At a recent convening of CSBA’s Small School Districts Advisory Workgroup, members brainstormed approaches for building community partnerships. The group, comprising local educational agencies with an average daily attendance of under 2,500 students, meets monthly to discuss timely topics.
On June 11, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released the 2025 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading and mathematics scores for the country’s 9- and 13-year-olds. These scores come from NAEP’s Long-Term Trend (LTT) Assessment, which began in reading in 1971 and in math in 1973.
By Andre Pecina, Corcoran Joint USD superintendent As superintendent of Corcoran Joint Unified School District in Kings County, I believe some of the most important learning we do as leaders happens when we stop, listen and allow students to speak openly about their experiences. On […]
Creating safe schools requires ongoing commitment. Strong policies, informed staff and a shared understanding of responsibility all play a role in preventing child abuse and supporting student well-being. During Child Abuse Prevention Month, Keenan works alongside the ReLiEF Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and CSBA to […]
By Thomas Jackson and Bruce Dickinson Across California, public agencies have invested in energy modernization projects, including solar, battery storage and energy efficiency, to cut operating costs and protect their budgets against rising utility rates. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides substantial tax credits in […]
Commentary by Melanie Waffle I serve on a school board, and I’m also a mom. That means I live in two parallel worlds: the public one, where policy is debated under the lights and eyes of a public meeting and the private one, where someone […]
By Genoveva Islas On May 22, after an all-night session, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by 215 to 214 votes, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” outlining a spending plan for the U.S. At this writing, the U.S. Senate is now voting on their […]
By Erika Hoffman, CSBA Deputy Legislative Director for State and Federal Programs On May 30, the Trump Administration submitted full details for the President’s proposed fiscal year 2026 education budget, which fills in the data and information that was not included in the original “skinny” […]
By CSBA Legislative Advocate Carlos Machado Assembly Bill 1390, authored by Assemblymember José Luis Solache, Jr. (D-Lynwood), received bipartisan support from the Assembly last week. Passed on a vote of 61-2, the bill moves to the Senate for consideration. CSBA-sponsored AB 1390 would update the […]
The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results, released on Jan. 28, covering mathematics and reading scores for students in grades 4 and 8 show that while California has made some progress in catching up to the national average, more work remains.
