A Kinder, Gentler Schwarzenegger?

Governor vows to listen in crafting school plans.

Is a bipartisan wind blowing in the debate over California’s “broken” school finance and governance systems?

Reiterating his plans to make 2008 the “year of education” in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he intends to seek input from both Democrats and his fellow Republicans on how to repair the way the state pays for and governs its schools.

“I will get everyone together—from the ACLU all the way on the left to the Hoover Institution all the way on the right,” he said May 4 to the members of the Education Writers Association, gathered in Los Angeles...