Education

This week, the Council’s efforts to reinstate funds for a statewide student data system received another boost when the Assembly and Senate voted...

Last week, the first draft of the “May Revise” budget suspended funds and development of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data Sys...

Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, who currently Chairs an Assembly Select Committee on High Quality Early Education, credited the Bay Area Council’s 2...

With Governor Jerry Brown’s May Revise of the state budget out this week, there are clearly some bright spots, including the unanticipated $6.6 b...

The Bay Area Council today sent a letter to Governor Jerry Brown and the Legislature requesting that two programs be spared as part of his May revi...

The Bay Area Council today announced that George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, has been appointed Chair of the Bay Area Council...

Congratulations to Bay Area Council board member Dr. Mohammad Qayoumi, who has been named President of San Jose State University.

The facts are hard. A generation ago, California had what was considered the best education system on the planet. Today, our daughters and sons att...

Our schools need help. California’s students rank 48th or 49th in the country in reading, science and math. Luckily, help from the Bay Area Counc...

At the Council, we firmly believe that what’s needed is a new look at education, complete with a comprehensive and integrated pre-kindergarten th...