The 2024 State of American Indian & Alaska Native Education in California report details the progress made and challenges that persist in K-12 and higher education systems in the eight years following the release of the previous edition.
Although the state’s recent move to implement a universal financial aid application policy for high school seniors is a step toward informing young people of the support they can receive to pursue higher education, a report published by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) in February considers how receiving CalFresh and Medi-Cal benefits can impact the financial burdens many college students still face.
The November election was the first time 16- and 17-year-olds were able to vote for local school board races in two Alameda County local educational agencies. At a Dec. 6 session at CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show, representatives from Berkeley and Oakland unified school districts spoke on how they enacted youth voting and the results of their efforts.
At a November webinar hosted by the California Department of Education (CDE) focused on supporting academic achievement among Black students, attendees heard from state and district-level leaders about successful initiatives and available resources.
Butte County Office of Education’s use of trauma-informed arts educators following the Camp Fire can be duplicated in local educational agencies across the state to support student well-being.
The Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) convened for its first meeting of the year on Jan. 30 following an orientation day on Jan. 29 to hold elections, set goals for 2025 and receive presentations regarding personal finance curriculum and newly revised Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations.
A Jan. 29 webinar hosted by CSBA’s AI Taskforce titled “Ethical AI in Education: Building transparent frameworks for the future” offered local educational agency leaders tips on creating an artificial intelligence (AI) governance committee, environmental scans and organizational roadmaps, and evaluation metrics for the use of new education technology (edtech).
Over a three-year period beginning in 2020, Grass Valley School District, located in Nevada County, was able to implement strategies that improved literacy instruction and outcomes for students.
WestEd’s new report, Native Students and High School Success: Lessons on Achieving Graduation From Five Bureau of Indian Education Schools, outlines eight promising practices that have emerged from BIE schools in Washington, Iowa, New Mexico, Oklahoma and North Dakota.
A national survey of 467 superintendents conducted over summer 2024 considered the societal and fiscal costs of recent conflicts happening in schools and found that two-thirds of respondents, who represent 46 states, have experienced moderate to high rates of culturally divisive clashes in their local educational agencies since the pandemic.
