Topic: Teaching and Learning

Story / Case Study / Commentary

Beyond Teacher Leadership: The Role of Teachers as Learners, Innovators, and Designers for Whole Child Education

University of South Carolina, College of Education

An exploratory case study sharing the stories and strategies of two school districts that are committed to student-led learning, community schooling, and whole child education as well as supporting teachers as leaders.

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Research/Report

Educating for a Diverse Democracy in California: The Growing Challenges of Political Conflict and Hostile Behavior

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

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.

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The Principal 2.0: Three Keys to Maximizing Impact

Michael Fullan Enterprises Inc.

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.

Creating universal school meals

California School Boards Association

A magazine story about about how schools in California are using innovative farms, from-scratch cooking, and local produce to ensure all students can access healthy, delicious food.

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The Case for Arts Education

Children Now

An opinion piece arguing for the importance of arts education, espeically for students of color.

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Framework/Guide

Framework: Essentials for Community School Transformation

Learning Policy Institute

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

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Framework/Guide

Model Procedures for the Identification, Voluntary Placement, and Induction of Students into Continuation High Schools in California

Stanford University Graduate School of Education, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities

A model guide for the placement of students into California's continuation high schools developed by the California Advisory Task Force on Alternative Schools and co-sponsored by the Education Options Council of the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA).

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Science instruction needs the same attention as math and English

Children Now

An opinion piece arguing for increased attention on STEM learning opportunities for all school children, with an examination of career and higher education trends related to STEM.

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New Guidance on Investing Federal Relief Funds to Address Absenteeism

Attendance Works

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.

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Webinar / Video / Podcast

All In

Big Picture Learning

A video that shows what happened when schools in northern California discovered Big Picture Learning.

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Labor-Management in Times of Crisis

Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation

A case study on labor-management response to the COVID-19 Pandemic at St. Helena Unified School District.

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Research/Report

Where Are They Now? A Study of Dual Enrollment Students in the Kern Community College District

Foundation for California Community Colleges

A mixed methods study examining quantitative and qualitative outcomes for dual enrollment students in California's Central Valley region.

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Tool / Toolkit

Quality Criteria for Systems of Performance Assessment for School, District, and Network Leaders

Learning Policy Institute

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.

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Research/Report

Improving Trauma-Informed Education: Responding to Student Adversity With Equity-Centered, Systemic Support

National Education Policy Center

A research brief exploring the promise and challenges of trauma-informed education, and why trauma-informed education may best be designed as a system-wide commitment rather than an intervention.

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Educating for a Diverse Democracy: The Chilling Role of Political Conflict in Blue, Purple, and Red Communities

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

A study that assesses how the partisan context of schools relates to their political conflict and democratic practices.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

Suburban schools reflect the spectrum

California School Boards Association

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

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The pandemic erased years of academic gains in California

Children Now

A news story examining test scores that show a decline in student proficiency between 2019 and 2022.

Practices of Promise: Exploring Ways to Share the Power Toward Equitable Decision-Making

CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

A snapshot of how Portland Public Schools developed a new, promising approach to program selection in their efforts to implement social and emotional learning (SEL).

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Research/Report

Learning Priorities for Advancing Equitable Dual Enrollment in California

Engage R+D

A description of key findings and further questions surfaced by the Career Ladders Project (CLP) and Engage R+D when they asked K-12 education leaders and their partners about efforts to implement dual enrollment in California high schools.

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Pipelines, Shortages, and Workforces: Why Do We Still Think of Teachers as Workers on an Assembly Line?

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

A blog post examining the use of the terms "teacher pipelines," "teacher shortages," and "teacher workforce," and how they reflect assumptions about the teaching profession that hide the systemic challenges behind teacher recruitment and retention.

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