Topic: Creative Expression and Arts

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Missing bus passes, dual enrollment wins, and fights on Instagram: reporting from Oakland high school students

The Oaklandside

A team of youth reporters in Oakland reported on topics that mattered to them, including student transportation, school safety, equity in advanced placement course access, and other issues.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Encinal Students Featured on KQED’s Youth Takeover Week

KQED Inc.

A news story about a youth broadcasters from Encinal Jr. Sr. High School.

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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.

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Research/Report

Learning Through Radical Partnership: Developing Leadership Capacity in Leadership Candidates, Current District Leaders, and University Partners

California State University Fullerton

An article exploring how a leadership preparation partnership between a university and an urban high school fosters learning across candidates, school district leaders, and partner faculty.

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The Case for Arts Education

Children Now

An opinion piece arguing for the importance of arts education, espeically for students of color.

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All In

Big Picture Learning

A video that shows what happened when schools in northern California discovered Big Picture Learning.

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Windfall for arts education with the likely passage of Proposition 28

Children Now

A news story on the impact of a $1 billion windfall addition to the California K-12 school budget to support drama, music, and other arts programs.

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Educating for a Diverse Democracy: The Chilling Role of Political Conflict in Blue, Purple, and Red Communities

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

A study that assesses how the partisan context of schools relates to their political conflict and democratic practices.

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Recognizing the Plural: The Arts and Sciences of Teaching

KP Catalysts, LLC

An article exploring the intersection of art and science in teaching, emphasizing that both aspects are essential in creating effective and meaningful learning experiences for students.

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Youth Participatory Action Research: Positive Youth Development with the Power to Ignite Change

Stanford University Graduate School of Education, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities

Reflections on the implementation of a research fellowship for youth in three California communities.

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Something is Happening in Chula Vista

createCA

A case study of the Chula Vista Elementary School District's approach to integrating the arts into education.

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Tool / Toolkit

Leading with SEL

CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

A collection of resources and toolkits designed to help parents, students, educators, and employers advocate for social-emotional learning (SEL) and become SEL leaders.

The Arts Bring Out the Best in Our Students

createCA

A flyer about the benefits of investing in arts education.

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Strategic Arts Education Planning Guide

createCA

A technical guide to step-by-step planning for arts and arts education based on the Technology of Participation methods.

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Social Justice Humanitas Academy Brief

Learning Policy Institute

A brief summarizing key components of school design at play at the Social Justice Humanitas Academy in Los Angeles Unified School District.

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Research/Report

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education 2022

Public Policy Institute of California

A report based on findings from a statewide survey on K-12 education conducted in 2022 in California

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Possible Futures: Toward a New Grammar of Schooling

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

An article discussing the need for a new approach to schooling, emphasizing flexibility, relationship-building, and deep engagement with the broader world to address the challenges posed by the COVID pandemic, racism, economic inequality, and threats to democracy.

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