<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Thoughts on Public Education</title>
	<atom:link href="http://toped.svefoundation.org/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org</link>
	<description>Analysis, opinion and ruminations on California education policy</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:41:05 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Doubts over 8th grade algebra for all - by Kathryn Baron</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/03/clash-renewed-over-8th-grade-algebra-for-all/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/03/clash-renewed-over-8th-grade-algebra-for-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Baron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A to G Curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Board of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algebra I]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Math Standards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=13011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to flip-flopping, forget the Republican primary and take a look at California&#8217;s vacillation on when students should learn algebra.  Yesterday, a year and a half after the State Board of Education adopted new math standards, researchers, educators, and policymakers once again sparred over the wisdom of requiring Algebra I for most [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/03/clash-renewed-over-8th-grade-algebra-for-all/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A rush of new technologies - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/03/a-rush-of-new-technologies/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/03/a-rush-of-new-technologies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Common Core standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online learning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=13014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A combination of forces is creating an inflection point for technology to redefine the process of learning and the structure of schools, Ted Mitchell, CEO of a venture philanthropy organization and former president of the State Board of Education, told a conference on math and technology at Stanford University on Thursday. “The market is ripe [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/03/a-rush-of-new-technologies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Busing money restored - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/02/busing-money-restored/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/02/busing-money-restored/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Budget]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=13002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With unaccustomed speed and bipartisanship, the Legislature restored a $248 million midyear cut to school transportation Thursday, agreeing to an alternative plan to spread the pain equally among all school districts by cutting funding by about $42 per student. Through his staff, Gov. Jerry Brown signaled that he’d sign SB 81.
The vote  was 60 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/02/busing-money-restored/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A push for free college textbooks - by Kathryn Baron</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/02/a-push-for-free-college-textbooks/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/02/a-push-for-free-college-textbooks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Baron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UC and CSU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Community Colleges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college textbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source textbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=12975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During his nearly four years at UC Berkeley, Lucas Zucker has gone to great lengths to find affordable textbooks. He shopped online for the best deals and often waited weeks into the semester for the books to arrive from across the country; he shared books with classmates; he bought older editions with identical content that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/02/a-push-for-free-college-textbooks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Renewed call for pension reform - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/01/brown-renews-call-for-pension-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/01/brown-renews-call-for-pension-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CalPERS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CalSTRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Simitian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=12937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone watching State Sen. Joe Simitian’s annual education presentation in Palo Alto from an adjoining room last week passed along a comment. “I’m for more money for schools; I support the governor’s tax initiative,” the person wrote, “but I won’t vote for it unless the Legislature passes pension reform.”
How representative is this not-so-silent minority? Gov. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/02/01/brown-renews-call-for-pension-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Foster youth deserve to be left out of Brown&#8217;s plan to combine categorical funds - by Daniel Heimpel</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/foster-youth-deserve-to-be-left-out-of-gov-browns-plan-to-combine-categorical-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/foster-youth-deserve-to-be-left-out-of-gov-browns-plan-to-combine-categorical-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Heimpel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foster care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foster Youth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=12911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1981, the California State Legislature launched the Foster Youth Services program to address the educational needs of foster children, putting California at the vanguard of a national movement to level the educational playing field for students in foster care.
But dramatic changes to how K-12 education is funded in Governor Jerry Brown’s latest proposed budget [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/foster-youth-deserve-to-be-left-out-of-gov-browns-plan-to-combine-categorical-funds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Should we switch to weighted student funding and do it now? - by forum</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/should-we-switch-to-weighted-student-funding-and-do-it-now/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/should-we-switch-to-weighted-student-funding-and-do-it-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>forum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equity issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=12604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In next year&#8217;s budget, Gov. Jerry Brown proposes to rearrange school funding based on a weighted student formula – a concept that State Board of Education President Michael Kirst fleshed out in a 2008 brief. Beyond a flat grant for all students, districts with large concentrations of English learners and low-income students would get a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/should-we-switch-to-weighted-student-funding-and-do-it-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>CTA&#8217;s a team player for Jerry Brown - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/ctas-a-team-player-for-jerry-brown/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/ctas-a-team-player-for-jerry-brown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Revenue and taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Teachers Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Vogel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Molly Munger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=12924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The president of the California Teachers Association said Monday that in backing Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative, the state’s largest teachers union is agreeing to “stay at awful” for now with the expectation that more money will flow again to schools in coming years. But if voters defeat the $6.9 billion tax measure in November, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/30/ctas-a-team-player-for-jerry-brown/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>San Francisco scraps Transitional Kindergarten - by Kathryn Baron</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/27/san-francisco-scraps-transitional-kindergarten/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/27/san-francisco-scraps-transitional-kindergarten/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathryn Baron</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jerry Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindergarten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Preschool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simitian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transitional Kindergarten]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=12787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[San Francisco Unified School District, which begins registration today for the next academic year, is the first district in California to forgo plans for Transitional Kindergarten. The decision leaves several hundred families, who thought their children would be entering the new educational program, with few options. The district on its website blames the governor’s proposed [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/27/san-francisco-scraps-transitional-kindergarten/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Charters getting 7% less funding - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</title>
		<link>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/27/charters-getting-7-less-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/27/charters-getting-7-less-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Fensterwald - Educated Guess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://toped.svefoundation.org/?p=12768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Under state law, charter schools and district public schools are supposed to be funded equally. That’s not happening, according to a report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office, which found that charter schools receive on average $395 per student or 7 percent less than district schools. And for the half of charter elementary schools that don’t [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/01/27/charters-getting-7-less-funding/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

