The former state senator Josh Newman has a new effort 2026: a campaign to lead the California schools.
Newman, who represented the 37th State District of the California Senate until he lost a re -election offer in November, said a career for the state superintendent or the public instruction of California makes more sense than running for a different state seat.
In the Legislature, Newman presided over the Senate Education Committee. He said he was proud of the work he could do not only in his legislation, but also in the bills of his creamleages to “find the right balance to offer the best and most successful education for the children of California”, sometimes the following.
“I really feel that we need to improve California education in all areas,” said Newman, a Democrat, in an interview. “That is not a simple thing, but it is a decent effort.”
Newman pointed out to improve educational achievement, better align work day and school day, and reduce chronic absenteeism as the three most pressing needs in the California education system at this time.
The scores of the National Evaluation for Educational Progress by 2024 showed that California continued to follow the nation when it comes to mathematics and reading. Fourth and eighth grade reading scores, fell again last year.
“The key is to be really deliberative about finding the best practices and professional in the state that are doing a good job and discovering how we will replicate what they do so that each student obtains a better education,” said Newman, 60.
Newman, earlier this year, had said that he planned to run for the 34th State District of the Senate in 2026, a district focused on Orange County that also submerges the Los Angeles County a bit. It is represented by Senator Tom Uberg, D-Santa Ana, who cannot apply for re-election because or term limits.
The Avelino Valencia Assembly, D-Aanheim, also launched an offer for that seat in the state Senate, and the race was emerging to be a hard battle between parts.
“I announced my campaign for the state Senate,” Valencia said on Friday, “with the aim of providing a receptive and effective leadership for our Orange County communities. That is still my approach. I wish the former Sen. Josh Newman the best.”
The assembly to Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, and the president of the Board of the Unified School District of Chino Valley, Sonja Shaw, have also launched campaigns for the state superintendent or public instruction.
Shaw is a Republican who has advocated conservative policies in the district, including one that would have informed parents if their child identifies as a transgender.
Muratsuchi presides over the Education Committee of the Assembly and is a former member of the School Board in Torrance.
Newman announced his attempt to direct the Department of Education of California in the Gower Hour Podcast, organized by Bode Gower, a Ukiah high school student in northern California.
“I really think we need to adopt a different approach,” said Newman. “And especially in that position, we need leadership that is open to new approaches, but also that it is willing to define and apply a standard that extends to all students, each school district in California that explains all the differences in our wonderful state.”
Since he left the Statehouse, Newman joined the UC Irvine School of Social Ecology, an unpaid communion, where he will jointly combine a class on the future of California along with the dean of social ecology Jon Gould.
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