Best Practices

Best Practices

Board members, educational speakers, top administrators, and teachers should be subject matter experts with a documented record of independent thinking and academic oversight with no unvetted or hidden agendas →

Standardized Test Results

Standardized Test Results

Piedmont schools consistently show very strong CAASPP and CAST test performance. PEEP reports track results over time and dive deep into subject areas by grade level, sex, race, economic advantage, and parental educational level. Using any of this data in isolation can be misleading →

University and College Matriculation

University and College Matriculation

PUSD and local newspapers track admission mutual acceptances (a.k.a. matriculations) each year. From historical archives of the Piedmont Post, matriculations to high rigor / low acceptance rate schools were declining for over a decade while CAASPP test performance remained steady and outstanding. Recently this trend has reversed →

Transparency

Transparency

Open government legislation helps but is not enough. It is still very hard to find the pros and cons of any decision already made or being considered. Rubber stamping proposals or kicking cans down the road is not the path to excellence →

Educational Pathways

Educational Pathways

Helping every student achieve their learning potential through options for greater teacher attention, greater choice in electives, and advanced or accelerated study →

In-person Instruction

In-person Instruction

K-12 students need supervision prior to development of independent learning skills. Pandemic policies should be managed by epidemiologists at the county and state levels, not at each individual school district →

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