A recent brief published by Californians Together details the expansion of the State Seal of Biliteracy (SSB) over the past 15 years and offers state and local recommendations to help further boost access for students — particularly those classified as English learners (EL) and reclassified fluent English proficient (RFEP).
Segregation in education settings is on the rise, cautions a resource that ranks states on racial and economic segregation in public schools and offers strategies to address the issue.
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.
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.
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.
The U.S. Surgeon General in May published an advisory about the harms of screen use for children and adolescents as well as actions families, schools and policymakers can take to protect them.
A June brief from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) examines the state’s early literacy policies, identifying slow, incremental steps taken to solve a critical, long-standing problem.
More than 60 percent of teachers report using artificial intelligence (AI) and those who do largely believe that it has made them more productive despite also citing concerns about the impact of AI on students’ critical thinking, according to an NPR/Ipsos poll released in June.
CSBA’s Research and Education Policy Development Department published a trio of new literacy-related resources in May to support governance teams’ knowledge of prominent concepts, legislation, conversations on the subject and more.
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.
