A recent national representative survey of 13- to 17-year-olds found that 72 percent of teens have interacted with artificial intelligence (AI) companions, with 52 percent deemed as regular users who access the platforms “a few times a month or more,” 21 percent using it a few times per week and 13 percent utilizing it daily.
A new fact sheet from the Pubic Policy Institute of California (PPIC) found that a record-high 96 percent of Californians had access to internet, including satellite, at home in 2023 — up from 92 percent in 2019. Increases were especially strong among groups that, prior […]
In response to learning that some school districts and county offices of education (COEs) expect a high volume of opt-out requests based on the recent Supreme Court decision, CSBA offers some key considerations for creating opt-out procedures and forms. On July 7, CSBA issued “Policy implications of […]
A recent study of young people’s digital media revealed some unsurprising results (e.g. experiencing cyberbullying is connected to depression) as well as a few surprising findings, including evidence that smartphone ownership may actually benefit children. The survey — which was conducted by researchers from seven […]
A new report from Amplify, a curriculum and assessment company, provided a mixed bag of good and bad news surrounding early literacy. First, the good news: more young students are on track to learn to read and fewer are behind than during the pandemic. End-of-year […]
California has one of the highest rates of homelessness among Native American students, according to a new report from Schoolhouse Connection, a national homeless youth advocacy group. During the 2022–23 school year, approximately 450,000 Native American students were enrolled in public schools across the U.S., […]
July 18 marked the second house policy committee deadline where, predominantly, the Assembly policy committees heard Senate bills, and the Senate policy committees heard Assembly bills. Typically, the houses apply greater scrutiny to the opposing house’s legislation. The Legislature has begun its four-week summer recess […]
Sixty-two percent of the 1,060 U.S. teens ages 13-17 who participated in a recent survey said that graduating college is extremely or very important to them, however, being able to pursue what they enjoy (82 percent), having a good standard of living (81 percent), a successful career (80 percent) and owning a home (72 percent) were top priorities.
While school boards grapple with increased rates of hostility toward their members, they are concerned with the negativity’s potential spillover effects on students, according to the report Mitigating Threats Against School Board Officials: Mixed Methods Research to Understand and Respond to Rising Hostility — released in July by the Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI), a nonpartisan research initiative at Princeton University.
Too many teens enter Algebra I with significant gaps due to instructional inconsistencies and interruptions in their mathematics learning during their middle and elementary years, but new research provides recommendations on how to turn the trend around. A report released in May by TNTP, an […]
