Topic: Youth Thriving Through Learning

Story / Case Study / Commentary

Community Schools in Rural California: Leveraging Shared Resources in West Kern County

Learning Policy Institute

This case study examines how a cross-district collaborative in Kern County leveraged shared resources to implement the community schools strategy in support of student success and well-being in a rural context.

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Research/Report

District Supports for Community Schools: How Systems Can Enable High-Quality Implementation

Learning Policy Institute

This brief synthesizes findings from case studies of three LEAs that support urban and rural community school networks, highlighting how they have supported and scaled effective community schools implementation in their unique settings.

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Research/Report

A Snapshot of Postsecondary Access and Opportunity in California

Institute for Higher Education Policy

This brief offers a snapshot of the strategies California has employed to expand postsecondary access without race-conscious policies or practices.

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Research/Report

A New Vision for Adolescent Learning and Well-Being

In this study, Sarah Fine, Santiago Rincón-Gallardo, and Michael Fullan examine the pioneering work of six California education systems—Lindsay Unified, Oakland Unified, Fresno Unified, Shasta County Office of Education, Monterey Peninsula Unified, and Anaheim Union High School District—that leveraged an influx of state funding to drive systemic transformations in secondary education.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

Community-Connected Redesign at Fremont High School

Learning Policy Institute

This brief tells the story of Fremont High School's redesign journey from an isolated campus with severe underenrollment to a vibrant community school where students have access to authentic, community-connected learning and families hold power on campus.

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Framework/Guide

Learner-Centered Ecosystem

Learner-Centered Collaborative

This resource outlines a new framework for education systems and learning experiences to create a learner-centered paradigm that brings out the best in each and every learner.

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Tool / Toolkit

STEPS for Youth

UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent

An online tool that provides resources on adolescent brain and social development to help policymakers and other youth-focused professionals create more effective policies to support young people.

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Graphic/Infographic

Growth Interrupted: An Update on Dual Enrollment Participation Among Public High School Graduates

Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)

This series of charts highlights trends in dual enrollment in public high schools since 2016, finding that growth in participation was disrupted by the pandemic and that equity gaps persist.

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Research/Report

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

All4Ed

A report describing four types of school credit transfer policies that policymakers should consider to ensure that students and taxpayers reap the full benefit of dual enrollment.

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Webinar / Video / Podcast

How Bay Area Youth Distributed 2.4M

Northern California Grantmakers

A video about the Generational Recovery Fund (GRF), a youth-led, time-limited Bay Area regional pooled fund that invested in helping Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) youth to successfully navigate their recovery from the harms of COVID-19.

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Framework/Guide

Expanding Horizons

Partnership for Children & Youth

A report that makes the case for investing in expaned learning for older youth, offers compelling evidence of their benefits, provides examples of what these programs look like in action, and charts a path forward for public policy advocates and education leaders.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

Districts must empower teachers to lead the way for whole-child education

University of South Carolina, College of Education

An op-ed arguing for and offering creative suggestions for schools to adopt whole-child approaches.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

Free Range Humans

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

A podcast that explores "how we can make schools fit for human consumption," hosted by Jal Mehta, professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Rod Allen, former district superintendent and Assistant Deputy Minister with the BC Ministry of Education.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

The 2023 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda

Children Now

A comprehensive state-level policy roadmap to ensure that all California children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

Equity Alert: Black Students Need More from California’s Equity Multiplier

Education Trust, Inc.

This resource offers four recommendations to support Black student success, with a focus on the funding, Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs), and System of Support components of the California governor's 2023 budget proposal.

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Tool / Toolkit

Joint Board Resolution: Dual Enrollment Equitable Expansion

Education Trust, Inc.

A sample joint board resolution template for K-12 and community college district (CCD) boards to commit to dual enrollment.

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Tool / Toolkit

Jumpstart: A California Roadmap for Equitable Dual Enrollment Policy & Practice

Education Trust, Inc.

A brochure for K-12 and community college district leaders with recommendations for expanding dual enrollment access in their schools and communities.

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Tool / Toolkit

What is Dual Enrollment? A Brief Guide for Students and Families

Education Trust, Inc.

A one-page brochure to support students and families in understanding the basics around dual enrollments.

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Framework/Guide

Deeper Learning Dozen 2022-2023 Playbook

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

An overview of the Deeper Learning Dozen experience.

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Tool / Toolkit

Golden State Pathways

Linked Learning Alliance

A resource about a grant program to improve college and career readiness in California high schools.

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