Katie Porter

But I do think that the governor needs to decide if they're going to do this.

And this may be a decision the next governor doesn't get to make, right?

Because Newsom's made the proposal.

We'll see if it gets through.

Is the governor has to set more steady educational policy.

This is one argument for it being with the governor.

Because one of the things we see with educational policy being diffused through those different agencies you mentioned, plus the legislature, plus the governor, is we change educational policy every two years.

And I've seen this as a public school parent.

First, it's two years of phonics.

Then it's never mind.

It's common core math.

Then it's never mind.

It's remedial this.

Then never mind.

It's textbook reform.

Then never mind.

It's class size.

One of the things I want to do as governor is decide what we're going to try next.

for eight years and then really decide at the outset, how do we measure this?

And I think states that have made progress on education have done that.