Thousands of education leaders joined CSBA in Sacramento Dec. 3-5 for the 2025 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show (AEC), confirming their commitment to professional development and passion for championing students’ academic and social-emotional well-being.
An Oct. 9 webinar hosted by CSBA featured initial analysis of results from the 2025 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and CSBA issuing a challenge to the state to create a state-level plan focused on what state agencies and policymakers will do differently to better support local educational agencies in closing the achievement gap.
Assertive advocacy, practical policy and bipartisan spirit were on display as more than 300 California school trustees and superintendents converged on the nation’s capital for the fourth annual CSBA‑ACSA Coast2Coast Federal Advocacy Trip. As part of the largest delegation in Coast2Cost history, participants sharpened their advocacy skills, absorbed timely policy insight and delivered an unequivocal message to Congress: strong public schools are America’s best investment, and California’s 5.8 million students can’t wait for political gridlock to clear before their needs are met.
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).
On July 30, CSBA joined State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, school system leaders and University of California researchers at the California Department of Education’s headquarters in Sacramento to help launch a statewide initiative that aims to create millions of housing units on land owned by local educational agencies.
At CSBA, we fight to the last inch to protect Proposition 98 and to preserve local control because these principles are essential to strengthen public schools and secure the conditions needed to provide every student with a high-quality education. Unfortunately, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2024–25 May Revise contains an existential threat to Prop 98 that demands strong action to uphold our code and protect education funding.
There’s no place like home and as a California native and lifelong resident, I firmly believe the West Coast is the best coast. However, there’s no denying the political center of gravity in the United States rests in the East, specifically in Washington, D.C. So, I was happy to once again participate in the ACSA-CSBA Coast2Coast Federal Advocacy Trip where I joined about 250 other education leaders in making the case for the legislation and resources California students need.
By CSBA President Albert Gonzalez As a longtime school board member and lifelong learner, I relish the opportunity to receive training, share my perspective and engage with colleagues on governance issues. It’s one of the reasons I became so involved with and remain a huge […]
By CSBA President Albert Gonzalez Serving as a board of education member is a process of constant learning. Even in my 16 years as a trustee, I am still refining my practice and expanding the toolkit I use in this job. One area where I’ve […]
By CSBA President Albert Gonzalez As I sat down to write this column, my first as CSBA President, I couldn’t help but consider my upbringing and the path that led me to this point. I never could have imagined myself in this position when I […]
