Preparing bilingual teachers to meet California’s multilingual education goals

The Global California 2030 initiative, which aims to have half of the state’s K-12 students participating in programs that promote proficiency in two or more languages by 2030, has led to the expansion of dual language immersion offerings. A recent brief from the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools considers whether current pipelines can provide enough educators who have appropriate training to meet the goal.

Small Schools, Big Ideas: Expanding CTE and boosting student achievement in Monson-Sultana ESD

What began as a response to requests from families for additional electives for their students enrolled in the Monson-Sultana Elementary School District has become a critical component of recent improvements in academic achievement, attendance and more.

New research details links between disproportionate discipline and policy, student and classroom factors

A new brief from researchers at Johns Hopkins University and the Annenberg Institute at Brown University synthesizes current studies on how local educational agencies can reduce racial inequities in school discipline — particularly exclusionary discipline practices such as suspensions and expulsions — and examines why many discipline reforms fail to produce lasting change.

CSBA’s approach to reciprocal accountability complements the state’s education governance reform

In 2024, CSBA began laying the groundwork for what eventually became the SOS for Student Achievement: Close the State Accountability Gap campaign. Backed by research, the approach calls for greater focus, alignment, efficiency and support in state operations, creating conditions conducive to success for school districts and county offices of education across California.

National school board member survey details impact of COVID-era conflicts on education governance

Local educational agency trustees have always had to navigate conflicting opinions over school budgets, curriculum and more, but as clashes over pandemic-related school closures; masking and vaccine policies; programs supporting diversity, equity and inclusion and other topic went viral online, school board meetings throughout the country became more contentious, sometimes to the detriment of trustees’ well-being.