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Arun Ramanathan is executive director of The Education Trust—West, a statewide education advocacy organization. He has served as a district administrator, research director, teacher, paraprofessional and VISTA volunteer in California, New England and Appalachia. He has a doctorate in educational administration and policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His wife is a teacher and reading specialist and they have a child in preschool and another in a Spanish immersion elementary school in Oakland Unified.
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Leaders who don’t protect students from predators violate public trust
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Persuade, not threaten, me to vote for your initiative, Governor
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San Francisco Unified blazes civil rights path for California districts to follow
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A blank check to Sacramento would be a Dickens of a bad deal
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We should never waver from an opportunity to do what’s best for kids
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California’s Greek tragedy: New lows in mortgaging our children’s future
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Legislature should follow gutsy districts challenging seniority-based layoffs
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Dollars for tamales: poor schools can’t get by on home cooking
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Districts will lay off some of their best and brightest today; that must change
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Low science scores should shock state at the center of technology universe
