A report on Assembly Bill 599 proposing to ban suspending or expelling students from school for drug and alcohol infractions.

A blog post summarizing the findings of a study conducted by the Center for Cities and Schools at the University of Berkeley, which assesses the adequacy and equity of investments in California's public school facilities, and provides recommendations for the state leadership to improve their investment practices in order to support high-quality, equitable education and address issues related to aging infrastructure, deferred maintenance, and limited capital funding opportunities.

A brief examining the degree to which the partisan leaning of the communities surrounding schools is related to important social and political dynamics in the schools.

An updated edition of the 2014 book "The Principal," showing how the principal's role continues to change, alongside our changing world, and how we can embrace the transformation in short order.

A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on Gov. Newsom's January 2023 budget proposal.

A brief providing an updated analysis of the representation on California's higher education governing boards as of September 22, 2022. The analysis reveals some highlights and lowlights when it comes to representation

A magazine article discussing the need for equitable funding to help address facility repairs and upgrades.

A series of reports exploring how well Title I targets funds to school districts and school with the highest concentrations of poverty.

A report focusing on the conditions and guiding actions to foster authentic school-family partnerships. Part of a series that aims to help the field imagine new, more expansive and equitable approaches to social and emotional learning (SEL).

A study examining how colleges request, collect, and review portfolios of student work along with traditional application materials.

A framework and graphic that specifies the motivation, people, conditions, practices and infrastructure of Community Schools.

A summary of the December 2022 U.S. Department of Education guidelines for how local education agencies can use federal COVID-19 relief funds to address chronic absenteeism, lagging student engagement, and learning loss.

An opinion essay commenting on the impact of replacing police officers in schools with different roles, emphasizing the importance of job expectations, staff attitudes, diversity, and community connections in ensuring effective and positive school safety measures.

A report sharing lessons learned from the Adolescent Learning and Development Project in Mississippi.

A special report examining the rise in popularity of dual enrollment programs at community colleges and their related social and racial disparities.

A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on declines in California assessments.

A magazine article addressing the Local Control Funding Formula and concentration grants for several suburban school districts.

A news article about a $25 million project of the California Department of Social Services to fund seven guaranteed-income pilot projects serving pregnant women and young people aging out of the foster care system.

A tool to support school, district, and network leaders in examining their existing systems for evidence of the policies, structures, and features that enable the use of performance-based assessment in service of deeper learning for all students.

A report investigating the adequacy and equity of investment in California's public school facilities using a standards-based framework to understand patterns of investment levels.