- Text of Democratic Weekly Address in English
- Text of Democratic Weekly Address in Spanish
- Democratic weekly address [http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/Newsline/Audio/20080726RadioAddressEnglishEducationOConnell.mp3] (Outside Source, MP3; 3:16 mins)
July 17: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell congratulated four students from Mendota (Fresno County) for winning the junior high school division of the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) national competition last month in College Park, Maryland. O'Connell noted their accomplishments at a ceremony and dinner held in their honor at Mendota High School. For more information, please visit O'Connell Honors MESA Winners. Photo courtesy of Teri Lee, MESA Director of Strategic Communications.
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(From left to right): Larry Powell, Superintendent of the Fresno County Office of Education; students Adelmo Alvarado, Angel Hernandez, and Edgar Juarez; O’Connell; and student Francisco Torres (Posted 30-Jul-2008, JPG; 696KB; 1p.)
May 21: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell released the 2007 Base Academic Performance Index (API) report, growth targets, and school rankings that allow comparisons of California schools. For more information, please visit Base API, Growth Targets, School Rankings 2007.
- Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Maggie Mejia and Jack O'Connell at a news conference in Sacramento announcing the API report (Posted 21-May-2008; 402KB).
May 14: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell issued a statement regarding Governor Schwarzenegger's May Budget Revision. For more information, please visit Response to Governor's May Revision.
- Jack O'Connell speaking about the May budget revision at a rally in San Francisco (Posted 21-May-2008; 398KB).
May 9: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell joins education leaders in Sacramento to express frustration that California's $4.8 billion in proposed cuts to schools paves the way for other states tap into our state's talented teacher pool. For more information, please visit Budget Crisis Report Card, Volume 4.
- (From left to right) Dennis Smith, California Federation of Teachers; Jack O'Connell, State Superintendent of Public Schools; and Paul Chatman, California School Boards Association (Posted 09-May-2008; JPG; 1,538KB).
May 6: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell joined lawmakers at a Sacramento preschool program to highlight a new legislative bill package aimed at expanding quality preschool options for children in California. For more information, please visit Preschool Legislation Package Announced.
- (From left to right) Ted Lempert, Children Now; Kevin McCarty, Preschool California; O'Connell; Assemblyman Dave Jones (D-Sacramento); Senator Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento); and Lishelle Henderson, Leader Preschool Teacher at Jedediah Smith Elementary School, Sacramento (Posted 06-May-2005; JPG; 1,383KB)
- (From left to right) Henderson, O'Connell, Jones; Steinberg (Posted 06-May-2005; JPG; 1,289KB)
May 1: The California Department of Education offers a PowerPoint presentation that outlines the state's unique challenges in its attempt to close the achievement gap.
- Closing the Achievement Gap in California (Modified 29-May-2008; PPT; 4,454KB; 122pp.).
- Accessible Alternative Version of Closing the Achievement Gap in California.
February 27: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, joined by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced his recommended course of action as required by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act for 97 school districts (local educational agencies, or LEAs) that have for five years not met student achievement targets. For more information, please visit Recommendations for PI School Districts.
- O'Connell and Schwarzenegger speak at a news conference at Northwood Elementary, Sacramento (Posted 28-Feb-2008; JPG, 1,219KB).
January 22: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced a clear, ambitious, little to no cost plan to improve California's school system. O'Connell lays out a plan to close the achievement gap that remains a main focus this year. For more information, please visit State of Education Address - January 22, 2008:
- Video [mms://streamer.scoe.net/superintendent/080122stateofed.wmv] (Outside Source; WMV; 48:57).
- Audio [http://www3.cde.ca.gov/audio/soe2008.asx] (Posted 23-Jan-2008; WMA, 44:22 mins; Slow-Speed Audio Link).
- Podcast [http://www3.cde.ca.gov/audio/cdepodcast.xml] (Posted 22-Jan-2008; MP3; 44:20 mins).
- Text: State of Education Address - January 22, 2008.
