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The California Master Plan for Education
CONCLUDING COMMENTS
The committee recognizes that this Plan is ambitious
in its scope and that its full implementation will require substantial
investment from the State, local communities, and business. The Plan cannot be
implemented without the engagement of the entire state and all of its component
parts. Parents, students, education providers, policy makers, and employers all
have a responsibility to support quality teaching and learning and must both
accept and discharge their respective responsibilities. No other state has
undertaken what we are proposing in this Master Plan for Education: creation of
a framework to guide educational policy for all aspects of education, from early
childhood education to university levels, driven by an uncompromised commitment
to promoting student achievement and the ability to learn for a lifetime. We
reject the notion that public education can serve only a proportion of its
learners well and that student achievement must be distributed along a
‘normal curve’. We believe that virtually all students can and
should be assisted in meeting or exceeding high standards of achievement.
We have sought broad participation in the development of this Master
Plan to ensure that it incorporates the best of what Californians believe they
need from their education system to ensure a society that celebrates its
diversity as a strength to be cultivated. We have sought to anticipate the
learning needs of California 20 years into the future, to guide us in making
wise decisions today that will increase the likelihood that California remains a
world leader. We believe that our collective commitment to implement this Plan
will restore all of California’s educational sectors to positions of
prominence in promoting student learning.
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