The Secure Rural Schools Act provides payments to counties and public schools on federal forest land, sustaining services and school programs and preventing the closure of numerous isolated rural schools. Nationally, more than 4,400 rural schools across 41 states receive SRS funds.
School Board Recognition Month is observed annually in January and serves as a time to celebrate California’s more than 5,000 school district and county office of education trustees.
Afterschool Alliance’s latest report in its America After 3PM series, Lost Opportunity: Afterschool in Demand, But Out of Reach for Many, offers information on the experiences and needs of children and families between 3 and 6 p.m. when the school day is done but many parents are still finishing their work day.
The Dec. 18 California Collaborative for Educational Excellence (CCEE) board meeting largely focused on data.
A recent evaluation by EdTrust provides insights on how 23 states, including California, are addressing chronic absenteeism.
While it may not be surprising that students do not perform as well academically when classroom temperatures climb, recent research from NWEA suggests math is more impacted by higher temperatures than reading, especially among students in high-poverty schools. Analyzing results from its MAP Growth assessment […]
CSBA’s 2026 budget advocacy strategy: Protect core funding, strengthen local control and drive overall student success As the 2026 State Budget cycle begins, CSBA is advancing a comprehensive advocacy strategy that defends public education’s fiscal foundation while urging Sacramento to do more — at the […]
The Dec. 11-12 meeting of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing focused on how to address persistent certificated teacher misassignments, a lengthy discussion on how and when to use substitutes to uphold instructional continuity, and advanced amendments to the Child Development Permit. Annual reports on […]
In a testament to the value of persistent advocacy, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S 356, the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act on Dec. 9, restoring a financial lifeline to many rural schools in California and across the nation.
A recent report from The Center for Democracy and Technology, Hand in Hand: Schools’ Embrace of AI Connected to Increased Risks to Students, provides the results of nationally representative surveys of high school students, middle and high school teachers and parents regarding artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024–25 and four emerging hazards related to its use in education.
