While boys and girls start kindergarten on roughly equal footing in math, boys consistently gain ground during the kindergarten year and continue pulling ahead through fifth grade, according to new research from the Brookings Institution.
A new brief from the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools highlighted evolving trends in California’s teacher pipeline and workforce from 2019–20 through 2023–24. Researchers found that during this six-year time period, the number of experienced teachers decreased while the number of first-year teachers increased, suggesting both decreased teacher retention and increased recruitment post-COVID.
A January webinar hosted by Lavinia Partners — an education consulting firm that partners with local educational agencies to support teacher and leader development, strategic planning and summer learning — shared how to make the most of summer programming. Over the past five years, experts […]
A couple bucks here, a few dollars there — it all adds up to about $49 million in losses for local educational agencies, according to a report released by KEV Group, a provider of K-12 school finance management solutions.
Dozens of attendees gathered in San Diego March 11-12 for the CSBA Counties Governance Workshop where the focus of sessions and micro-trainings was a core responsibility of county boards — serving at-promise students such as foster youth.
For the three in 10 California children ages 12-17 who report symptoms that meet the criteria for serious psychological distress, the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative and the California Community Schools Partnership Program are crucial lifelines. The two programs invest a combined $8 billion in the mental health of children and teens, including school-based services.
In light of recent allegations against César Chávez, local educational agencies (LEAs) have received numerous questions regarding whether to celebrate the upcoming César Chávez state holiday on March 31, 2026, and how to rename schools and other facilities named after Chávez. César Chávez holiday LEAs are not mandated to observe the César Chávez holiday and CSBA sample Board Policy/Administrative Regulation (BP/AR) 6115 – Ceremonies and Observances does not list it as a mandatory holiday. Nevertheless, many LEAs observe the César Chávez holiday because Education Code Section […]
The U.S. is the sole high-income country that lacks guaranteed paid parental leave, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality’s (NCTQ) January report State of the States: Investing in Teachers and Families Through Paid Parental Leave. This leaves teachers, a woman-dominated field, without needed support and causes many to exit the profession or never enter it at all.
Rates of chronic absenteeism in California still haven’t returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a March fact sheet by the Public Policy Institute of California that gives an overview of the topic.
On March 17, Assemblymembers Darshana Patel (D-San Diego), Rhodesia Ransom (D-Tracy) and Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) joined CSBA CEO & Executive Director Vernon M. Billy, CSBA President Dr. Debra Schade and Hope Elementary School District Superintendent Melanie Matta at the Capitol to unveil the SOS for Student Achievement: Close the state accountability gap campaign and related legislation to improve overall student performance, close achievement gaps and establish comprehensive state-level support for local school districts and county offices of education.
