In spring 2025, the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) surveyed its members to explore how schools are engaging students more directly in their communications. NSPRA then worked with SchoolStatus, a company helping districts tackle issues with “data-driven solutions,” to broaden the pool of real-world […]
A new report by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools evaluates the success of scaling up California’s Multi-Tiered System of Support (CA MTSS) initiative. Scaling Equity: Unfulfilled Promises and Lessons From California’s MTSS Initiative evaluates the Phase 2 expansion, which was centered on […]
More than one in four children in the U.S. are chronically absent, defined as missing 10 percent or more of their school days, putting their long-term learning health, development and economic prospects at risk. Chronic absence affects all students, with significant disparities by geography, race […]
Micro-credentials — qualifications awarded to students and workers who complete short, often skills-based courses — have become increasingly popular in higher education and the workforce and are now growing in the K-12 education sector. A new report by FutureEd, Skill Building: The Emerging Micro-credential Movement […]
The June 26-27 meeting of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) continued its deep dive into reviewing and amending teaching performance assessments, the exams that must be passed to obtain a credential, including the approval of the launch of the new Literacy Performance Assessment (LPA) on July 1.
Enrollment in California schools continued to decline in the 2024–25 school year, but at a significantly slower rate compared to the years directly following pandemic closures when enrollment dropped by more than 200,000, according to new annual data released by the California Department of Education […]
A new report from UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools examines the economic consequences of students’ that did not graduate high school, chronic absenteeism and disciplinary policies. The Ten Billion Dollar Deficit: The Economic Burdens of Inequities Across California Schools was produced in collaboration […]
Research shows that teachers who obtain their credentials from preparation programs that provide extensive student teaching are more effective and stay in the profession longer than teachers prepared on faster tracks. A new report from Educator Registered Apprenticeship (ERA) Intermediary, with the support of WestEd, […]
Pride Month is a time to celebrate the contributions of the LGBTQ community and also provides an opportunity to dig deeper into the challenges faced by LGBTQ youth and work with communities to ensure students have access to the wraparound services that help promote academic […]
A new National Education Association (NEA) evaluation of teacher pay and state spending on education in the United States shows California is far ahead of the curve in advancing teacher pay. The state ranks number one in the nation for average teacher salary in 2023–24 […]
