Winners of the «Schools to Watch» program will host visitors from California and around the world who are looking for «replicable practices that will help them improve their middle grades schools and close the achievement gap,» according to a press release from the office
of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson
Federal officials have compared the funding to the nation's effort to put a man on the moon and «we're not even in the rocket shuttle [building] mode yet,» said Romero, who has declared her candidacy for the
office of state superintendent of public instruction.
But San Jose's approach also is more in line with the approach recommended in Greatness By Design, the
report of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson's Task Force on Educator Excellence, co-chaired by Stanford Education Professor Linda Darling - Hammond and Long Beach Superintendent Christopher Steinhauser.