Gerald C. Hayward

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Gerald C. Hayward
Former Co-Director,
Policy Analysis for California Education

Gerald "Jerry" C. Hayward served as the chief education and finance consultant to the California State Senate; statewide chancellor of the California Community College system; deputy director of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education; and co-director of PACE. He served prominently on numerous national and state commissions dealing with education governance and policy matters. Hayward specialized in education finance for both K–12 and higher education, school-to-career activities, child care issues, school district organization, and education governance. Hayward was also an expert on computer applications for financial analysis and simulation.

updated 2002

Publications by Gerald C. Hayward
Are the Reform Pieces Fitting Together?: Executive Summary
California’s schools may face scarcities of many key ingredients, from qualified teachers to modern classrooms. But there is no shortage of ideas when it comes to how policymakers are eagerly searching for ways to fix the state’s troubled public…
Implications for Equity, Practice, and Implementation
In July 1996, California embarked on its largest ever education reform: a nearly $1 billion class size reduction effort to improve literacy in the primary grades. Now in its second year, the Class Size Reduction (CSR) initiative provides $800 (up…
Uneven Faith in Teachers, School Boards, and the State as Designers of Change
For nearly two centuries, cantankerous debates over the quality of public education have recurrently preoccupied parents, civic activists, and political leaders. Today, the future of public schooling is the issue that most worries voters in…
A Challenge for the New PACE
Fall 1997 PACE Newsletter Volume 1 Number 1