RE: What does a Master Plan mean?

My hope is that the Master Plan will stimulate a rebirth of 
education quality that has seemed to drain away over the 
last 30 years. Our faciliities need to be refurbished, our 
teachers should be prepared to teach and guide in a 
stimulating and relevant manner, they need to be paid a 
descent wage and we need to have high expectations for 
their performance. 

I'd like the Plan to reflect some of the successful strategies 
business has used to keep their employees current and 
flexible with the changing times. I'd like to see a  coming 
together of the many and often fractured interests of the 
Governor's office, the CDE, the State Board of Education so 
that they can all work toward a goal of excellence for 
California's students. California education can be much 
more than it is. 

This Dialogue is a good step toward helping people know 
about what is going on in education. It would have be better 
if it had occured before the plan was written. I would like to 
see more authentic efforts to involve, hear and respond to 
the public throughout the development of plans like this that 
are so important to every citizen.