In the aftermath of the often contentious and costly race for California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction earlier this month, Professor William  Koski, director of the Youth and Education Law Project, shares his views on the state of education reform in California in his recently published op-ed piece in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Professor Koski challenges politicians and pundits alike to “get back to work” and strive toward meaningful education reform, rather than become mired in spiraling partisanship that moves no agenda forward. Focusing on the need for nuanced solutions to improve teacher quality and close the teacher quality gap, Professor Koski stresses compromise and incremental change that will benefit the most vulnerable of California’s students and their most important resource, our teachers.◊