An article highlighting the transformative power of partnerships between schools and community organizations. McKinley Elementary in Compton, California, demonstrates the positive impact of leveraging the arts as a pathway to academic achievement, social-emotional learning, shared leadership, and family involvement. Includes practical tips for successful collaboration and assessing the outcomes of partnerships.

A brief summarizing uses of new federal aid to support systemic and sustainable school health and wellness strategies.

A 5-minute video snapshot of some of things Black families and students want educators to know.

A policy brief providing guidance for educators, policymakers, and advocates who wish to deploy state and federal recovery resources to address immediate student needs and build sustainable systems and practices that serve all students and advance equity.

A practice brief describing the core practices of implementing comprehensive community school strategies.

A research brief discussing how Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students face challenges associated with bullying because of their racial identity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A research brief on the development of a community school in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.

A 95-minute webinar discussing the importance of critical consciousness-building as being a key aspect of social-emotional learning that is currently under attack.

A blog post showcasing the achievements of youth organizers in Fresno and Long Beach Unified School Districts, highlighting their successful campaigns for expanding ethnic studies, paying students for their expertise, establishing wellness centers, and prioritizing student health and resources for Black students.

The results of research about students' and teachers' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, which revealed themes of healing, community, and humanity as essential values for rebuilding schools.

A blog post about navigating the challenges of creating coherence, equity, and powerful learning in our existing school district bureaucracies and hierarchies.

A series of toolkits and guides designed to support California school administrators as they take up the challenge of leading and supporting the implementation of the 2017 California English Learner Roadmap policies.

A collection of useful resources and information on responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including efforts organized and led by community partners and advocates across the state of California; COVID-19 coalition responses; and resources for parents, families, teachers, advocates, and policymakers.

A checklist intended to provide an opportunity to ensure the students most deeply affected by school closures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic received the support they needed to thrive in a distance learning environment.

A guide to state and local considerations for addressing social emotional wellness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A webpage released by a wide-ranging coalition of California organizations to offer resources that outline steps school districts and schools could take to rebuild and recover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to meet and support the social-emotional and academic needs of students and lay the groundwork for long-term systemic transformation.

Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2021, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators. 

A policy agenda for Los Angeles Unified Schools built by district educators, featuring demands for culturally relevant and antiracist education, equitable funding, social emotional wellbeing, better compensation approaches tied to teacher pathways, more holistic assessments, and effective and 21st-century teacher preparation.

A video produced by KCET PBS SoCal exploring the values that arts education provides for all young people and communities, to build the foundation for an inclusive and economically vibrant society.

A culminating task assessment for California Administrators to assess a candidate's understanding and mastery of the California Administrator Performance Expectations through a lens of equitable leadership.