Webinar / Video / Podcast
Understanding the Local Control Funding Formula
Public Advocates
A 1-minute video explaining the Local Control Funding Formula.
Topic: Systems Change
Tool / Toolkit
California’s Bilingual Opportunity: Supporting Students’ Home Languages
California Budget & Policy Center
A fact sheet emphasizing the value of leveraging the language assets of California's bilingual K-12 students, highlighting the benefits of achieving biliteracy, addressing the need for quality bilingual education, and urging policymakers to view students who speak languages other than English as an opportunity to enhance workforce preparation, improve competitiveness, and strengthen communities.
Framework/Guide
Ways of Looking: Exploring Measurement of School Transformation through the Arts and Social Emotional Learning
Turnaround Arts
A recording of a conference that convened thought leaders from the fields of education, the arts, psychology, and social-emotional learning to discuss ways of looking at the work to better understand key leverage points that increase and demonstrate impact.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Governor’s postsecondary council has assets — and opportunities
Linked Learning Alliance
An op-ed commentary on the creation of the Council for Post-Secondary Education, an advisory board bringing together California's top education leaders and representatives of business and labor.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
LCFF: San Diego Case Study
University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools
A 3-minute video about the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula at Kearny High School in the San Diego Unified School District.
Research/Report
California Can Be a Model for Teacher-Led Change
University of South Carolina, College of Education
An article about Pomona Unified School District's shift towards teacher collaboration and peer coaching as a means to improve teaching quality, student achievement, and retention rates, highlighting the positive impact of such initiatives and calling for broader implementation across districts.
Tool / Toolkit
California English Learner Roadmap Teacher Toolkits
Californians Together
A set of toolkits designed to help classroom teachers understand and make meaning of the California English Learner Roadmap policy.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Judicial Advocacy
March For Our Lives
A collection of Amicus Curiae briefs filed in different cases across the United States, centering gun violence survivors’ voices in the courts.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Dive into Deep Learning: Tools for Engagement
Michael Fullan Enterprises Inc.
A book that lays out a framework for deep learning that provides a pathway to develop the six global competencies needed to flourish in a complex world: character, citizenship, collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking.
Research/Report
School Resources and the Local Control Funding Formula
Public Policy Institute of California
A report studying evidence of the effects of the Local Control Funding Formula on the distribution of educational resources across districts and schools in California.
Research/Report
Taking It To The Next Level: Strengthening And Sustaining Family Engagement Through Integrated, Systemic Practice
Institute for Educational Leadership
A report that describes and analyzes systemic family engagement, and shares promising practices that promote systemic engagement while leveraging engagement to advance equity.
Framework/Guide
We Shake Hands at the Door
WestEd
A case study of how relationships are driving improvement in Chula Vista.
Research/Report
Data for the People Equity Alert: What’s Next for California’s Cradle to Career Data System
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief report examining 5 key equity principles for California's data system, including an assessment of what's needed to make sure the Cradle to Career system is truly equity-driven.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Data for the People: Prioritizing Equity in California’s State Longitudinal Data System
Education Trust, Inc.
A policy brief summarizing the 2019 proposals for a California statewide P-16 and workforce longitudinal data system (SLDS) from state lawmakers, including an equity assessment of the proposals.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Money Matters: Understanding and Advocating for Educational Equity and Justice in CA’s 2019-2020 State Budget
Education Trust, Inc.
A webinar about California Governor Gavin Newsom's education budget proposals for 2019-2020, the budget process, and opportunities for advocates to engage in the process.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Promising Practice in Action: Restructure the School Day to Meet Students’ Individual Needs
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief profile describing how Alta Loma High School, part of Chaffey Joint Union High School District, built the Alta Loma Academy Program as a response to a deep analysis of student achievement data which showed that the school was not meeting students' academic needs.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Proposals: 2019
Education Trust, Inc.
Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2019, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators.
Graphic/Infographic
What’s Next: Designing a Cradle-to-Career Data System for an Equitable California
Education Trust, Inc.
An infographic from Our Data For The People outlining 5 key equity principles to guide the development of a strong data system.
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.
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."