David Goldberg | President, California Teachers Association |
Martin Brady | Executive Director, Schools Insurance Authority |
Susanna Cooper | Managing Director, Wheelhouse, UC Davis & Senior Fellow, Stuart Foundation |
Lupita Cortez Alcalá | Director, Education Policy & Outcomes, WestEd |
Xilonin Cruz-Gonzalez | Board Member, Azusa Unified School District |
Linda Darling-Hammond | Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University |
Tatia Davenport | Executive Director, California Association of School Business Officials |
General Davie | Former Superintendent, San Juan Unified School District |
Shane Dishman | President, California School Employees Association |
Delaine Eastin | Former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Louis Freedberg | Executive Director Emeritus, EdSource |
Jeff Freitas | President, California Federation of Teachers |
Jeff Frost | Executive Director, California Suburban School Districts Association |
Martin Gonzalez | Former Executive Director, Institute for Local Government |
Dave Gordon | Superintendent, Sacramento County Office of Education |
Kevin Gordon | President, Capitol Advisors Group, LLC. |
John Gray | President, School Services of California |
Carol Green | President, California State PTA |
Jerry Greenwell | Chief Executive Officer, CPS-HR Consulting |
Glen Harvey | Chief Executive Officer, WestEd |
Arron Jiron | Former Associate Director Of Education, S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation |
Julio Martinez | Executive Director, ScholarShare Investment Board |
Martha Martinez & Ofelia Ceja-Lariviere | Co-executive directors, California Association of Latino School Administrators |
Jack O’Connell | Former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Francisco Rodriguez | Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District |
Laura Rodriguez | Senior Director, California Governmental Relations, The College Board |
Jay Schenirer | Council Member, City of Sacramento |
Joshua Smith | Vice President, School and Community Relations, SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union |
Wes Smith | Superintendent, Newport-Mesa Unified School District |
Karen Stapf-Walters | Executive Director, California County Superintendents Association |
Samantha Tran | Founder and Executive Director, California Policy Collaborative |
Jacqueline Wong | Executive Director, First 5 California |
Edgar Zazueta | Executive Director, Association of California School Administrators |
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
“Inside California Education tells the most important, captivating and unique stories directly from California’s classrooms. This award-winning public TV series has helped Californians from across the state better understand education issues and learn about innovative programs that are making a difference. Most importantly, it celebrates the hardworking people – from principals to teachers to parents to bus drivers – who dedicate their careers to providing the best possible educational experience for our children.”
Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University
"Inside California Education is an important new public television series focused on the stories, challenges, and issues of public education in California. Parents, citizens, educators and policymakers will become better informed and all will benefit from deeper views of the many complex issues facing education in California. You will find this exciting public television initiative an exceptional opportunity for us to become better informed and act in support of public education."
Former Superintendent of Public Instruction
"Inside California Education is a very exciting program which is going to be new throughout California. It's going to enable us to utilize Public Television to really dig deeper and more thoughtfully in the way we address many of the complex issues facing California today. Inside California Education is going to be exploring key fundamental education issues. I hope that you will be watching."