Tag: California

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Coherence in Practice: Profiles, Tools and Strategies from California Education

Glen Price Group

This set of reports documents how California education organizations are developing strategies and tools to build coherence across initiatives and siloes.

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State of Crisis 2026: A Deepening Crisis of Students Experiencing Homelessness Across California

University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools

Shining a light on record student homelessness in California, this report also documents racial and geographic disparities, effects on educational outcomes, and recommendations for funding and integrated supports.

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Missing bus passes, dual enrollment wins, and fights on Instagram: reporting from Oakland high school students

The Oaklandside

A team of youth reporters in Oakland reported on topics that mattered to them, including student transportation, school safety, equity in advanced placement course access, and other issues.

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Stabilizing Education Opportunity for Students in Foster Care

American Institutes for Research

This article exames school mobility among California students in foster care, barriers to educational stability, transportation challenges, and policy considerations for reducing disruption.

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Linked Learning Student Survey

Linked Learning Alliance

A survey of 4,301 California students in Linked Learning Pathways highlights perspectives on motivation, supportive relationships, real-world learning, skill development, college and career preparation, and aspirations after high school.

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Community Schools in Los Angeles Unified: Transforming Teaching and Learning

Learning Policy Institute

This report examines how Los Angeles Unified built system-level supports for community schools while advancing inclusive environments, project-based learning, and career-connected high school pathways.

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Shared Leadership and Collective Decision-Making in Community Schools

California Partnership for the Future of Learning

In this video, students, parents, organizers, district leaders, and advocates highlight shared decisionmaking as a critical component of community schools.

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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Education Approaches: Rethinking California’s Alternative Education System

University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools

This report examines California’s alternative education system, including student demographics, school climate, academic outcomes, systemic barriers, and recommendations for more responsive supports.

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education

Public Policy Institute of California

PPIC's annual statewide survey measures Californians’ views on public education, school quality and funding, chronic absenteeism, community schools, and other important topics.

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Community Schools in Lynwood Unified: Building Capacity for Districtwide Implementation

Learning Policy Institute

This report examines how Lynwood Unified rapidly scaled community schools districtwide by defining and developing the capacity of coordinators and aligning services around student and family needs.

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Oakland High School Redesign: How a Community-Centered Campus Created Pathways for Student Success

Learning Policy Institute

This brief profiles Oakland High School’s integration of community schools, Linked Learning pathways, dual enrollment, wellness supports, and authentic learning to improve student success.

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Community Schools in Rural California: Leveraging Shared Resources in West Kern County

Learning Policy Institute

This case study examines how a cross-district collaborative in Kern County leveraged shared resources to implement the community schools strategy in support of student success and well-being in a rural context.

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Advancing LCFF Equity and Accountability

National Education Policy Center

More than a decade after the Local Control Funding Formula was enacted, this policy memo outlines key changes to strengthen equity and accountability and to address persistent opportunity gaps inside and outside schools.

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District Supports for Community Schools: How Systems Can Enable High-Quality Implementation

Learning Policy Institute

This brief synthesizes findings from case studies of three LEAs that support urban and rural community school networks, highlighting how they have supported and scaled effective community schools implementation in their unique settings.

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Integrated Care Policymaking: Keeping the Whole Child Central From the Start

Breaking Barriers

This brief is designed to help California policymakers advance an integrated approach to policymaking to improve California’s child-serving systems.

A Snapshot of Postsecondary Access and Opportunity in California

Institute for Higher Education Policy

This brief offers a snapshot of the strategies California has employed to expand postsecondary access without race-conscious policies or practices.

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A New Vision for Adolescent Learning and Well-Being

In this study, Sarah Fine, Santiago Rincón-Gallardo, and Michael Fullan examine the pioneering work of six California education systems—Lindsay Unified, Oakland Unified, Fresno Unified, Shasta County Office of Education, Monterey Peninsula Unified, and Anaheim Union High School District—that leveraged an influx of state funding to drive systemic transformations in secondary education.

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The Economic Milestones of Young Californians

Public Policy Institute of California

This report provides new context on how young Californians are progressing along key economic milestones and how these patterns have changed over time.

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Updating California’s School Funding Formula: Assessing Alternatives and Trade-Offs

Public Policy Institute of California

This report examines potential changes to LCFF to help address fiscal and academic challenges, modeling a variety of alternative allocations to highlight fiscal costs and trade-offs.

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Community-Connected Redesign at Fremont High School

Learning Policy Institute

This brief tells the story of Fremont High School's redesign journey from an isolated campus with severe underenrollment to a vibrant community school where students have access to authentic, community-connected learning and families hold power on campus.

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