly our current vocational educational programs perform (in terms of really getting young people ready to work) and the large share of students who need this kind of preparation and simply do not have access to it.
The standard explanation is: “vocational education costs too much”. And [...]

Comprehensive High Schools Are Very Expensive To Build

The next comprehensive high school we build will cost almost $100 million when land, construction, equipment, and supplies are all factored in. That is a lot of money!
Our primary mode of delivering a good high school education will probably remain a network of traditional campuses for a number of years. But — before we sink [...]