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Getting Down To Facts
Five Years Later
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This report commemorates the fifth anniversary of the Getting Down To Facts project, which sought to provide a thorough and reliable analysis of the critical challenges facing California’s education system as the necessary basis for an informed discussion of policy changes aimed at improving the performance of California schools and students. The report focuses on the four key issues that received emphasis in the Getting Down to Facts studies: governance, finance, personnel, and data systems.
| Welcome | Jack O'Connell, School Innovations and Advocacy | |
| Getting Down to Facts: Five years later | ||
| Introduction | Susanna Loeb, Stanford University | |
| Governance | Richard Welsh and Dominic Brewer, University of Southern California Presentation | |
| Finance | Heather Rose, University of California – Davis Presentation | |
| Teachers and Leaders | Jennifer Imazeki, California State University, San Diego Presentation | |
| Data Systems | David Plank, Policy Analysis for California Education | |
| Getting Down to Facts: Then and now | ||
| Moderator: | John Fensterwald, Silicon Valley Education Foundation | |
| Panelists: | Susanna Cooper, Office of the President Pro Tem, California Senate Erin Gabel, Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Rick Simpson, Office of the Speaker, California Assembly |
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| Getting Down to Facts: Public opinion | ||
| Mark Baldassare, Public Policy Institute of California | ||
| Dan Schnur, University of Southern California | ||