Dan Walters, Cal Matters

State’s dysfunctional dashboard of school ratings gets a well-deserved beatdown

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | Sep 13, 2024 1:38 pm | Commentary

Nine years ago, as the state Board of Education was working on a system to inform Californians...

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | Aug 14, 2024 5:02 pm | Commentary

When I began my journalism career 64 years ago, newspapers were virtual licenses to print money...

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | Jun 13, 2024 12:09 pm | Commentary

Students at Sacramento’s McClatchy High School learned last month that if officialdom feels...

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | Apr 19, 2024 1:36 pm | Commentary

Democrats completely dominate California’s state government, and one aspect of that hegemony is...

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | Mar 14, 2024 2:17 pm | Commentary

California’s public schools live – or die – by the numbers. They are utterly dependent on how much...