Author: Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig
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The warnings came right after the storm: Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico would be used as an opportunity to transfer management of the island’s schools to private operators of charter schools, and introduce voucher programs that would redirect public education funds to private schools. “The education privatization playbook uses politics to open the door…
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I am currently sitting in the Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) annual conference being held in Sacramento. A new study just dropped that show money clearly matters in California school finance and that it has had a positive impact on student achievement and graduation rates across the state. https://www.instagram.com/p/BetB8VTl25C/?taken-by=professorjvh California has been engaged in…
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Since the onset of No Child Left Behind over a decade ago, a lynchpin of accountability formulas for U.S. schools has included some form of a state-mandated exam. Accountability policies have utilized standardized tests as the basis of decisions that determine progression through grade levels, access to higher education, progress in achievement, and resource allocation…
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The Doctorate in Educational Leadership Program at California State University Sacramento produces transformative educational leaders for schools, colleges, and other settings. Our alumni have become Champions of Change around the world! We need your talents as a filmmaker to publicize how their doctorate has empowered them to create that change. Each contestant will be asked to create…
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Yes, 2017 was a rough year for public school supporters, with the ascension of President Donald Trump and his Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, the continued underfunding and undermining of local public schools, and the increased attacks on teacher professionalism and students’ civil rights. But there’s hope for 2018. The public has grown far more…
Cloaking Inequity 
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