On Oct. 15, the California Department of Education released updates for the California School Dashboard and the results of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). The Dashboard and CAASPP results paint a picture similar to the past several years: incremental progress and vast disparities between student groups.
“When policymakers discuss educational inequality, the conversation usually centers on teachers, curriculum, or school funding. Yet one important factor often receives far less attention: the condition of the school building itself,” researchers from the Learning Policy Institute and the University at Albany wrote in an Oct. 7 report that calls for state policymakers to address unequal access to adequate school facilities.
The Oct. 22-23 meeting of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) saw only one action item regarding implementation issues candidates are experiencing with the newly adopted Child Development Permit structure. The commission also received several key updates about teacher performance assessments and met in […]
This Weekly Update provides members with the latest news from the association as well as important education-related developments. CSBA was recently the subject of a malicious cyberattack resulting in outages to some internal systems, including the primary CSBA website, training registration and email marketing systems. […]
The percentage of students with disabilities served by California schools has increased 4 percentage points in the last decade — even as overall enrollment has declined — making up a total of roughly 15 percent of the population (more than 880,000 students) in 2025–26, according to the Public Policy Institute of California’s October fact sheet on the subject.
The National Council on Teacher Quality’s (NCTQ) September report on teacher pay found that in California, nearly $28 billion went toward teacher salaries in 2024–25.
The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) gave California an F grade in its 2026 National Report Card on State Efforts to Improve Financial Literacy in High Schools, but projects the state could earn an A grade by 2031.
Considering internationally comparable data, 9.1 percent of primary and secondary teachers in the dozens of countries tracked by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) were not fully qualified in 2024–25, according to its Education at a Glance 2026 report.
Common Sense Media on Sept. 29 released a collection of free resources to support families, teachers and district leaders to support thoughtful, developmentally appropriate decisions about technology use in the classroom.
This Weekly Update provides members with the latest news from the association as well as important education-related developments. CSBA was recently the subject of a malicious cyberattack resulting in outages to some internal systems, including the primary CSBA website, training registration and email marketing systems. […]
