Policy Brief/Proposal
COYN 2023 Policy Agenda
New Ways to Work
A overview of the California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN)'s 2023 policy agenda, describing six issues and the actions that COYN will take to advance them.
Topic: Youth Thriving Through Learning
Tool / Toolkit
Community Schools Story Map
Partnership for the Future of Learning
An interactive map of stories about community schools and the impact they're having across the United States.
Research/Report
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Foster(ing) Youth in the California State University: Understanding the Vital Role of Campus Support Programs
University of California, Los Angeles Center for Transformation of Schools
A study providing an analysis of California State University's campus-based support programs for students with foster care experience.
Research/Report
Community Schooling Issue 4
Berkeley Institute of Urban and Regional Development
A multimedia publication from the UCLA Center for Community Schooling featuring public scholarship to inform the collective struggle for democracy, justice, and public education.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
An Alternative Option for Newcomer High School Students with Interrupted Formal Schooling
Stanford University Graduate School of Education, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
A profile of California Alternative Education describing the efforts of Rudsdale Newcomer High School.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Encinal Students Featured on KQED’s Youth Takeover Week
KQED Inc.
A news story about a youth broadcasters from Encinal Jr. Sr. High School.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Achieving School Alignment
All4Ed
A podcast featuring discussion with Dr. Lorraine Perez, Deputy Superintendent at the Santa Ana Unified School District.
Policy Brief/Proposal
First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2023-24 May Revision
California Budget & Policy Center
A report outlining key pieces of the California governor's May 2023-24 Revision and exploring how the governor prioritized spending amid the first budget shortfall of his tenure.
Policy Brief/Proposal
California’s Major Investment in Universal Transitional Kindergarten
California Education Partners
A policy brief summarizing the challenges facing California's Universal Transitional Kindergarten (UTK), with recommendations for state policies that can align resources and support for high-quality implementation.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Re-Centering Youth Work Across Systems
KP Catalysts, LLC
An opinion essay discussing the importance of reclaiming and reimagining youth work, focusing on meeting youth where they are, creating healing-centered spaces, building healthy communities, and putting resources directly into the hands of young people.
Tool / Toolkit
Toolkit for Transformation
Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
A set of tools to help educators implement deeper learning activities with their students.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
The Future of Smart Podcast
Grantmakers for Education
A 17-episode series of podcasts exploring ideas at the intersection of education, equity, and philanthropy that point us towards a radical re-envisioning of our education system.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
History of the Student Equity Need Index (SENI)
InnerCity Struggle
A Tik-Tok video explaining the Student Equity Need Index (SENI), the formula that determines funding for schools based on the individual needs of each school.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Americans Say Character Education is Schools’ Top Job. So Why Do They Think No One Else Cares?
KP Catalysts, LLC
An opinion essay discussing the Purpose of Education Index, a private opinion study of American people's priorities for the future of education, revealing interesting insights into the different priorities and opinions among various racial and ethnic groups and parents versus the general population.
Story / Case Study / Commentary
Beyond Teacher Leadership: The Role of Teachers as Learners, Innovators, and Designers for Whole Child Education
University of South Carolina, College of Education
An exploratory case study sharing the stories and strategies of two school districts that are committed to student-led learning, community schooling, and whole child education as well as supporting teachers as leaders.
Framework/Guide
Education and Training Vouchers
Urban Institute
A comprehensive evaluation of the Education and Teaching Voucher program to assist young adults in or formerly in foster care with their postsecondary education needs.
Policy Brief/Proposal
Four Ways to Help Young People with Foster Care Experience Afford College
Urban Institute
A set of recommendations for improving the Foster Care system in California.
Research/Report
Participant Perspectives on Education and Training Vouchers
Urban Institute
A research report highlighting the experiences of young people who have experienced foster care and received Chafee Education and Training Vouchers (ETVs) to help fund their postsecondary education.
Webinar / Video / Podcast
Rockin’ Career Tech in High School
All4Ed
A podcast featuring discussion with Brian Miller, Principal of Regional Occupational Programs at Kern High School in Bakersfield, CA.
Research/Report
Supporting Successful Transitions Into Adulthood For Youth In Foster Care: Reforming California’s Independent Living Program
Children Now
A report highlighting data about transition age foster youth, with policy and program recommendations for California's Independent Living Program (ILP).