CBS moved to a prerecorded segment about education and teachers \u2014 including a social science high school teacher who said stagnant salaries amid rising costs was a major concern, and another teacher who worried about budget cuts impacting students\u2019 performance and health.<\/p>\n
Moderators pointed out high spending on education in California, but low outcomes.<\/p>\n
Antonio Villaraigosa said he led an initiative to reduce class sizes as a state legislator, and turned around failing schools in L.A. as mayor. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe got to focus on literacy,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve got a record of turning around schools.\u201d<\/p>\n
Katie Porter said the impacts on education from the COVID pandemic fell most heavily on low-income families, and the state should focus on key benchmarks that indicate student performance \u2014 including reading fluently by age 7 or 8, and the jump from Algebra 1 to Algebra 2. She also said she would focus on student mental health, another barrier to performance.<\/p>\n
Chad Bianco said California\u2019s school system needs to be \u201ccompletely revamped from the top down,\u201d with cuts to administration and more money for classroom teachers.<\/p>\n
Xavier Becerra was asked about how he would balance the \u201cthe influence of the teachers unions\u201d with demands for more accountability at a time when declining enrollment has led to school district financial instability, layoffs and school shutdowns.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should not let anyone, whether it\u2019s a union or whether it\u2019s administrator, get in the way of accountability,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The state, he said, will make sure that people are held accountable for getting kids ready for success. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to start much earlier,\u201d he said, including by ensuring people have access to early childhood education.<\/p>\n
Tom Steyer said \u201cgreat teachers\u201d are who get kids to learn, but it\u2019s hard to recruit teachers because California doesn\u2019t pay enough. He said he will close tax loopholes for corporations and pay teachers more.<\/p>\n
Steve Hilton said California needs to make it easier for working-class residents to get into state universities. He said Democrats are responsible for students\u2019 poor reading and math performance across the state, and a new path must be charted. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to hold teachers accountable, but also make sure that we reform the pensions,\u201d he said, saying too much of teachers\u2019 salaries are going into the pension system.<\/p>\n
Matt Mahan, a former teacher, was asked about AI in the education sphere, said he has regulated the technology to \u201cethically and responsibly\u201d move forward. But he said AI and computers shouldn\u2019t be overused in classrooms, and that teachers are who educate children.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need the governor to be accountable for education outcomes,\u201d he said \u2014 including by moving the state education department under the governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CBS moved to a prerecorded segment about education and teachers \u2014 including a social science high school teacher…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":797850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[148281,8991,1582,276,93619,46335,277559,4155,151145,2961,224,5337,87937,5620,325311,9221,258570,307439,180448,1628],"class_list":{"0":"post-797849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-antonio-villaraigosa","9":"tag-attack","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-california-governor","13":"tag-chad-bianco","14":"tag-gubernatorial-debate","15":"tag-june","16":"tag-katie-porter","17":"tag-la","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-matt-mahan","21":"tag-republicans","22":"tag-san-francisco-examiner","23":"tag-stage","24":"tag-steve-hilton","25":"tag-top-candidate","26":"tag-xavier-becerra","27":"tag-year"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116577857081608730","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}