Posts Tagged: superintendent of public instruction

Marshall Tuck Says There are Two Californias

Marshall Tuck, photo by Tim Foster, Capitol Weekly

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 02.20.2023

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Educator Marshall Tuck came within a hair of becoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction twice, narrowly losing both the 2014 and 2018 elections. He joined us today to talk about his new gig at EdVoice, the potential for program cuts as the state budget tightens, and why he wanted the  job as State Superintendent.

Double whammy: Dropping test scores and ‘pandemic learning loss’

Masked students outside their closed school, which shut down because of COVID-19. (Photo: Falon Koontz, via Shutterstock)

by WILL SHUCK posted 10.31.2022

The first standardized school testing since the pandemic has confirmed what parents knew all along – Covid shutdowns and remote learning hurt student performance and wiped out years of improvement. Repairing the damage won’t be easy. “Pandemic learning loss” presents a unique set of problems for which educators have no playbook.