BACKGROUND

Current Education Policy in California

• K-12 Governance (brief overview)
• Current Plan for Higher Education: Major elements are also in the new plan (one page summary)
• Legislative Provisions Governing Higher Education Policy (summary)
• Master Plan Overview (short history of the existing Plan for Higher Education, with the contemporary context for the Joint committee's effort to develop a new plan for K-12/postsecondary education)

Draft Master Plan for Education

• Timeline: Developing the new Master Plan (outline)
• Why a New Plan for K-12-Postsecondary Education?
• Up for Public Review: overview of the process and summary of recommendations (EdSource: 4 page PDF file)
• Framework (scope, purpose and context for the new plan)
• Draft Master Plan (unofficial HTML version; see also the official version, a 73 page PDF file)

Education Terms

• EdSource Online: Glossary
• Education Week on the Web: Glossary

CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES

Accountability Alignment Assessment Data Equity ESEA Finance

Governance Professional Personnel Quality Education School Readiness Standards Technology

WORKING GROUP REPORTS AND STAFF ANALYSES

• Emerging Modes: Report / Analysis
• Facilities and Finance: K-12 Report / Postsecondary Report / Analysis
• Governance: Report / Analysis
• Professional Personnel Development: Report / Analysis
• School Readiness: Report / Analysis
• Student Learning: Report / Analysis
• Workforce Preparation: Report / Analysis

CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT LINKS

• Joint Legislative Committee to Develop a Master Plan (welcome page, with links)
• California Department of Education/State Superintendent of Public Instruction
• California State Board of Education
• Secretary of Education (Governor's Office)
• California State Senate
• California State Assembly
• California Legislative Information (includes guide for accessing this information on the Internet)
• California Legislative Analyst's Office: Reports on education
• How a Bill becomes a Law
• Additional California Government Links

GENERAL INTEREST EDUCATION WEB SITES

• State and National Organizations: Links to information on education issues and resources
• Databases, Search Engines and Bookmarks: Resources on a broad range of education topics

If your organization has material that would be useful for the online dialogue but is not included in the preceding list, please e-mail a URL to <camp-info@network-democracy.org>.