Hot Topics in Public Education

Annette Walker addresses complex education issues facing public higher education and public school systems, particularly in California. Walker provides explanations for hot topics such as, the state’s fiscal crisis, funding public schools, and President Obama’s new Federal Education Reform Initiatives including Race to the Top grant programs, which are easy to understand. Whether you know more or less about today’s complex education issues, novice and professionals may gain a deeper understanding and heightened awareness of what’s going on in America’s public school system. Walker provides the facts that tell the story themselves. She pushes for greater transparency and accountability for those elected officials in positions of power and responsibly to advocate for radical education reform, and calls forth the voice in you.