From patrol drones to online trackers, a recent report from the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) shows drastic growth in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies in schools, as well as increasing parental concern and lack of awareness about these tools. […]
The U.S. Department of Education recently released a report, Raise the Bar: Supporting Rural Communities — Boldly Improve Learning Conditions, Eliminate Educator Shortages, highlighting ways to better support educator workforce preparation for rural communities. “Eliminating the educator shortage is especially urgent for rural schools, which […]
The Riverside County Office of Education recently launched an initiative focused on partnerships and collaboration to address the myriad challenges that foster students throughout the county face both in and outside of the classroom. Data show foster youth throughout the nation continue to face lower […]
Spotlighting promising programs for Black History Month Emery Unified School District — a two-school district located in the Bay Area — has seen significant improvement among its African American students in recent years, with test scores on the rise and chronic absence rates declining. As […]
A new case study from Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) examines how a pilot program in Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) successfully leveraged leadership, strategic resource use and collaborative structures to improve elementary math instruction and scale practices. As a part of the […]
Foster youth in California face an array of systemic barriers that often interfere with their educational success. The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools recently released a report, Understanding Belongingness, Support, and Perseverance: An Exploratory Study of the Educational Experiences of Foster Youth in […]
California adopted a new K-12 mathematics framework in 2023 with the goal of promoting the complex skills students need to succeed in their education and beyond, including mastery of challenging content, critical thinking, problem solving, effective communication and collaboration. The shift requires local educational agencies […]
Dual enrollment college courses are now offered at 90 percent of public high schools across the country, with nearly 2.5 million high school students taking advantage of the opportunity to get a jumpstart on their higher education. While these students tend to have higher rates […]
While large gaps persist in subject-specific training and credentials to teach STEM courses like physical sciences and computer science, the STEM teacher workforce in high-need schools has been surprisingly resilient despite increasing staffing pressures over the last three decades, according to new research from the […]
The California State Board of Education (SBE) began the new year by discussing various items related to accountability, curriculum, instructional materials and more during its Jan. 15 meeting. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond opened by recounting the devastation caused by the fires in […]
