Policy Brief/Proposal
Healing-Centered Community School Strategies Practice Brief
Community Schools Learning Exchange
A practice brief describing the core practices of implementing comprehensive community school strategies.
Topic: Belonging and Wellbeing
Research/Report
Anti-Asian Bullying and Harassment: Symptoms of Racism in K-12 Schools During COVID-19
Education Trust, Inc.
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.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Felicitas & Gonzalo Mendez High School: A Community School That Honors Its Neighborhood’s Legacy of Educational Justice
Learning Policy Institute
A research brief on the development of a community school in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Ending Intellectual and Social-Emotional Policing: Advancing Liberatory Education in Schools
New Venture Fund
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.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
CFJ Youth Leaders Secure Major Wins in Long Beach & Fresno Unified
Californians for Justice
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.
Research/Report
Healing, Community, and Humanity: How Students and Teachers Want to Reinvent Schools Post-COVID
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
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.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
School and District Bureaucracy Has Failed Us All. What Are Some Alternatives?
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
A blog post about navigating the challenges of creating coherence, equity, and powerful learning in our existing school district bureaucracies and hierarchies.
Framework/Guide
California English Learner Roadmap Implementation Guide and Toolkit for Administrators
Californians Together
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.
Tool / Toolkit
COVID-19: Impact on Education Equity
Education Trust, Inc.
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.
Tool / Toolkit
From Crisis to Opportunity: Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan Checklist
Education Trust, Inc.
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.
Policy Brief/Proposal
From Crisis to Opportunity: Recovering California’s Commitment to Equity – Social Emotional Wellness
Education Trust, Inc.
A guide to state and local considerations for addressing social emotional wellness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tool / Toolkit
Reimagine and Rebuild California Schools
Education Trust, Inc.
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.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Proposals: 2021
Education Trust, Inc.
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.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Educators for Excellence Los Angeles Policy Agenda
Educators for Excellence
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.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Artbound: Arts Education
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
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.
Tool / Toolkit
Administrator Culminating Assessment
San Diego State University
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.
Research/Report
Still Fighting for Ethnic Studies
San Francisco State University
A book chapter exploring the origins, practices, and potential of community responsive pedagogy.
Research/Report
Students Experiencing Homelessness
Learning Policy Institute
A report providing a snapshot of students experiencing homelessness in California, their contextual factors, and their learning outcomes.
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.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Creating and Connecting: The Arts are Essential to Reopening Schools
Turnaround Arts
An article emphasizing the importance of integrating the arts into education, particularly for students from marginalized communities. This piece highlights how the arts can promote healing, learning, and equity, and urges schools to prioritize inclusive and engaging learning environments that empower students and foster their holistic development.