Report / Research
Youth Civic Empowerment
YouthTruth
A report offering insight into the current state of youth civic empowerment, revealing troubling patterns of inequity in civic readiness.
Tag: Student Engagement
Research/Report
California’s Future is Clocked In: The Experiences of Young Workers
University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
A report focused on the conditions of young workers aged 16 to 24 in the state of California.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
How Bay Area Youth Distributed 2.4M
Northern California Grantmakers
A video about the Generational Recovery Fund (GRF), a youth-led, time-limited Bay Area regional pooled fund that invested in helping Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) youth to successfully navigate their recovery from the harms of COVID-19.
Framework/Guide
Expanding Horizons
Partnership for Children & Youth
A report that makes the case for investing in expaned learning for older youth, offers compelling evidence of their benefits, provides examples of what these programs look like in action, and charts a path forward for public policy advocates and education leaders.
Research/Report
School Funding Effectiveness: Evidence From California’s Local Control Funding Formula
Learning Policy Institute
A study investigating the impacts of LCFF-induced increases in per-pupil spending on student achievement and behavioral outcomes.
Research/Report
Addressing Inequities in College Preparatory Course-Taking
University of California Davis, School of Education
A report examining the variation in statewide participation in college-prepatory courses, including A-G courses, college-credit coursework, and the level of math courses that students take their senior year.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Free Range Humans
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
A podcast that explores "how we can make schools fit for human consumption," hosted by Jal Mehta, professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Rod Allen, former district superintendent and Assistant Deputy Minister with the BC Ministry of Education.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Equitable School Funding
Californians for Justice
A webpage about the fight for equitable school funding and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in California.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The 2023 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda
Children Now
A comprehensive state-level policy roadmap to ensure that all California children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Equity Alert: Black Students Need More from California’s Equity Multiplier
Education Trust, Inc.
This resource offers four recommendations to support Black student success, with a focus on the funding, Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs), and System of Support components of the California governor's 2023 budget proposal.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Proposals: 2023
Education Trust, Inc.
Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2023, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators.
Framework/Guide
Deeper Learning Dozen 2022-2023 Playbook
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
An overview of the Deeper Learning Dozen experience.
Tool / Toolkit
Community Schools Story Map
Partnership for the Future of Learning
An interactive map of stories about community schools and the impact they're having across the United States.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
An Alternative Option for Newcomer High School Students with Interrupted Formal Schooling
Stanford University Graduate School of Education, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
A profile of California Alternative Education describing the efforts of Rudsdale Newcomer High School.
Framework/Guide
The District’s Role in Community School Development
Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
A policy brief providing guidance for district leaders on approaches to shifting their own leadership to support flourishing community schools.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Encinal Students Featured on KQED’s Youth Takeover Week
KQED Inc.
A news story about a youth broadcasters from Encinal Jr. Sr. High School.
Tool / Toolkit
Toolkit for Transformation
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
A set of tools to help educators implement deeper learning activities with their students.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
The Future of Smart Podcast
Grantmakers for Education
A 17-episode series of podcasts exploring ideas at the intersection of education, equity, and philanthropy that point us towards a radical re-envisioning of our education system.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Americans Say Character Education is Schools’ Top Job. So Why Do They Think No One Else Cares?
KP Catalysts, LLC
An opinion essay discussing the Purpose of Education Index, a private opinion study of American people's priorities for the future of education, revealing interesting insights into the different priorities and opinions among various racial and ethnic groups and parents versus the general population.
Tool / Toolkit
Everyone, Everywhere: The Circles of Commitment Model
March For Our Lives
A presentation on the circles of commitment model for high-participation stakeholder engagement in political organizing.