Afterschool Alliance’s latest report in its America After 3PM series, Lost Opportunity: Afterschool in Demand, But Out of Reach for Many, offers information on the experiences and needs of children and families between 3 and 6 p.m. when the school day is done but many parents are still finishing their work day.
The Dec. 18 California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) board meeting largely focused on data.
A recent evaluation by EdTrust provides insights on how 23 states, including California, are addressing chronic absenteeism.
A recent report from The Center for Democracy and Technology, Hand in Hand: Schools’ Embrace of AI Connected to Increased Risks to Students, provides the results of nationally representative surveys of high school students, middle and high school teachers and parents regarding artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024–25 and four emerging hazards related to its use in education.
California School Boards: Navigating Democracy in Divided Times provides a glimpse at how trustees see their role, how they are handling recent and ongoing periods of contention as well as what is needed to “ensure the promise of robust, locally governed public education systems.”
Some progress has been made in addressing the national bus driver shortage but K-12 schools are still impacted, according to an analysis by the Economy Policy Institute.
Open enrollment, a policy widely supported by parents, allows students to transfer to K-12 public schools outside of their residentially assigned campus if space is available. In practice, this can allow students to find the right educational setting for them to thrive.
In the first major study on basic aid since California’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) was enacted in 2013, researchers determined that 139 districts, which serve 5.5 percent of the state’s TK-12 students, benefit from growing funding advantages.
Artificial intelligence (AI) was a top education technology (edtech) priority for states during the 2024–25 academic year, surpassing cybersecurity for the first time, according to the 2025 State EdTech Trends Report by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) in collaboration with Whiteboard Advisors.
A report by the Learning Policy Institute and EdPrepLab builds on recent research about how people learn and insights gained from leading-edge preparation programs. The report recommends changes that may benefit both educator preparation programs and the schools they will serve.
