California Schools Magazine

2009

The why of pie: Critical thinking makes mincemeat of fuzzy logic

What can schools do to teach critical thinking, which has such enormous implications for the futures of today’s students as well as the future of the nation’s intellectual and economic standing?

In This Issue

Summer school blues: Budget cuts have educators scrambling to maintain services

School districts struggle to salvage summer school programs despite state budget woes.

Can we talk? Discussions about race may be a key to closing the achievement gap

Sporadic efforts to equalize opportunity at a few school sites won’t correct the inherent advantages and disadvantages society imposes on different racial groups, say school board members.

Departments

Executive director's note: Local governments’ task: Look beyond the abyss to envision a new future for California

Scott P. Plotkin is the executive director of the California School Boards Association.

Editor's note: Class acts, serendipity and the rest of the story

Brian Taylor (btaylor@ csba.org) is the managing editor of California Schools.

Class Acts: Contra Costa connects students with the Ivy League

West Contra Costa Unified School District's Ivy League Connection program introduces prospective college students to prestigious East Coast institutions of higher learning.