TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

California Fast Facts• 1,043 school districts

• 1,054 charter schools

• Approximately 9,000 traditional public schools

• 300,000 teachers

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

California Fast Facts

Of California’s 6.2 million students:

• More than half (56%) come to school needing help to pay for their lunch

• One in four comes to school without healthcare coverage

• One in five has parents who did not graduate from high school

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

California Fast Facts

• Not All Urban School Districts

• 25 districts below 20 students

• 439 districts below 1,000 students

• Districts range from 3 students to 667,251 students

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

California Fast Facts

• 6.2 million students

• 1.44 million English Learners

• 15 languages with over 4,000 students

• 40% starting kindergarten with English as a second language

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

California Fast Facts• State Elected Constitutional Officer:

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Governor-Appointed State Board of Education

• State Legislature Sets Policy

• Local control state and a mandate funding state

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

Ending the Status Quo

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

Number of School Staff in California Schools Ranks Near the Bottom of the 50 States & DC

Staff per 1,000 pupils in 2009-10

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CaliforniaRank

U.S. Ratio

CaliforniaRatio

CA % of National Average

Total Staff to Students 47 128.7 97.3 76%

Officials & Administrators 45 1.3 0.6 49%

School Staff (inc. classified) 49 98.0 71.8 73%

Principals/Asst. Principals 45 3.4 2.7 79%

All Teachers 48 65.0 50.5 78%

Guidance Counselors 50 2.2 1.2 57%

Librarians 51 1.1 0.2 17%

Total Certified School Staff 49 70.5 49 73%

Notes: The District of Columbia is included. NCES includes pre-K public school students and their teachers in these data. NCES estimated that there were 78,150 pre-K students and 3,968 pre-K teachers in California in 2009–10. The “total staff to students” row includes all district and school staff plus those who fall under the NCES category “All Other Support Staff.”

Source: EdSource, from National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data, 2009-10

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

Changing Expectations for Learning The new context means new expectations. Most studies include:

•Ability to communicate•Adaptability to change•Ability to work in teams•Preparedness to solve problems•Ability to analyse and conceptualise•Ability to reflect on and improve performance•Ability to manage oneself•Ability to create, innovate and criticise•Ability to engage learning new things at all times•Ability to cross specialist borders

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

Schools in the 21st Century

“The new mission of schools is to prepare students to work at jobs that do not yet exist, creating ideas and solutions for products and problems that have not yet been identified, using technologies that have not been invented.”

—Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, The Flat World and Education

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

Additional SSPI Torlakson Initiatives

• College and Career Readiness

• Chronic Absentee/Dropout Prevention

• Bullying Prevention

• Mandatory Reporter Training

• Supplemental Curriculum Materials

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

SSPI Torlakson Task Forces

• Team California for Healthy Kids

• Schools of the Future

• Educator Excellence Task Force

• Education Technology Task Force

• STEM Task Force

• Visual and Performing Arts Task Force

• Civic Learning Task Force11

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

The first step towards reaching a goal ...is setting one.

Download the report atwww.cde.ca.gov/blueprint

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TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

Three Major Themes

• Meeting the Needs of the Whole Child

• 21st Century Learning Skills

• Educator Quality13

TOM TORLAKSONState Superintendent

of Public Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov

The Common Core Standards

• Rigorous, research-based standards for English-language arts and mathematics for grades K-12

• Designed to prepare the nation’s students with the knowledge and skills needed for success in college and the workforce

• Internationally benchmarked to ensure that students will be globally competitive

• A clear and consistent educational framework• A collaborative effort that builds on the best of

current state standards