Despite recent improvements in attendance, chronic absenteeism rates remain stubbornly high throughout the state, according to a March fact sheet released by the Public Policy Institute of California. Absenteeism peaked in 2021–22 when nearly 1.8 million California TK–12 students (30 percent) were considered chronically absent. […]
Early career exposure is critical to addressing student disengagement among middle and high schoolers and closing workforce gaps, according to the 2025 State of the Future U.S. Workforce Report released in February by YouScience. Data from 450,000 middle and high school students across all 50 […]
A Feb. 12 webinar hosted by Whiteboard Advisors — an education strategy consulting, communications and advocacy firm — featured experts and education leaders delving into the results of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the nation’s report card. Hilary Knudson, […]
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.
Strong family engagement has been shown to improve student outcomes, school climate and more, but schools and parents alike often find that meaningful engagement can be extremely challenging to put into practice. On Jan. 15, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments held a […]
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.
The Riverside County Office of Education recently launched an initiative focused on partnerships and collaboration to address the myriad challenges that foster students throughout the county face both in and outside of the classroom. Data show foster youth throughout the nation continue to face lower […]
Spotlighting promising programs for Black History Month Emery Unified School District — a two-school district located in the Bay Area — has seen significant improvement among its African American students in recent years, with test scores on the rise and chronic absence rates declining. As […]
A new case study from Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) examines how a pilot program in Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) successfully leveraged leadership, strategic resource use and collaborative structures to improve elementary math instruction and scale practices. As a part of the […]
Dual enrollment college courses are now offered at 90 percent of public high schools across the country, with nearly 2.5 million high school students taking advantage of the opportunity to get a jumpstart on their higher education. While these students tend to have higher rates […]
