Tag: District Reform

Story / Case Study / Commentary

California’s K-12 Enrollment Drops Again, Charter Schools See Increase

Children Now

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.

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Mountain View School District: Arts Education and its Impact on a High Needs District

Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture

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

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Research/Report

Teacher Leadership: Prospects and Promises

University of South Carolina, College of Education

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.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

Improving LCFF Implementation Through User-Centered Design

American Institutes for Research

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

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Policy Brief/Proposal

User-Centered Design as a Pathway to Effective Policy

American Institutes for Research

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

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California Quietly Publishes List of 781 Lowest-Performing Schools

Children Now

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

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California’s Teachers’ Strikes Conceal A Conflict Of Generations

Children Now

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.

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Research/Report

The California Way

Learning Policy Institute

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.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

The California Way Brief

Learning Policy Institute

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

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Here’s What California Interest Groups Want To See in Gavin Newsom’s Budget

Children Now

A collection of the diverse expectations and priorities of various interest groups and organizations for California Governor Gavin Newsom's first budget.

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Dashboard and System of Support are Misleading, Lack Transparency and Abrogate Responsibility to Address the Needs of English Learners

National Equity Project

A position statement about the shortcomings of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in addressing the needs of English Learners (ELs), calling for revisions to the accountability system to ensure equity and support for ELs, urging the State Board of Education to revisit the definition of ELs for academic indicators and implement a new approach that includes a growth model to meet the needs of this historically underserved group.

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Performance Assessment Profile: Pasadena Unified School District

Pasadena Unified School District

A profile of the performance assessment system at Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD), featuring a description of how it works and next steps for implementation.

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Data Will Define ‘Cradle To Career’ Educational Success

Children Now

An op-ed about the importance of investing in early learning and higher education in California and the need for a comprehensive overhaul of the state's fragmented data systems to track positive outcomes throughout the education-to-employment pipeline, especially as the state's demographic landscape changes.

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With Sparse State Funding, California Districts Get Creative in Addressing Student Health

Children Now

An article highlighting the growing pressure on California schools to address students' physical and mental health needs, and acknowledging the lack of resources available to respond adequately.

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Nuance: Why Some Leaders Succeed and Others Fail

Michael Fullan Enterprises Inc.

A book offering three habits of nuance that leaders use to tackle complex challenges with depth and clarity: joint determination, adaptability, and culture-based accountability.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

Do the Harder Work

New Venture Fund

A policy response to the Federal Commission on School Safety.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

Education Budget Strategies for Challenging Times

WestEd

A brief examining how California school districts addressed the silent recession.

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Tool / Toolkit

Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) Training

Californians for Justice

A training presentation for educators that helps build a shared understanding of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), part of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), and how to engage with and advocate for student and family voices in the LCAP.

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Research/Report

Leadership and Capacity Building in College and Career Pathways

University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education

A report about the November 2018 Leadership and Capacity Building in College and Career Pathways symposium, which focused on leadership and capacity-building and the research questions required to address problems of practice faced by pathway administrators, teachers, counselors, and other student support specialists.

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Webinar / Video / Podcast

We Choose All

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

A report on the relationship between charter schools and traditional public schools in Los Angeles.

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