Biography Project Installments

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Jerry Brown Explains Local Control Funding Formula Reform

Second Installment: “The Interlocutor”

We turn again to Governor Brown’s reflections during his last Friday in office. After working side-by-side with Mike for four-and-a-half decades, he offers additional insights about their time together, their relationship, and some of their most notable challenges and accomplishments.

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Book Collection of Stanford Professor Emeritus Mike Kirst Books Library of Congress

First Installment: “Conversations With and About Mike,” Starting with Governor Brown

I’ve started this Mike Kirst Biography Multi-Media Project — not only for education policy researchers — but for all who work in or care about America’s public schools. The first installation includes recorded insights about Mike from an interview I had with Jerry Brown during his last Friday day in office on January 4, 2019.

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Table of Contents

First Installment: “Conversations With and About Mike,” Starting with Governor Brown
Second Installment: “The Interlocutor”
Third Installment: Moving to Mike on Mike
Fourth Installment: Best Years of a Career
Fifth Installment: Three Lessons from a Long Career
Sixth Installment: Early Influences, Part 1
Seventh Installment: The Early Influences, Part 2
Eighth Installment: Who Controls Our Schools? The Genesis
Ninth Installment: A Young Dr. Michael Kirst Goes to Washington
Tenth Installment: Let’s Get Personal, “From Fraternity to Paternity”
11th Installment: “An ‘Uncommon American’ Influences on an ‘Uncommon Academic'”
Sneak Preview: How John Gardner Became “Kind of a Father Figure”
12th Installment: “The Wendy Factor” Connecting Gardner to Kirst
13th Installment: The “Accidental Professor” Era Commences
14th Installment: Mike Kirst and Jerry Brown: Act 1
15th Installment: Mike’s ‘Interregnum Years’: Part I: 1982-2000
16th Installment: Mike’s ‘Interregnum Years’: Part II: 2000-2010
17th Installment: Mike Kirst and Jerry Brown: Act II and Beyond (2011-2019)
18th Installment: Mike on the International Stage
19th Installment: The Uncommon Academic as an Octogenarian
20th Installment: Education Reforms That Stick — ‘Kirstian’ Lessons
21st Installment: A Clarion Call for Reform from an ‘Uncommon Academic’

"When Mike came to WestEd yesterday to discuss the math achievement gap in CA, I re-listened to Installment 3. Great stuff! Congratulations!"

Glen Harvey, Chief Executive Officer, WestEd (San Francisco, CA)