Framework/Guide
Strategic Investments of One-Time Funds for Tribal Governments
WestEd
A brief with insights from tribal leaders who offer strategies for directing one-time federal funds to improve educational outcomes.
Topic: Systems Change
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California School News October 2022
California School Boards Association
A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on advocacy wins in election reform and workforce housing.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California School News September 2022
California School Boards Association
A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on the CSBA's influence on state budget.
Tool / Toolkit
A Pragmatic Playbook for Impact: Direct, Widespread, and Systemic
New Profit
A practical resource for decision-makers to maximize their impact, further equity, and respond to the urgency of this moment amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Opportunity Requires 3 Actions
KP Catalysts, LLC
An article discussing the need for a large-scale reimagining of publicly funded learning opportunities to address equity issues in education and calls for greater collaboration between schools, community-based organizations, and families to create meaningful learning experiences for all students.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Equality or Equity
San Francisco State University
A book urging us to shift our understanding of the role of our education system from providing equal opportunity to building an equitable society.
Research/Report
Black Student Success: Improving Educational Outcomes For Black Kids Through Increasing the Number Of Black Teachers
Children Now
A report summarizing the data and describing an opportunity to innovate teacher education programs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and rethink how they prepare and sustain candidates of color, particularly Black teachers.
Tool / Toolkit
Teaching Profession Story Map
Partnership for the Future of Learning
An interactive map of stories about the teaching profession, and the impacts that teacher training, recruitment, and celebration efforts can have on schools, students, and communities.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California School News August 2022
California School Boards Association
A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on the impact of CSBA's legal services.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California School News July 2022
California School Boards Association
A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on budget trailer bills.
Research/Report
Planning Cities With Young People and Schools: Forging Justice, Generating Joy
Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development
A book offering best-practice recommendations for reimagining the future of our cities for and with our young people, sharing the viewpoint of young people from low-income communities of color and their public schools.
Tool / Toolkit
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.
Tool / Toolkit
Black Minds Matter: 2022 Fact Sheet
Education Trust, Inc.
A fact sheet with data about the progress and deficiencies that California has made on living up to its educational responsibilities to Black students and families.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Proposals: 2022
Education Trust, Inc.
Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2022, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators.
Research/Report
Voices from the Classroom 2022: A Survey of Los Angeles’s Educators
Educators for Excellence
The results of a survey questionnaire, developed by teachers, of 110 full-time public school teachers in Los Angeles, that dives into the top issues facing Los Angeles Unified School District.
Tool / Toolkit
Equity is Justice: The Community-Led Fight for the Student Equity Need Index (SENI)
InnerCity Struggle
A slide presentation that provides background on the Student Equity Need Index (SENI) and how community was involved in winning, implementing, and benefiting from it.
Framework/Guide
About COYN
New Ways to Work
A document describing the California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN), including their mission, policy objectives, recent achievements, youth fellowships, members, and recent publications and presentations.
Research/Report
California Opportunity Youth Data Report 2022
New Ways to Work
A report that provides a high-level overview of California's disconnected, or "Opportunity Youth" population, published with the objective of drawing attention to a problem that requires immediate action, and to create collaborative recommendations for state and local policy.
Research/Report
Housing Instability and Educational Outcomes of San Mateo County Youth
Stanford University Graduate School of Education, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
A research brief sharing key findings and recommendations for addressing the needs of youth who experience housing instability.
Policy Brief/Proposal
A Case for Coherence
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief outlining considerations for implementing the California Community Schools Partnership Program.