The Learning Policy Institute’s January report, How States Are Expanding Quality Summer Learning Opportunities, and its accompanying brief and fact sheet cover the findings of nine case studies from Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont where policies and practices have been successfully implemented to support summer learning.
Only 30 percent of the nation’s largest school districts are led by women, and they continue to face unique challenges and stressors compared to their male colleagues, according to the annual Women Leading Ed Insight Survey, released in February. This percentage has largely stayed stagnant […]
A new study from Common Sense Media has found that a significant number of children as young as 2 years old are accessing digital media on a daily basis. Despite polling in recent years in which parents have expressed concerns about their teens’ screentime and […]
In late January, Children Now released its biannual scorecard that compiles and analyzes county-level data to deliver a current and comprehensive picture of children’s health, education and welfare in each of California’s 58 counties. The launch was accompanied by a webinar highlighting key findings. Opening […]
Seven percent of the nearly 1.7 million Medi-Cal members aged 0-20 who were screened for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) between Jan. 1, 2020, and March 31, 2024, had an ACE score of four or more, according to a recent report.
In the first litigation regarding Assembly Bill 1505, a sweeping charter school reform bill, CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance (ELA) secured a victory from the Court of Appeal in ELA v. State Board of Education and Napa Foundation for Options in Education. In an opinion issued […]
Stories about people of color and LGBTQ topics continue to be banned in school libraries at disproportionate rates, according to the latest analysis from PEN America, a free speech advocacy organization that tracks curriculum censorship. The report, released on Feb. 27, is based on PEN […]
Early career exposure is critical to addressing student disengagement among middle and high schoolers and closing workforce gaps, according to the 2025 State of the Future U.S. Workforce Report released in February by YouScience. Data from 450,000 middle and high school students across all 50 […]
Much of the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence’s (CCEE) board meeting on March 13 focused on discussions around direct technical assistance (DTA) as the state has seen an increase in eligible districts.
The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released guidance in February designed to help state and district leaders evaluate and select high-quality educational technology (edtech) products based on a rigorous set of criteria. The new resource, Easing the Burden on Schools: Integrating the Five EdTech […]
