Month: February 2022

Creative solutions and state and federal supports needed to solve teacher shortages

teacher with student

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, schools are struggling to fill teaching positions — and not only due to exposure to the virus. A new report by the Learning Policy Institute, Teacher Shortages During the Pandemic: How California Districts Are Responding, shares the results of […]

Learning self-efficacy, improving outcomes for African American students in Bakersfield

Banner showing two shadow profiles facing each other. Red, yellow and green colors in the background. Text reads Black History Month, February

This Black History Month, CSBA spotlights programs helping to close opportunity and achievement gaps. In Bakersfield City School District, a program for African American students is empowering young people to challenge common notions and media portrayals of what it is to be a Black youth […]