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.
Topic: Purpose of Education
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.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Districts must empower teachers to lead the way for whole-child education
University of South Carolina, College of Education
An op-ed arguing for and offering creative suggestions for schools to adopt whole-child approaches.
Research/Report
Put your money on the table: Interagency Coordination to Address the Crisis in Student Mental and Behavioral Health
WestEd
A report showing how county offices of education (COEs) play a critical role in coordinating and integrating services with other child-serving agencies to serve students and families more effectively.
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.
Tool / Toolkit
CASEL’s District Resource Center
CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
A collection of resources to help school districts make social and emotional learning (SEL) an integral part of every student's education.
Tool / Toolkit
CASEL’s State Resource Center
CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
A webpage curated for state leaders and informed by the Collaborating States Initiative, to help state education agencies create and promote state-level social and emotional learning (SEL) practices and policies.
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
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.
Tool / Toolkit
What is Dual Enrollment? A Brief Guide for Students and Families
Education Trust, Inc.
A one-page brochure to support students and families in understanding the basics around dual enrollments.
Framework/Guide
Deeper Learning Dozen 2022-2023 Playbook
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
An overview of the Deeper Learning Dozen experience.
Tool / Toolkit
Golden State Pathways
Linked Learning Alliance
A resource about a grant program to improve college and career readiness in California high schools.
Research/Report
Community Schooling Issue 4
Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development
A multimedia publication from the UCLA Center for Community Schooling featuring public scholarship to inform the collective struggle for democracy, justice, and public education.
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.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Achieving School Alignment
All4Ed
A podcast featuring discussion with Dr. Lorraine Perez, Deputy Superintendent at the Santa Ana Unified School District.
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.