Research
A new report from WestEd, Revisiting California’s Invisible Achievement Gap: Trends in Education Outcomes of Students in Foster Care in the Context of the Local Control Funding Formula, highlights the persistent disparities that young people in the foster care system face while in school.
Results of a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 shows that girls and boys across the U.S. face different societal pressures and have different experiences at school but want the same things out of life. Released on March 13, the […]
The Learning Policy Institute’s January report, How States Are Expanding Quality Summer Learning Opportunities, and its accompanying brief and fact sheet cover the findings of nine case studies from Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont where policies and practices have been successfully implemented to support summer learning.
Only 30 percent of the nation’s largest school districts are led by women, and they continue to face unique challenges and stressors compared to their male colleagues, according to the annual Women Leading Ed Insight Survey, released in February. This percentage has largely stayed stagnant […]
Stories about people of color and LGBTQ topics continue to be banned in school libraries at disproportionate rates, according to the latest analysis from PEN America, a free speech advocacy organization that tracks curriculum censorship. The report, released on Feb. 27, is based on PEN […]
Children experiencing homelessness, those in foster care, migratory students, and youth involved in the juvenile legal system face compounded challenges that disrupt their education, health and future opportunities. The UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools released a report in February, Often Overlooked but Not […]
The 2024 State of American Indian & Alaska Native Education in California report details the progress made and challenges that persist in K-12 and higher education systems in the eight years following the release of the previous edition.
SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan updated data profiles on child and youth homelessness in January to include four years of federal homelessness data, as well as state-, county-, local educational agency-, U.S. Congressional district- and state legislative district-level data. New […]
The U.S. Department of Education recently released a report, Raise the Bar: Supporting Rural Communities — Boldly Improve Learning Conditions, Eliminate Educator Shortages, highlighting ways to better support educator workforce preparation for rural communities. “Eliminating the educator shortage is especially urgent for rural schools, which […]
Research shows that school leaders play a pivotal role in school and student success, with effective principals boosting attendance, academic achievement and other educational outcomes. However, like the teacher pipeline, the staffing pipeline for principals is facing significant challenges. A recent policy snapshot released by […]
