Research/Report
Reclaiming the Democratic Purpose of California’s Public Schools
University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
A study of civic learning in California school districts.
Topic: Systems Change
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Using Performance Assessments to Support Student Learning
Learning Policy Institute
A case study examining the key district-, school-, and classroom-level conditions necessary to support high-quality performance assessment practices.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Using Performance Assessments to Support Student Learning Brief
Learning Policy Institute
A brief summarizing lessons from districts' experiences with performance assessments.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Using Performance Assessments to Support Student Learning in Pasadena Unified School District
Learning Policy Institute
A case study examining the key conditions necessary to support high-quality performance assessment practices in the Pasadena Unified School District.
Tool / Toolkit
Spend It On Schools
Partnership for the Future of Learning
An interactive tool that helps to reimagine public education by making big numbers easily accessible: compare funding in different areas of major annual spending alongside $125 billion in federal investments and prioritize funds towards different expenses that can improve public education for students, educators, and families.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California School Bonds on the November 2020 Ballot: Are they equitable?
University of California, Berkeley
A blog post describing the persistent disparities in school facility funding in California, highlighting the inequitable access to funds based on district characteristics and the lack of state support as demonstrated by the November 2020 election results.
Framework/Guide
Enabling Conditions and Capacities for Continuous Improvement
WestEd
A framework for measuring and supporting progress towards the goals of the statewide system of support in California.
Research/Report
Report and Recommendations of the California Advisory Task Force on Alternative Schools
Stanford University Graduate School of Education, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
A report summarizing recommendations for building an accountability system and performance data dashboard for alternative schools.
Research/Report
Restarting and Reinventing School
Learning Policy Institute
A report providing an overarching framework that focuses on how policymakers as well as educators can support equitable, effective teaching and learning regardless of the medium through which that takes place.
Tool / Toolkit
Children Now Resources: Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
Children Now
An extensive collection of resources related to California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).
Research/Report
Research Brief: Lessons from a year of equitable, authentic engagement of young people in long-range regional planning
Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development
A research brief offering insights into the importance of engaging young people in local government decision-making processes, highlighting the Youth-Plan, Learn, Act, Now (Y-PLAN) approach as a powerful way to integrate youth voices in long-range regional planning.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Bright Spot from the Field: Compton Male Teacher of Color Network
Education Trust, Inc.
A brief report highlighting the Compton Male Teacher of Color Network, a targeted effort by the Compton Unified School District to retain male teachers of color.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Principles: 2020
Education Trust, Inc.
Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2020, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators; special COVID-19 edition focused on addressing the needs of students of colors and students from lower income communities in the wake of the pandemic.
Research/Report
Advancing Equity at Scale-Up: Research Priorities for College and Career Pathways
University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education
A report summarizing a three-year project designed to stimulate collaboration, build capacity, and prioritize research that can support equity in college and career pathways students' success.
Framework/Guide
When People are the Content: A Systems Approach to Supporting Principals as Instructional Leaders
University of Washington College of Education, Center for Educational Leadership
A report and toolkit that school system leaders can use to create conditions for principals to be instructional leaders.
Policy Brief/Proposal
A Vision for California’s Schools this Fall: Equity for Dual Language and English Learners in an Unprecedented Moment
Education Trust, Inc.
A series of concrete, actionable ideas for how local and state education leaders can ensure that California's English learner and dual language learner (DLL) students were considered in return to school in fall 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Legislature must prioritize funding for highest-need students
Teach Plus
An op-ed advocating for Assembly Bill 1835, intended to close a loophole and ensure LCFF funds are distributed to disadvantage students.
Tool / Toolkit
Affirmative Action: Frequently Asked Questions
Education Trust, Inc.
A blog post with answers to frequently asked questions about affirmative action in California.
Framework/Guide
Strategic Resource Allocation for the 21st Century
WestEd
A framework for state leaders to address the silent recession in California school districts.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
The Devil Is in the Details
Michael Fullan Enterprises Inc.
A book sharing how we can rethink the education and its three levels of leadership—local, middle, and top—so that each level can contribute to turnaround for education and society.