Story / Case Study / Commentary
California School News July 2022
California School Boards Association
A monthly newsletter covering all aspects of public school governance, with a feature story on budget trailer bills.
Topic: Transforming Systems for Equity
Research/Report
California’s Students in Foster Care
Learning Policy Institute
A report examining school conditions and education outcomes for students experiencing foster care.
Tool / Toolkit
Friend Bank Toolkit
March For Our Lives
A guide to organizing and mobilizing friend groups for political action.
Tool / Toolkit
Host a Community Event Toolkit
March For Our Lives
A guide to hosting high-impact community events for political organizing.
Tool / Toolkit
Letter Writing Campaign Toolkit
March For Our Lives
A guide to organizing a high-impact letter writing campaign to elected officials.
Tool / Toolkit
Tabling Toolkit
March For Our Lives
A guide to setting up eye-catching tables at public events to gather voter registrations.
Research/Report
Planning Cities With Young People and Schools: Forging Justice, Generating Joy
Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development
A book offering best-practice recommendations for reimagining the future of our cities for and with our young people, sharing the viewpoint of young people from low-income communities of color and their public schools.
Research/Report
In Search of Equity for English Learners
Californians Together
A review of California school districts' 2021-2024 Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) that seeks to understand how districts are addressing the needs of English learners in their plans.
Tool / Toolkit
Engaging Youth Voice in Advocacy
createCA
A guide to building youth-adult partnerships for political advocacy.
Tool / Toolkit
Strategic Arts Education Planning Guide
createCA
A technical guide to step-by-step planning for arts and arts education based on the Technology of Participation methods.
Tool / Toolkit
Black Minds Matter: 2022 Fact Sheet
Education Trust, Inc.
A fact sheet with data about the progress and deficiencies that California has made on living up to its educational responsibilities to Black students and families.
Tool / Toolkit
Math Matters Campaign
Education Trust, Inc.
A web page dedicated to the effort to bring math instruction into the 21st century in California, and enable every student to succeed.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Momentum: A Policy Agenda for Accelerating Racial Equity in California’s Education Systems in 2022
Education Trust, Inc.
A policy agenda recommending policy priorities around early learning and care, K-12 education, and college access and success.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Moving Forward Together: A Policy Agenda for Racial Equity in California Education Systems in 2023
Education Trust, Inc.
Recommended policy priorities for California education systems for pandemic recovery and progressive policymaking to advance racial equity in education.
Policy Brief/Proposal
The Equity 8 – California’s Key Legislative Proposals: 2022
Education Trust, Inc.
Ed Trust-West's annual analysis of the California budget and proposed legislation for 2022, identifying 8 key proposals with the potential to advance educational equity and justice for California’s students and educators.
Tool / Toolkit
Equity is Justice: The Community-Led Fight for the Student Equity Need Index (SENI)
InnerCity Struggle
A slide presentation that provides background on the Student Equity Need Index (SENI) and how community was involved in winning, implementing, and benefiting from it.
Research/Report
Postsecondary Opportunity for Immigrant High School Students: Promoting Equity Through Schoolwide Structures, Programs, and Culture
Internationals Network for Public Schools
A report that shares real-world examples of how schools that center immigrant English language learners address their college readiness needs.
Framework/Guide
About COYN
New Ways to Work
A document describing the California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN), including their mission, policy objectives, recent achievements, youth fellowships, members, and recent publications and presentations.
Research/Report
California Opportunity Youth Data Report 2022
New Ways to Work
A report that provides a high-level overview of California's disconnected, or "Opportunity Youth" population, published with the objective of drawing attention to a problem that requires immediate action, and to create collaborative recommendations for state and local policy.
Research/Report
Right to Literacy
Public Counsel
An overview of the literacy impact litigation undertaken by Public Counsel to affirm the right of all students to access to literacy, no matter their zip code, skin color, or economic status.