Framework/Guide
LAUSD Micro-Credentialing Program Page
Educators for Excellence
A website with information about Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)'s research- and competency-based micro-credentialing program.
Topic: Systems Change
Webinar / Video / Podcast
On the Rise: Cincinnati’s Community Learning Centers
Partnership for the Future of Learning
A series of 6 short films that provide a close look at Cincinnati, Ohio's community schools, called "Community Learning Centers."
Research/Report
Top-Down Support for Bottom-Up Change
University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools
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).
Policy Brief/Proposal
Breaking Down Walls for Student and Educator Learning
University of South Carolina, College of Education
A policy report exploring how educators' professional learning and leadership has been developed at Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) in response to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in California.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
How Well Does California Care For Children? New Report Ranks State Just Below Kentucky
Children Now
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.
Research/Report
California’s Golden Opportunity: Learning is the Work
Michael Fullan Enterprises Inc.
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.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Making the Most of the Governor’s Budget Proposal
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief offering four recommendations for implementing the Local Control Funding Formula.
Research/Report
ART=OPPORTUNITY: A City-Wide research Based Initiative to Advance Economic Development
California State University San Marcos Foundation
An analysis of survey result that demonstrate the impacts that the arts can have on the skills needed for STEM employees.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California Kids Are Falling Behind In Education And More. What Is The State Doing To Help?
Children Now
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.
Research/Report
Aligning Systems for Equity
University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education
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.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California’s K-12 Enrollment Drops Again, Charter Schools See Increase
Children Now
An article highlighting the significant drop in enrollment in California's K-12 public schools in the 2018-19 school year, the largest in the prior five years, and the concurrent increase in enrollment in charter schools.
Research/Report
Teacher Leadership: Prospects and Promises
University of South Carolina, College of Education
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.
Policy Brief/Proposal
User-Centered Design as a Pathway to Effective Policy
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief examining how user-centered design helps address policy issues related to implementing the Local Control Funding Formula.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California Quietly Publishes List of 781 Lowest-Performing Schools
Children Now
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
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California’s Teachers’ Strikes Conceal A Conflict Of Generations
Children Now
An article about the rise of teachers' strikes in the United States, fueled by low salaries, lack of support staff, and frustration with the education system, and how these strikes are impacting the broader conversation about education reform.
Research/Report
The California Way
Learning Policy Institute
A report analyzing the forces that contributed to passage of the LCFF and concurrent reforms and the implications of these efforts for implementation and outcomes.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The California Way Brief
Learning Policy Institute
A brief summarizing policies and programs enacted to build an equitable and excellent education system in California.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Here’s What California Interest Groups Want To See in Gavin Newsom’s Budget
Children Now
A collection of the diverse expectations and priorities of various interest groups and organizations for California Governor Gavin Newsom's first budget.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
My Turn: Here’s One Way Newsom Can Be Rural California’s Governor
Children Now
A commentary proposing the establishment of a new California State University (Cal Poly) campus in Northern California to address the educational and economic needs of the region, particularly in the aftermath of devastating wildfires and to improve college attainment rates for high school graduates in the area.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Data Will Define ‘Cradle To Career’ Educational Success
Children Now
An op-ed about the importance of investing in early learning and higher education in California and the need for a comprehensive overhaul of the state's fragmented data systems to track positive outcomes throughout the education-to-employment pipeline, especially as the state's demographic landscape changes.