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But the survey, which has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points, also revealed that California public school parents are divided on whether there is too much testing.

The survey also indicated that most (62 percent) California public school parents had received inadequate or no information about the Common Core State Standards, although almost the same number (57 percent) said they favored the standards.

Bill Ring is Director of TransParent ®, a grassroots education advocacy, leadership development and training organization for California public school parents.

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* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

In 2013, the parents of two students at a school in Encinitas, California filed a lawsuit against the Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) claiming that yoga is a religious practice that should not be taught in public scschool in Encinitas, California filed a lawsuit against the Encinitas Union School District (EUSD) claiming that yoga is a religious practice that should not be taught in public scSchool District (EUSD) claiming that yoga is a religious practice that should not be taught in public schools.

Public Advocates, on behalf of Californians for Justice, the California chapter of ACORN, and individual parents of children in Title I schools, says that this creates an impermissible loophole in the law: that to be certifiable, enrollees must have completed their alternative route.

CCSA plans to use every tool at our disposal to ensure parents and the public understand how California charter schools are performing.

Adoption of a statewide choice plan in California, with its 4.6 million public - school students, would be by far the most significant victory yet for proponents of allowing parents to select their children's public schools.

The Chronicle declares that similar situations are «playing out up and down California as more parents of special education students seek extra-special education at public expense: private day schools, boarding schools, summer camps, aqua therapy, horseback therapy, travel costs, personal aides and more.»

The authors reached this conclusion after interviewing principals, teachers, and parents in 16 California public and private schools, spending extra time in 8 of the schools.

In addition, California provides a dedicated CAASPP Results Web site, where parents and the public can view and compare aggregated results among schools, districts, and counties along with statewide results.

As the organizational sponsor of Doe v. Antioch, Students Matter is uniting students, parents, teachers, and concerned California taxpayers with an interest in ensuring accountability in our public schools.

California has launched a new accountability system to provide educators, parents, and the public with important information they can use to evaluate their schools and school districts in an easy - to - understand report card format.

Ed - Data is a partnership of the California Department of Education, EdSource, and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team / California School Information Services (FCMAT / CSIS) designed to offer educators, policy makers, the legislature, parents, and the public quick access to timely and comprehensive data about K - 12 education in California.

The lineup sounds like the cast of a new «The Avengers» movie: a former CNN anchor, a former White House spokesman, and a legal team that won a landmark case in California installing a «parent trigger,» which allows public school parents to take over their schools by majority vote.

In California, we believe parents, as educated consumers and advocates for their children, want to know more about how public schools are performing, and that policymakers should ensure the public has the necessary tools to make good use of multiple measures.

As of this month, all California public schools are required to post notices informing students and parents of their rights to clean and safe classrooms and adequate educational materials.

California parents looking for better public schools for their kids will get to elect a new state schools chief in November, and this week was their first chance to compare the three candidates side by side — something parents can't yet do with schools.

Read the inspiring letter by Diane Tavenner, founder and CEO of Summit Public Schools (SPS) and CCSA, Board Chair to join 200 California charter school leaders, board members, parents, teachers and students and celebrate National Charter Schools Week on May 7 for Advocacy Day in Sacramento.

In California, public school funding follows the student with the funding going to the public school that parents choose, whether a charter public school or a traditional district school.

Even though it's become fashionable to have kids, parents, political pundits, Los Angeles Times staff writers, and teachers evaluate teachers, in non-charter California public schools, the only people qualified to do so are administrative credential - holders.

«California's charter school law has initiated a broad reform movement consisting of parents and educators who are coming together to create new schools which are better meeting the needs of students and encouraging improvement throughout our public education system.

The poll, a survey of education issues conducted every year by the Public Policy Institute of California, found 55 percent of public school parents said they knew nothing about the new Common Core tePublic Policy Institute of California, found 55 percent of public school parents said they knew nothing about the new Common Core tepublic school parents said they knew nothing about the new Common Core testing.

This is much needed relief for charter schools in California, which continue to grow every year due to parent demand for more public school choices.»

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Momentum in California's charter movement builds each year as parents choose the charter public school option in ever greater numbers.

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After five years of working in California public education, Erika moved to DC in 2013 and has since experienced both ends of the school choice process, first as a parent and then as an advocate for fellow parents.

As head of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, he led a system of 17 urban public schools, serving over 15,000 students — and worked with parents and educators to raise graduation rates by 60 % and improve student achievement at a faster rate than any other school system in California with more than 10,000 stuSchools, he led a system of 17 urban public schools, serving over 15,000 students — and worked with parents and educators to raise graduation rates by 60 % and improve student achievement at a faster rate than any other school system in California with more than 10,000 stuschools, serving over 15,000 students — and worked with parents and educators to raise graduation rates by 60 % and improve student achievement at a faster rate than any other school system in California with more than 10,000 students..

As a reminder, the State of California has two options for parents in terms of public education: the traditional neighborhood public school or a charter school which is also a public school and is publicly funded.

Now we have a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California asking, «Do you favor or oppose providing parents with tax - funded vouchers to send their children any public, private or parochial school they choose?&Public Policy Institute of California asking, «Do you favor or oppose providing parents with tax - funded vouchers to send their children any public, private or parochial school they choose?&public, private or parochial school they choose?»

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

The California Department of Education has released new guidance addressing parent service hour requirements in public schools.

On the contrary, tens of thousands of parents in California have children on waiting lists to attend a public charter school.»

With a judge's ruling last week in Southern California, a group of parents has become the first in the country to take over their children's failing public school after pulling a «parent trigger.»

LOS ANGELES — When classes resume in Southern California in coming weeks, three public schools will be the first in the nation to reopen under new management spurred by a controversial education law dubbed the «parent trigger.»

In doing so, California's charter school movement reaffirms its commitment to the transparency and accountability parents and the general public wish to see in place for all public schools.

Safe School Resolutions In a December 21, 2016 letter, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson publicly called for all California public schools to remain safe havens for students and their parents, and to remind families about existing laws that protect them and their students» records from questions about immigration sPublic Instruction Tom Torlakson publicly called for all California public schools to remain safe havens for students and their parents, and to remind families about existing laws that protect them and their students» records from questions about immigration spublic schools to remain safe havens for students and their parents, and to remind families about existing laws that protect them and their students» records from questions about immigration status.

More than 70 percent of public school parents said that they believed the scores will likely be the same or higher than previous years» scores on the completely different California Standards Tests that students had been taking for over a decade.

Aside from celebrating charter schools, the rally «will also call upon elected representatives in local and state government to support pro-charter policies, including the expansion of high - quality charters, better facilities for charter students, and an end to the politics and rhetoric challenging parents» right to choose the best public school for their children,» according to a press release from California Charter Schools Association Faschools, the rally «will also call upon elected representatives in local and state government to support pro-charter policies, including the expansion of high - quality charters, better facilities for charter students, and an end to the politics and rhetoric challenging parents» right to choose the best public school for their children,» according to a press release from California Charter Schools Association FaSchools Association Families.

For instance, in late April the California Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of Anaheim parents who want to use the state's parent - trigger law to turn a traditional public elementary school into a charter school.

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The Vision of the California Charter Schools Association is to empower parents and educators to unleash a new era of innovation within public education so that highly autonomous and accountable schools of choice provide quality learning opportunities for all California stSchools Association is to empower parents and educators to unleash a new era of innovation within public education so that highly autonomous and accountable schools of choice provide quality learning opportunities for all California stschools of choice provide quality learning opportunities for all California students.

In her ethnographic case study of a Northern California public elementary school, Posey - Maddox recognized first - hand the differing value placed on parents that acted as provider and parents that acted as protector.

We at the California Charter Schools Association will continue to work with our members to help educate parents and the public about how best to navigate the transition from a command and control system of education to one where parents make well - informed choices between an abundance of quality options.

The Palm Lane parents and their supporters, allies and advocates held a public press conference April 24th in an effort to address these issues, counteract the disinformation campaign and highlight the critical importance of their efforts for all of California's public school students.

A number of groups are opposing the bill, however, including California Parents for Public Virtual Education, EdVoice and the School for Integrated Academics and Technologies.

«Charter schools in California are committed to these goals, and to offer students and parents quality choices in public education to ensure that every student is receiving the education they need and deserve.»

And he worked pro bono to help enact a «parent trigger» law in California, which allows parents to seize control of a failing public school and bring in new management or staff.