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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.
In a Jan. 23 CSBA webinar, CSBA experts in education law and policy reviewed all aspects of immigration policy related to California public schools. The majority of the webinar examined the impact that the Trump Administration’s new directive to rescind a longstanding “sensitive locations” policy […]
A new brief by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) outlines the strategies used in partnership with California Education Partners (Ed Partners) aimed at improving student outcomes. Over the past four-years, 48 districts participated in an Ed Partners’ collaboration with the goal of improving student […]
By CSBA Business Affiliate Coastline Academy For many, memories of driver’s education begin with scenes not from behind the wheel, but in a typical high school classroom. Often included as part of a health class sequence, driver’s education and training was once a mainstay of […]
On Jan. 10, California’s Department of Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw formally presented the Governor’s January Budget Proposal. A continuance of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s sneak peek presentation of his proposed budget on Jan. 6, the theme for the 2025–26 budget proposal is one of caution and […]
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released a fact sheet, “Dual Enrollment in California,” in November that tracks the expansion of dual enrollment in the state. Dual enrollment enables high school students to take college courses and earn college credits. After stagnating during the […]
Californians Together hosted a Nov. 7 webinar featuring lawyers and school practitioners discussing undocumented youth, partnership models for local educational agencies and legal service providers, and what’s next for federal and state policy. “In supporting our immigrant students and communities, we are facing extraordinary uncertainty […]
School board members, superintendents and school communications staff should be ready to communicate what the loss of ESSER funding for their LEAs. There are no easy answers, but CSBA is providing tips for communication around this difficult topic.
Irene Kearns recalls what it was like to learn California history that didn’t align with what she’s learned from her parents as a child — including the field trips to Gold Rush territory and local missions — only to turn around and be expected to […]
To effectively support students across the United States, public schools need to pull and coordinate funding from federal, state and local sources. Partnerships between agencies across sectors and with community-based organizations can be challenging but necessary; schools alone cannot address all the needs of young […]
