A case study summarizing how California's school funding law, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), is being implemented in San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD).

A policy report exploring how educators' professional learning and leadership has been developed at Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) in response to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in California.

A policy and practice brief examining how San Jose Unified School District utilized funds made available through the Local Control Funding Formula.

An article describing the challenges California faces in improving healthcare for children, particularly due to high rents and housing prices, poorly performing schools, expensive childcare, and other issues affecting child well-being.

A report examining the progress and challenges of California's education reform efforts, focusing on the implementation of the California Way and its impact on student learning, highlighting areas such as underfunding, complexity, capacity building, the role of intermediary agencies, and the risk of reverting back to compliance, providing insights for education leaders and policymakers seeking to improve the state's education system.

A report to inform policymakers, practitioners, and teacher educators about the components of a strong, SEL-focused teacher preparation and development program.

A policy and practice brief offering four recommendations for implementing the Local Control Funding Formula.

A brief describing the rationale and results of a course sequencing policy adopted by San Francisco Unified School District.

An analysis of survey result that demonstrate the impacts that the arts can have on the skills needed for STEM employees.

An article highlighting California Governor Gavin Newsom's commitment to improving the lives of children in the state, focusing on issues such as the achievement gap in schools and childhood poverty, and discussing the efforts being made to address these challenges, particularly in early childhood education and support.

A report about the April 2019 Aligning College and Career Pathway Systems for Equity symposium, in which participants identified the high priority problems of system alignment affecting equitable pathway development, and the specific research questions that need to be answered in order to guide policy and practice.

An article highlighting the significant drop in enrollment in California's K-12 public schools in the 2018-19 school year, the largest in the prior five years, and the concurrent increase in enrollment in charter schools.

A profile of Mountain View School District's efforts to improve their arts education offerings, and the impacts these improvements had on students.

An article about the emerging prospects and promises of collaborative teacher leadership models that have begun to emerge following decades of top-down school management.

A policy and practice brief describing the first year of the Local Control Funding Formula Test Kitchen project.

A policy and practice brief examining how user-centered design helps address policy issues related to implementing the Local Control Funding Formula.

An article discussing the release of a list of California's poorest-performing schools and how the state's new approach, which grants more autonomy to districts and schools, might impact student performance and school improvement efforts

An article about the rise of teachers' strikes in the United States, fueled by low salaries, lack of support staff, and frustration with the education system, and how these strikes are impacting the broader conversation about education reform.

A report analyzing the forces that contributed to passage of the LCFF and concurrent reforms and the implications of these efforts for implementation and outcomes.

A brief summarizing policies and programs enacted to build an equitable and excellent education system in California.