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The Charter Movement
The charter school movement is not only an experiment that identifies the best educational methods but also as a tool to achieve change within the educ. systems. California has more than 100 charter schools, and there is tension between their critics and proponents. The authors visited 26 charter schools, including the first, the largest and a mix of urban and rural sites. While the academic results are not clear, charter schools can be judged at least a partial success on the basis of test scores, parental satisfaction, academic innovation, enhanced opportunities for teachers, and increased focus on low-achieving students.
Too Many Agencies, Too Many Rules
An examination of the Calif.'s personnel mgmt., which found that significant reforms are needed if Calif. gov't. is going to respond efficiently to the changing needs of a growing population. Discusses 3 areas: (1) org'n. issues: overlaps in the civil service system, and the way that the Admin. Procedure Act hamstrings managers; (2) personnel mgmt. issues: centralized control hinders innovation; managers lack authority, leadership skills, incentives; discipline appeals; and tenure and automatic pay raises are obsolete; and (3) labor-mgmt. issues: state managers are constrained from contracting out; and reforms will require cooperation.
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Global California
California is at the cutting edge of technological change, demographic transformation, and international engagement. It has the country's largest population, and is its biggest producer of agricultural and manufactured goods, its main exporter and importer, and a leading center for higher education, research, the media, and philanthropy. Its population is the most international; more than a quarter of the state's residents were born in another country. But habits of thought and structures date from the mid-twentieth century, when California was turned inward. California today lacks ideas, institutions, and policies commensurate with its global stakes and clout. Global California addresses an...
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