School Boards in Action: 5 Questions with Jacqueline A. Gaebe, Visalia USD

Jacqueline A. Gaebe, board member, Visalia Unified School District What does your district have planned for the 2022–23 school year to foster learning recovery and educational advancements? One of the key strategies Visalia Unified is utilizing to foster learning recovery is in the area of […]

CSBA talks emergency preparedness, cybersecurity with Cal OES officials

CSBA discussed school safety protocols and resources with California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) officials during the Oct. 24 webinar, “Saved by the Bell: Emergency response in California public schools.” While no one wants to think about worst case scenarios, planning for potential […]

Out-of-school suspension trends and disparities explored in new report

Removing students from the classroom through exclusionary discipline practices like suspensions and expulsions has been proven to negatively impact academic achievement and disproportionately effect specific groups including students of color, low-income children, LGBTQ youth, males and students with disabilities. Following decades where a zero-tolerance approach […]

Access to computer science coursework is growing nationwide despite pandemic, report finds

The pandemic slowed growth in computer science education, but the number of high schools across the United States that offer foundational computer science courses showed a slight increase from 51 percent in 2020–21 to 53 percent in 2021–22, according to a new report. 2022 State […]

Teacher survey shows job dissatisfaction; offers retention and recruitment strategies

Data found in a new report on developing strategies for teacher retention and recruitment in California “should be a wakeup call for all of us,” according to Tyrone Howard, faculty director at UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools (CTS). A Sept. 27 webinar “Voices […]

Parents find post-pandemic hope in alternative education models, survey finds

Among the findings of the first installment of Tyton Partners’ School Disrupted 2022 series, Pandemic Driven Decline in K-12 Public School Enrollment Continues, is that a “seismic shift” has occurred in K-12 enrollment as some parents opt for homeschooling programs, charter or private schools to […]

Supporting students in foster care requires time and resources

California’s Students in Foster Care: Challenges and Promising Practices, a report released by the Learning Policy Institute in July 2022, considers statewide pre-pandemic education data and conversations with county offices of education foster youth services coordinators to find promising practices that can implemented. In 2018–19, […]

National Hispanic Heritage Month: Grupo Folklórico San Ysidro has a rich past, present

Twenty years after its inception, Sweetwater Union High School District’s Grupo Folklórico San Ysidro is still impacting students through the art of dance. The group performed at CSBA’s 2021 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show before the event’s first keynote address and was well received […]

LEAs, federal leaders share how they’re addressing youth mental health

“Addressing the Student Mental Health Crisis,” a webinar hosted by the Healthy Schools Campaign on Sept. 14, showcased how some local educational agencies are handling the challenge as well as what’s being done at the federal level. “The last two-and-a-half years have been intensely difficult […]

CCEE microlearning modules offer support classroom management and instruction

The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) met on Sept. 29 to receive updates on a number of topics, including direct technical assistance efforts, universal preK implementation initiatives and microlearning modules for individuals providing instruction for students. Microlearning modules, brief videos led by “master teachers” […]