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.
Topic: Transforming Systems for Equity
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.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Strengthening K 12 Assessment Systems to Advance College & Career Readiness
Linked Learning Alliance
A 1-hour video conversation exploring how performance assessments prepare students for college, career, and post-secondary life.
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.
Research/Report
California Special Education Funding System Study, Part 1
WestEd
A descriptive analysis of special education funding in California.
Research/Report
Keeping Students Linked in California
All4Ed
A report summarizing access to high speed internet and computing devices in California.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
First Big Reform of California’s Education Funding Law Awaits Governor’s Signature
Children Now
An article about California Assembly Bill 1835, a significant reform to California's K-12 funding system, which aims to end a loophole that diverts funding away from high-needs students and advocates for accountability and transparency in spending to narrow achievement gaps.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
LAEP Transform Schools for Black Lives: Student and Parent Voices
Los Angeles Education Partnership
A 7-minute video snapshot of the conversations that are happening amongst Black families and students every day.
Research/Report
Report & 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 the deliberations and recommendations of the California Advisory Task Force on Alternative Schools.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Fulfilling the Democratic Aims of Education
University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
An argument for a systemic approach for generating learning opportunities for students' informed participation in civic and political life.
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.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Equity at the Center: Strategies & Tools for Developing Better Learning Continuity & Attendance Plan
Attendance Works
A 90-minute webinar presenting strategies and tools for re-imagining how districts, families and community-based organizations can work together.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
White Supremacy Culture Is Constraining Our Thinking about Reopening School
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
A blog post suggesting better solutions to reopening schools in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic by challenging the ways that the characteristics of white supremacy culture show up in our collective thinking.
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.
Research/Report
No Longer Optional: Why and How Expanded Learning Partnerships are Essential to Achieving Equity in School Reopening and Recovery
The Opportunity Institute
A brief outlining how expanded learning programs can provide valuable support to schools and students, and how districts could leverage current funding and system flexibilities in building out their school reopening plans in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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).
Policy Brief/Proposal
Keep Us Linked
Linked Learning Alliance
A brief on student perspectives of challenges and opportunities they face as they pursue college and career readiness in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tool / Toolkit
Changing the Narrative on Public Education: A Communications Toolkit
Partnership for the Future of Learning
A communications toolkit from the Frameworks Institute designed to help advocates talk more effectively about the current needs and future possibilities of public education.