Tool / Toolkit
Alliance for Regional Solutions Racial Justice Assessment Tool
Oceanside Promise
A worksheet for use in assessing the racial justice commitments and activities of an organization.
Topic: Teaching and Learning
Policy Brief/Proposal
Adapting a Cardinal Rule of Finance: Five Strategies for Using One-Time Federal Funding on School Staffing
WestEd
A briefing on strategies for using one-time federal funding for school staffing.
Framework/Guide
Meeting the Moment
WestEd
A brief for education leaders to maximize federal COVID relief aid to support more equitable student learning.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
It’s About Progress, Not Perfection
All4Ed
A podcast featuring discussion with Dr. Shawnterra Moore, superintendent of San Francisco Unified School District.
Research/Report
Grappling with Covid’s Impact on Education
Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation
A report on labor-management responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in California schools.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Restorative Restart
Community Schools Learning Exchange
A report providing research behind 14 action areas for rebuilding education in California following COVID-19.
Tool / Toolkit
Affecting Transformative Change: Actions for District Leaders
Education Trust, Inc.
A guide providing actionable steps school districts leaders can take to respond to the needs of all students in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tool / Toolkit
Affecting Transformative Change: Questions for Families and Other Advocates to Ask Their District Leaders
Education Trust, Inc.
A guide highlighting questions that families and advocates can ask their district leaders to rebuild and reimagine schools that center holistic needs of students in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Social Justice Humanitas Academy
Learning Policy Institute
A study of the principles and practices that support whole child development at the Social Justice Humanitas Academy in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Connecting Youth to Purpose: A Framework for Integrating Linked Learning and Community Schools
Linked Learning Alliance
A video webinar focused on integrating Linked Learning and community schools approaches.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Teaching Profession Playbook
Partnership for the Future of Learning
A comprehensive set of policies and strategies to recruit, develop, and retain high-quality teachers and bring greater racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity to the teaching profession.
Research/Report
How Districts Planned for Pandemic Learning
Public Advocates
A report on equity-driven practices and lessons learned from the 2020 learning continuity and attendance plans.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on efforts to attain educational equity.
Policy Brief/Proposal
A Racial Justice Equity Plan to Recovery
Catalyst California
A plan for building and investing in student support systems for high need schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Research/Report
Linked Learning Case Study: Antelope Valley Union High School District
Linked Learning Alliance
A case study examining the implementation of Linked Learning pathways at a public school district in southern California.
Research/Report
Linked Learning Case Study: Oakland Unified School District
Linked Learning Alliance
A case study examining the implementation of Linked Learning pathways at a public school district in Oakland, California.
Research/Report
PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Education 2021
Public Policy Institute of California
A report based on findings from a statewide survey on K-12 education conducted in 2021 in California.
Framework/Guide
Getting Better at Getting More Equitable, Part 2
WestEd
A framework for addressing racial inequities in education using equity-driven continuous improvement.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Ensuring Whole-Child Well-Being as a Foundation for Learning
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief outlining opportunities to implement the science of learning and development to support students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Career Pathways Approach
American Institutes for Research
A policy and practice brief interrogating the equity promise of career pathways.