Webinar / Video / Podcast
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New Venture Fund
A webinar and resource collection for creative safe and supportive schools for Black and Brown Girls.
Tag: Restorative Justice
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Promising Practice in Action: Create and Foster Learning Experiences that Honor Students’ Humanity
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief profile describing how Vintage High School, part of Napa Valley Unified School District, helps students build college-going identities by deliberately taking steps to understand and value the cultures of the students, families, and communities that they serve.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Proposals: 2019
Education Trust, Inc.
Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2019, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators.
Research/Report
Compassionate Systems: Monterey Program Progress Report
National Center for Youth Law
A report sharing the National Center for Youth Law's program model for supporting students experiencing homelessness in Monterey County, California to graduate from high school with the widest array of possibilities for their future.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Policy Brief/Proposal
Learning to Lead Brief
Learning Policy Institute
A brief examining professional learning experiences for the state’s school leaders.
Research/Report
Policy Brief/Proposal
Educating the Whole Child Brief
Learning Policy Institute
A brief reviewing research demonstrating that student learning and development depend on affirming relationships operating within a positive school climate.
Research/Report
Educating the Whole Child
Learning Policy Institute
A report examining how schools can use effective, research-based practices to create settings in which students’ healthy growth and development are central to the design of classrooms and the school as a whole.
Research/Report
A Demographic Snapshot of Alternative School Enrollments in Select California Urban School Districts
Stanford University Graduate School of Education, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
A data brief providing an enrollment snapshot of youth in the Continuation High Schools and district-operated Community Day Schools for youth over the age of 16 in the following California Unified School Districts: Long Beach, Los Angeles, Fresno, and Oakland.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Resources Often Don’t Match Rhetoric For Restorative Justice In California Schools
Children Now
An article exploring the rise of restorative justice in California schools as an alternative to traditional punitive disciplinary measures, highlighting how some school districts are not allocating sufficient resources to support and implement restorative justice practices, which may hinder its effectiveness and lead to backlash.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
How Trump Repeal Of Obama-Era School Discipline Guidelines Could Affect California
Children Now
An article discussing the potential repeal of Obama-era school discipline reform guidance by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and its impact on California's discipline reform efforts, with civil rights and youth advocates expressing concern over the possible consequences for students of color and those with disabilities.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
New Poll: Safe And Positive School Environment More Important Than Higher Test Scores
Children Now
An article discussing the findings of a poll which showed that California voters prioritize creating a safe and positive school environment over higher scores on standardized tests when evaluating school performance, and express concerns about bullying, violence, and harassment on school campuses.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
State Board Rethinking How To Measure Performance Of Alternative Schools
Children Now
An article discussing the challenge of developing a comprehensive accountability system for alternative schools in California and exploring potential metrics that could be used to assess their performance while integrating them into the larger system of accountability and school improvement.
Research/Report
Puzzling Plans and Budgets: Making Sense of California’s Second Year Local Control and Accountability Plans
Education Trust, Inc.
A report reviewing the second-year Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs) from 40 California school districts with an analysis of budget information presented in these plans.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Los Angeles Forum for Equity is Justice Brief
University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
A brief asking questions about the Equity is Justice resolution passed by the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Tool / Toolkit
Los Angeles Unified School District: 2014-15 LCAP At A Glance
Education Trust, Inc.
An "at-a-glance" fact sheet about Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)'s LCAP for 2014-15.