Rick Miller

"As a policy maker, the Collaborative provided me what was in many ways the only direct, sustained and meaningful collaboration I had with both practitioners and researchers. It gave me a nuanced understanding of the ramifications of the policy I was implementing and made a demonstrable difference in the decisions I made…Too many in Sacramento get lost in an insular world. The Collaborative was critical to keeping me grounded in the reality of day to day struggles for California’s six million plus students.”