Statewide efforts to increase rates of dual enrollment participation among high school students were paying off prior to the pandemic, but have stalled since students returned to in-person instruction, according to a recent breakdown from Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE). Focused on dual enrollment […]
Black girls face higher rates of discipline and more severe punishments than girls from other racial backgrounds for the same infractions, according to a report released Sept. 19 by the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO). A first-of-its-kind snapshot of the disciplinary disparities that Black girls […]
San Francisco’s Kindergarten to College (K2C) program, which provides every child entering kindergarten with a Children’s Savings Account (CSA) seeded with $50 toward their future education, led to significantly more young people enrolling in college with underrepresented students seeing the greatest benefit, according to new […]
As schools nationwide continue to face declining enrollment, the likelihood of school closures is increasing across communities. A Sept. 25 report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute identified almost 500 schools throughout the country that could be potential candidates based on enrollment and achievement factors. […]
Negative trends related to disproportionate disciplinary rates have crept back into schools following pandemic closures, according to first-year findings of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools and UC Berkeley Center for Research on Expanding Educational Opportunity’s Race, Education, and Community Healing (REACH) Network. […]
Believing that far too many students still exist in “factory model” educational settings where things are standardized and impersonal, the Learning Policy Institute’s new report, Redesigning High Schools: 10 Features for Success, provides insights to build more equitable and empowering school systems.
A diverse workforce in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) not only provides more potential for innovation by leveraging different backgrounds, experiences and points of view, but students who enter these fields are likely to experience higher median earnings and lower rates of unemployment compared […]
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Education Technology published guidance for developers of artificial intelligence (AI) for educational settings in July outlining ways in which edtech providers can build trust with local educational agencies as they integrate AI into products and platforms. The guidance […]
Student arrest rates double when police are on school sites, often impacting minority youth and students with disabilities, according to a report released on July 8 by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The report, K-12 Education: Differences in Student Arrest Rates Widen when Race, Gender, […]
New survey findings show 97 percent of California local educational agencies and 88 percent of community-based organizations (CBOs) used Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELO-P) funds to serve more students either by opening new programs or expanding existing ones. Based on more than 100 surveys and […]
