Resources
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 […]
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 […]
CSBA’s Research and Education Policy Development (REPD) team released on June 17 a new brief focusing on LGBTQ students as part of its Students in Focus series, which features briefs and fact sheets related to the educational needs of various student groups. Of the 3.2 […]
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 […]
Sylvia Leong was elected as the CSBA Director-at-Large, API in 2022 and advocates for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) student needs statewide. She is serving her third term on the Cupertino Union School District board and serves as CSBA liaison to the Asian Pacific […]
A WestEd webinar held April 23 featured a presentation on approaches and best practices for engaging youth as critical partners in fostering safe, healthy and supportive learning environments and real-world examples of empowering youth in Northern California’s Nevada Union High School District. Improving student engagement […]
The impacts of climate change are felt throughout schools in California through extreme heat, wildfires and floods that affect the everyday lives and education of students. Research has shown that rising temperatures and disruptive weather patterns can harm students’ access to school, their health and […]
Nearly half (48 percent) of the 1,591 adults who took part in the Public Policy Institute of California’s (PPIC) latest survey on education feel their local public schools do not receive sufficient state funding.
