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.
Topic: Transforming Systems for Equity
Tool / Toolkit
Racial Equity Messaging and Resources
Los Angeles Education Partnership
A collection of resources to support work towards changing inequitable systems.
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).
Research/Report
Pension Debt Challenges for Equity in Education
The Opportunity Institute
A report about the effect of teacher pension debt costs on K-12 education funding in California.
Research/Report
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.
Tool / Toolkit
Guide to School Funding and the State Budget Process
California Budget & Policy Center
A guide describing the California state budget, budget process, and why they matter for K-12 students and schools; written to equip Californians with the tools to effectively engage decisions makers and advocate for fair and just policy choices.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
AAPI Series: Funding Polynesian and Micronesian Populations
Grantmakers for Education
A webinar focusing on Polynesian and Micronesian communities and learners.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Taking Police Out of Schools — Different Paths, Same Lessons
KP Catalysts, LLC
An opinion essay commenting on the impact of replacing police officers in schools with different roles, emphasizing the importance of job expectations, staff attitudes, diversity, and community connections in ensuring effective and positive school safety measures.
Research/Report
Grim Fiscal Forecast for CA K12 Education
The Opportunity Institute
An article that lays out the future of education funding in California, why spending is at an all-time high, why revenues are declining, and why it's time to develop policy alternatives to the revenue structure.
Research/Report
Reorienting Public Education to Meet the Needs of Our Youth
The Opportunity Institute
A report sharing lessons learned from the Adolescent Learning and Development Project in Mississippi.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Dual Enrollment: Who’s in, who’s out
EdSource
A special report examining the rise in popularity of dual enrollment programs at community colleges and their related social and racial disparities.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Windfall for arts education with the likely passage of Proposition 28
Children Now
A news story on the impact of a $1 billion windfall addition to the California K-12 school budget to support drama, music, and other arts programs.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California School News November 2022
California School Boards Association
A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on declines in California assessments.
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.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
California Announces Guaranteed Income Pilot Projects for Former Foster Youth
Fostering Media Connections
A news article about a $25 million project of the California Department of Social Services to fund seven guaranteed-income pilot projects serving pregnant women and young people aging out of the foster care system.
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.
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.
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.
Research/Report
Gauging Good Stewardship: Is California Adequately and Equitably Investing in its Public School Facilities?
University of California, Berkeley
A report investigating the adequacy and equity of investment in California's public school facilities using a standards-based framework to understand patterns of investment levels.
Research/Report
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.