An analysis of the educational data from the first year of the Center for Youth Law's community-based work in Santa Clara County to support systems-impacted young people.

A policy report exploring how educators' professional learning and leadership has been developed at Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) in response to the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in California.

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.

A policy response to the Federal Commission on School Safety.

A training presentation for educators that helps build a shared understanding of the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), part of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), and how to engage with and advocate for student and family voices in the LCAP.

A report about the November 2018 Leadership and Capacity Building in College and Career Pathways symposium, which focused on leadership and capacity-building and the research questions required to address problems of practice faced by pathway administrators, teachers, counselors, and other student support specialists.

A report examining how schools can use effective, research-based practices to create settings in which students’ healthy growth and development are central to the design of classrooms and the school as a whole.

A brief reviewing research demonstrating that student learning and development depend on affirming relationships operating within a positive school climate.

A presentation about the importance of keeping students and their voices at the center of Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) implementation, including a description of student voice wins in LCFF and best practices for engaging students in this work.

A handout advocating for what students and community members of Fresno Unified School District want to see in their Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

A blog post reflecting on the signing of the 2018-2019 California state budget, which included $28.3 million to enhance community engagement in the Local Control Funding Formula, highlighting the advocacy efforts of the Defend and Mend Coalition and emphasizing the importance of partnerships between communities and legislators for equitable education implementation.

A collection of resources for promoting equity in education funding.

A toolkit intended to support organizers, including families and students, as they work with their school communities to understand and engage around the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

A compilation of findings from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) Freshman Survey, known as TFS, which provides data about incoming college students, about the role that arts play in a child's success.

A brief guide for California school and district leaders outlining two steps for engaging stakeholders in the school budgeting process.

A handout detailing legal requirements districts must meet for stakeholder engagement under the Local Control Funding Formula.

A report on the implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula, with key findings and recommendations for the future.

A peer-reviewed field report that describes how high school students from Richmond, California used the Youth - Plan, Learn, Act, Now (Y-PLAN) program to actively participate in the planning and transformation of their school, neighborhoods, and city.

An "at-a-glance" fact sheet about Fresno Unified School District's LCAP for 2014-15.

A case study about how Fresno Unified School District leveraged the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) to bring in more funding and pilot innovative investments.