Progress At Risk: California’s Budget and the Implications for Teaching Quality
The budget crises will have far reaching impacts on education in California. This CenterView addresses the critical issues of equity and teaching quality and asks key questions that are beginning to emerge. It is absolutely essential for educators and policymakers to carefully monitor the impact of the budget cuts on California’s longstanding educational goals.
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Strengthening California’s System for Preparing and Supporting Principals: Lessons from Exemplary Programs
Current data shows that school leadership is a key factor in the recruitment and retention of teachers, and effective school leaders can be instrumental in creating a culture of learning within schools and supporting improvements in student learning and achievement.
This new research brief from the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning describes the major challenges facing the education leadership workforce, reviews existing data about California principals, provides an overview of the state’s current principal efforts and draws upon what is known about promising programs in other states that can inform improvement of California’s education leadership system.
Despite increasing demands for performance, principals in California generally have not received the support, preparation, mentoring or professional development needed, according to the brief. Based on a 2007 study conducted by Linda Darling-Hammond and Stelios Orphanos, the report is augmented with analysis on California school administrators prepared for the Center by SRI International.
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