Race for CA Superintendent of Public Instruction is On For November

July 7, 2022 3:47 pmJuly 7, 2022 3:49 pm

As of July 7, 2022, with 7 days to go for a final count, Lance Christensen made it in to the top two in the election for California Superintendent of Public Instruction against incumbent Tony Thurmond, who finished with less than...

OPINION: Education Lawmaking in California is Overshadowed by Teachers Unions

May 5, 2022 9:15 amMay 5, 2022 9:21 am

In recent years, California has become a national icon for modeling progressive education policies, thanks to a State Legislature occupied by a Democratic supermajority and a complacent education bureaucracy. The state has codified controversial mandates for comprehensive sex education, ethnic...

California Sued By Parents Over Remote Learning Inequalities

December 3, 2020 2:20 amDecember 2, 2020 8:27 pm

Earlier in the week, a group of seven Los Angeles and Alameda County families sued the California Board of Education, the Department of Education, and state Superintendent for Public Instruction Tony Thurmond over accusations of not giving students in the...

Chronicle of a Justice-Challenged Person

August 27, 2019 2:48 amAugust 26, 2019 9:51 pm

As McGeorge School of Law professor Chris Micheli observes, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, a nonpartisan elected office, “directs all functions of the Department of Education, executes policies set by the California State Board of Education, and also heads...

Role of the California Superintendent of Public Instruction

August 26, 2019 6:05 amAugust 25, 2019 5:34 pm

The State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) is the nonpartisan (originally partisan) elected executive officer of the California Department of Education. The SPI directs all functions of the Department of Education, executes policies set by the California State Board of...