As states around the country — 15 at the time of this writing — sue the federal government over LGBTQ protections in its Title IX rule released in April, a new survey from The Trevor Project revealed that 39 percent of LGBTQ young people have […]
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IQC discusses plans for future framework and instructional materials adoption projects
Media literacy resources and Model School Library Standards as they relate to curriculum framework revisions were among the topics discussed at the May 16 Instructional Quality Commission meeting. Commissioners also received an update on California Arts Education Framework implementation and information on the California Department […]
Survey finds women in education leadership continue to experience bias
Results of the 2023–24 Women Leading Ed Insight Survey released in March show that many women are still dealing with the same professional challenges they’ve experienced for decades.
New PACE resources cover the benefits of dual enrollment, students’ college preparedness
Almost 63 percent of California high school seniors felt prepared to begin college and two-thirds were satisfied with the advising they received regarding higher education, Policy Analysis for California Education’s (PACE) brief “The Transition to College: Voices From the Class of 2023,” released in March.
Summer planning starts now: Create your summer game plan
By The Partnership for Children & Youth Have you started planning for your summer learning program yet? Summer learning programs are more important than ever as students, schools and communities are still recovering from the negative impacts of school closures and pandemic trauma on students’ […]
Large school districts face minimal competition for students
Majority of the 125 largest school districts in the United States face little competition for their students, according to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s December report, The Education Competition Index: Quantifying competitive pressure in America’s 125 largest school districts. Public school systems compete with other […]
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California recognized for effective measurement of college and career readiness
In a March 2023 report, All4Ed found that since the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015, the majority of states have incorporated college and career readiness indicators into their school accountability systems. The report, Undermeasuring: College and Career Readiness Indicators May Not […]
2020–21 Civil Rights Data Collection shows persistent opportunity and access gaps for underrepresented students
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Nov. 15 released new civil rights data from the 2020–21 school year, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) since the 2017–18 school year. Accompanying the data are […]
IQC approves schedule for math instructional materials adoption, application for reviewers
At its final meeting of the year, the Instructional Quality Commission (IQC) on Nov. 15 approved matters related to the 2025 California Mathematics Instructional Materials Adoption process. The schedule of significant events, online instructional materials review application, and draft content standards and evaluation criteria maps […]