By Dan Walters

Gray Davis may have been the most risk-averse governor in living memory and paid the price for his reticence when he was recalled for failing to deal forthrightly with severe budget and energy crises.

But Davis did show some political courage on one matter, championing tougher academic standards for California’s public schools, with testing to show how school systems and individual schools were faring.

via Dan Walters: California school test conflict heating up – Dan Walters – The Sacramento Bee.