Grantee Resources

Topic: Youth Thriving Through Learning

Research/Report

FosterEd, Antelope Valley Progress Report Year One

National Center for Youth Law

An analysis of the educational data from the 2018-2019 school year of the Center for Youth Law's work in Los Angeles County in partnership with Palmdale School District to support the individual needs of children in foster care and systems change at a district level.

Research/Report

Compassionate Systems: Monterey Program Progress Report

National Center for Youth Law

A report sharing the National Center for Youth Law's program model for supporting students experiencing homelessness in Monterey County, California to graduate from high school with the widest array of possibilities for their future.

Story / Case Study / Commentary

Promising Practice in Action: Create and Foster Learning Experiences that Honor Students’ Humanity

Education Trust, Inc.

A brief profile describing how Vintage High School, part of Napa Valley Unified School District, helps students build college-going identities by deliberately taking steps to understand and value the cultures of the students, families, and communities that they serve.

Webinar / Video / Podcast

College and Career Readiness Promising Practice – Meaningful External Partnerships

Education Trust, Inc.

A peek into schools and districts across California that have taken intentional steps to build powerful external partnerships in order to increase opportunities and supports for underrepresented students of color, low-income students, and English learner students to graduate high school prepared for college and career.

Webinar / Video / Podcast

College and Career Readiness Promising Practice – Making A-G the Default Curriculum

Education Trust, Inc.

A peek into schools and districts across California that have taken intentional steps to make A-g the default curriculum in order to increase opportunities and supports for underrepresented students of color, low-income students, and English learner students to graduate high school prepared for college and career.

Webinar / Video / Podcast

College and Career Readiness Promising Practice – Celebrating Student Efforts

Education Trust, Inc.

A peek into schools and districts across California that have taken intentional steps to celebrate student efforts in order to increase opportunities and supports for underrepresented students of color, low-income students, and English learner students to graduate high school prepared for college and career.

Research/Report

California’s Golden Opportunity: Learning is the Work

Michael Fullan Enterprises Inc.

A report examining the progress and challenges of California's education reform efforts, focusing on the implementation of the California Way and its impact on student learning, highlighting areas such as underfunding, complexity, capacity building, the role of intermediary agencies, and the risk of reverting back to compliance, providing insights for education leaders and policymakers seeking to improve the state's education system.

Webinar / Video / Podcast

LCFF: Pomona Case Study

University of South Carolina, College of Education

A 2-minute video about Paula and Jamie, two sixth grade teachers at Armstrong Elementary School who knocked down the wall between their classrooms and started working together to realize a happier, more relaxed classroom.

Research/Report

California’s Positive Outliers

Learning Policy Institute

A report summarizing the results of a quantitative analysis that identifies districts in which students of color, as well as their White peers, have demonstrated extraordinary levels of academic achievement.

Policy Brief/Proposal

California’s Positive Outliers Brief

Learning Policy Institute

An brief identifying positive outlier districts in which students of color, as well as White students, consistently achieve at higher levels than students from similar racial/ethnic backgrounds and from families of similar income and education levels in most other districts.

Story / Case Study / Commentary

California Kids Are Falling Behind In Education And More. What Is The State Doing To Help?

Children Now

An article highlighting California Governor Gavin Newsom's commitment to improving the lives of children in the state, focusing on issues such as the achievement gap in schools and childhood poverty, and discussing the efforts being made to address these challenges, particularly in early childhood education and support.

Research/Report

Aligning Systems for Equity

University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Education

A report about the April 2019 Aligning College and Career Pathway Systems for Equity symposium, in which participants identified the high priority problems of system alignment affecting equitable pathway development, and the specific research questions that need to be answered in order to guide policy and practice.