Jennifer L. Brown

Education: Dependent Upon a Volatile Tax System

California’s education funding depends on taxes and the California tax system is extremely complex. California has a huge tax base, as a matter of fact, California is the fifth largest economy in the world. California ranks high in overall taxation, but its major revenue sources have shifted over time(Lin, 2020). Until 1995, the biggest revenueContinue reading “Education: Dependent Upon a Volatile Tax System”

What are you doing with all that lottery money?

Since becoming an administrator, I think the question I am asked most about school funding is, “what happened to all the lottery money?” This question exemplifies the huge disconnect between the public, policymakers, and California’s education budget realities. When California voters passed Proposition 37 in 1984, they were excited at the prospect of millions ofContinue reading “What are you doing with all that lottery money?”

“I Am Glad I Had COVID”

At the end of every grading period I meet with all of my teachers individually and do a reflection with them on how the last grading period went. It is just a simple check in and I ask them how are things going and how can I help and what can I do to betterContinue reading ““I Am Glad I Had COVID””

Learning Loss or Resilience and Recovery?

WHAT IS LEARNING LOSS? You may have heard the term “learning loss” and wondered if your student is falling behind because of the politicians and media use of this term in relation to schooling during COVID, but what is learning loss and where did it come from? The term learning loss is not a newContinue reading “Learning Loss or Resilience and Recovery?”

Adapting to the Virtual World

Last March if you would’ve asked me that we would continue to be in quarantine and fully online I would have said no way. But I would’ve been wrong, very wrong. Here we are nearly a year later and the whole world has gone virtual. I was lucky because I have taught online courses beforeContinue reading “Adapting to the Virtual World”

Let the Adventures Begin

I must be crazy, at least that is why my own mother said when I told her I was going back to school to work on my doctorate. I have accomplished many things in my life. I have a beautiful family and my children are now all grown adults. I have moved from teaching intoContinue reading “Let the Adventures Begin”

Leading While Female

Trudy Arriaga, Stacie Stanley, Delores Lindsey, authors of “Leading While Female – A Culturally Proficient Response for Gender Equity”, discuss promoting and supporting women in their career journey as school administrators. The picture you see of me above is my current administrative team. I am the principal of the school and in the middle ofContinue reading “Leading While Female”