Tool / Toolkit
A Summer Like No Other
Linked Learning Alliance
A guide to accessing new funds for educational recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tag: District Reform
Tool / Toolkit
Alliance for Regional Solutions Racial Justice Assessment Tool
Oceanside Promise
A worksheet for use in assessing the racial justice commitments and activities of an organization.
Framework/Guide
Meeting the Moment
WestEd
A brief for education leaders to maximize federal COVID relief aid to support more equitable student learning.
Research/Report
Grappling with Covid’s Impact on Education
Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation
A report on labor-management responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in California schools.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
CFJ Youth Leaders Win Restorative Restart & More in Oakland & San Jose!
Californians for Justice
A blog post highlighting the achievements of youth leaders in Oakland and San Jose who successfully advocated for a restorative return to school by securing commitments for mental health support, wellness centers, and community-building initiatives in their respective school districts, celebrating the power of youth activism and previewing upcoming victories in other cities.
Tool / Toolkit
Affecting Transformative Change: Actions for District Leaders
Education Trust, Inc.
A guide providing actionable steps school districts leaders can take to respond to the needs of all students in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tool / Toolkit
Affecting Transformative Change: Questions for Families and Other Advocates to Ask Their District Leaders
Education Trust, Inc.
A guide highlighting questions that families and advocates can ask their district leaders to rebuild and reimagine schools that center holistic needs of students in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Social Justice Humanitas Academy
Learning Policy Institute
A study of the principles and practices that support whole child development at the Social Justice Humanitas Academy in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Tool / Toolkit
Building Parent, Student & Community Power in Decisionmaking
Public Advocates
A slide deck training parents, students, and community members how to read the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and engage in the LCAP process.
Research/Report
How Districts Planned for Pandemic Learning
Public Advocates
A report on equity-driven practices and lessons learned from the 2020 learning continuity and attendance plans.
Tool / Toolkit
How to Read the LCAP to Track Equity English
Public Advocates
A infographic guide to understanding Local Control Accountability Plans.
Tool / Toolkit
How to Read the LCFF Budget Overview for Parents
Public Advocates
A infographic guide to understanding the information provided in school districts' local control funding formula (LCFF) budgets.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on efforts to attain educational equity.
Policy Brief/Proposal
A Racial Justice Equity Plan to Recovery
Catalyst California
A plan for building and investing in student support systems for high need schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Graphic/Infographic
Map: Student Equity Need Index (SENI 2.0) in the Context of COVID-19
Community Coalition
A map infographic showing the percentage of Student Equity Need Index (SENI) schools in each COVID-19 index category in Los Angeles County, indicating that Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools overall are some of the LA County areas hit hardest by the pandemic.
Research/Report
Linked Learning Case Study: Antelope Valley Union High School District
Linked Learning Alliance
A case study examining the implementation of Linked Learning pathways at a public school district in southern California.
Research/Report
Linked Learning Case Study: Oakland Unified School District
Linked Learning Alliance
A case study examining the implementation of Linked Learning pathways at a public school district in Oakland, California.
Framework/Guide
Getting Better at Getting More Equitable, Part 2
WestEd
A framework for addressing racial inequities in education using equity-driven continuous improvement.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Ensuring Whole-Child Well-Being as a Foundation for Learning
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief outlining opportunities to implement the science of learning and development to support students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research/Report
Cultivating Inclusion: Belonging and Agency in Young Black Men through Civic Action Research
Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development
A peer-reviewed journal article examining how community-based civic action research can cultivate civic engagement, civic belonging, and shifts in civic stakeholders' perceptions of racially and economically minoritized youth's civic agency.