Resource Library

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Explore hundreds of resources developed by our grantee partners in on a wide variety of subjects related to adolescent thriving.

Report / Research

Youth Civic Empowerment

YouthTruth

A report offering insight into the current state of youth civic empowerment, revealing troubling patterns of inequity in civic readiness.

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Report / Research

Navigating Change: Strategies to Strengthen California High Schools Amid Declining Enrollment

Bellwether

A report providing guidance on how districts in California and elsewhere can respond to declining enrollment in ways that strengthen high schools.

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Policy Brief/Proposal

The Urgent Need for Child-Centered Artificial Intelligence Policies

National Center for Youth Law

This brief is a call to action for policymakers and stakeholders to prioritize the interests and rights of children and youth in discussions about AI regulation and policy.

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On the Threshold of Change

California Youth Connection

A report using strategic foresight to develop a vision in response to the future forces that will dramatically change the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people who will experience foster care over the next decade as they make the difficult transition to adulthood.

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Tool / Toolkit

Foster Youth Postsecondary Education Planning Resources

John Burton Advocates for Youth

Step-by-step guides providing detailed checklists, resources, and strategies to assist youth with lived experience in foster care to prepare for high school graduation and postsecondary education.

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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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California’s Future is Clocked In: The Experiences of Young Workers

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

A report focused on the conditions of young workers aged 16 to 24 in the state of California.

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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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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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Research/Report

School Funding Effectiveness: Evidence From California’s Local Control Funding Formula

Learning Policy Institute

A study investigating the impacts of LCFF-induced increases in per-pupil spending on student achievement and behavioral outcomes.

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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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Put your money on the table: Interagency Coordination to Address the Crisis in Student Mental and Behavioral Health

WestEd

A report showing how county offices of education (COEs) play a critical role in coordinating and integrating services with other child-serving agencies to serve students and families more effectively.

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Addressing Inequities in College Preparatory Course-Taking

University of California Davis, School of Education

A report examining the variation in statewide participation in college-prepatory courses, including A-G courses, college-credit coursework, and the level of math courses that students take their senior year.

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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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Equitable School Funding

Californians for Justice

A webpage about the fight for equitable school funding and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) in California.

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Tool / Toolkit

CASEL’s District Resource Center

CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

A collection of resources to help school districts make social and emotional learning (SEL) an integral part of every student's education.

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CASEL’s State Resource Center

CASEL: Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

A webpage curated for state leaders and informed by the Collaborating States Initiative, to help state education agencies create and promote state-level social and emotional learning (SEL) practices and policies.

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Story / Case Study / Commentary

2023 California Scorecard of Children’s Well-Being

Children Now

An interactive online report that presents a comprehensive picture of children's health, education, and welfare in California's 58 counties for 2023.

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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.