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.

An analysis of the educational data from the 2018-2019 school year of the Center for Youth Law's work in Los Angeles County in partnership with Palmdale School District to support the individual needs of children in foster care and systems change at a district level.

An analysis of the educational data from the first year of the Center for Youth Law's community-based work in Santa Clara County to support systems-impacted young people.

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 case study summarizing how the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), California’s state school funding law since 2013, is being implemented in Pomona Unified School District (PUSD).

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 2-minute video about Paula and Jamie, two sixth grade teachers at Armstrong Elementary School who knocked down the wall between their classrooms and started working together to realize a happier, more relaxed classroom.

A report outlining key pieces of the California governor's May 2019-20 Revision and exploring progress and missed opportunities.

A report summarizing the results of a quantitative analysis that identifies districts in which students of color, as well as their White peers, have demonstrated extraordinary levels of academic achievement.

An brief identifying positive outlier districts in which students of color, as well as White students, consistently achieve at higher levels than students from similar racial/ethnic backgrounds and from families of similar income and education levels in most other districts.

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 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 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