Green Dot Public Schools

June 9, 2021

Leaving ‘apples to oranges’ behind, California has a chance to paint a true picture of our schools’ performances

Pandemic has created a window of opportunity for California to add a growth measure to the dashboard for evaluating schools.

Annette Gonzalez

November 25, 2020

Los Angeles charter schools offered reprieve amid pandemic

Citing “unprecedented circumstances” related to Covid-19, L.A. Unified chose to renew four charter schools that otherwise met the criteria to be denied renewal under a new law.

Michael Burke

November 4, 2020

California’s misleading K-12 dashboard could lead to closure of the wrong schools

Dashboard calculations of school performance can obscure the success of schools helping students who are several grade levels behind.

Steve Rees and David Osborne

March 20, 2019

A cap on charters would only cap family choices

Don't ignore the powerful impact charter schools have on student's lives, former student says.

Michael Phillips

May 29, 2018

Marshall Tuck cites need for change, action plan in 2nd run for California schools chief

He has run charter schools and a nonprofit partnership of high-poverty schools in Los Angeles Unified.

John Fensterwald

November 24, 2014

Ryan Smith: Organizing for equity

Ryan Smith, the new executive director of Education Trust-West, got an early lesson in the inequities of education in California when, as a 6-year-old, his single mother used her savings to move from low-income South Los Angeles so that her only child could attend better schools.

John Fensterwald

October 23, 2014

Charters plan for future growth outside state

Most of the $27 million in federal grants that four California-based charter school organizations received this month to expand their operations will go toward growing schools in out-of state markets.

John Fensterwald

August 21, 2013

Former head of alternative schools in Los Angeles challenging Tom Torlakson

John Fensterwald