Education

EXPLORING PARTNERSHIPS WITH ONE OF CHINA’S TOP UNIVERSITIES

Bay Area Council CEO Jim Wunderman welcomed Qian Yingyi, Dean of Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management, to discuss partnership o...

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SETS 2014 POLICY AGENDA

Sustaining the Bay Area’s economic growth, broadening it and positioning the region and the state for future prosperity were central to the 2014 ...

Strong Accountability in CA School Funding Reform Key to Maximizing Student Achievement

Many of us in the business community supported Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to overhaul the state’s antiquated and cumbersome school funding...

2013 Outlook Conference Talks Now on YouTube, Flickr

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta talks about past presidents and the operation to capture Osama bin Laden. Gov. Jerry Brown argues for more eq...

KAISER PERMANENTE’S GEORGE HALVORSON NAMED TO FIRST 5 COMMISSION

California’s youngest learners got some good news with Governor Jerry Brown’s appointment on May 30 of Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Georg...

Supporting Governor’s School Funding Plan

The Bay Area Council on May 22 announced that it is supporting the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) proposed by Governor Jerry Brown in his May...

RESTORING THE LUSTER TO CALIFORNIA’S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

There has been considerable buzz in recent weeks about the potential for online education to play a role in addressing some of the growing challeng...

Holiday Greetings from the Bay Area Council and 4th Graders at Oakland’s Achieve Academy

The Bay Area Council wishes you all a very happy holidays. And we look forward to another exciting year working with you to make our region and the...

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ADOPTS 2013 BAY AREA COUNCIL POLICY PLATFORM

With victories and major progress in 2012 on all of the Bay Area Council’s top policy priorities, the Executive Committee this week adopted its 2...

INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM CHAMPIONED BY THE BAY AREA COUNCIL SHOWING RESULTS

A game-changing pilot project to increase student achievement that the Bay Area Council helped introduce at a Marin County school district and hope...
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