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.
Where California ranks on school segregation
Author: Heather Kemp
Preparing bilingual teachers to meet California’s multilingual education goals
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.
Advisory outlines negative impact of screen time for young people
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.
CSBA releases new literacy resources for LEA governance teams
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.
Educators’ views on family engagement
The 2024 California Standards for the Teaching Profession place more emphasis on family engagement, and a recent report from the California Family Engagement Network covers field-level perspectives on related practices and obstacles.
California ranks 33rd among states for child well-being
Measures of children’s well-being — including education, health, economic conditions and family and community — at the national and state levels are included in the 2026 Kids Count Data Book published in June by The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Access to summer programming is an issue, California parents say
The Afterschool Alliance in May released the results of its household survey on the kind of programming parents want their children to participate in during summer and common barriers to entry.
College readiness, access and value in California
A trio of fact sheets released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) in April give a snapshot of college readiness, access and value in the state.
CTC approves steps toward system to address teacher misassignments
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) met June 26 and approved recommended staff actions related to teacher misassignment monitoring sanctions — a proposal for a new intervention system of school-level teacher misassignment identification, support and improvement to increase placements of fully credentialed teachers in their relevant credential areas — despite objections from CSBA and other organizations during public comment.
Survey sheds light on the experiences of LGBTQ+ youth at school
Thirty-two percent of respondents to The Trevor Project’s 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People reported experiencing verbal harassment in the past year while at school because people believed they were LGBTQ+.