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 […]
Regardless of gender, race or ethnicity, students are largely tuning out during math instruction, according to the results of RAND Corporation’s first survey on the topic. Among middle and high school aged youth, 49 percent reported losing interest in math about half or more of […]
While artificial intelligence (AI) tools are gaining ground in schools, national survey results released in May from The Learning Agency show that they’re not reaching rural communities at the same pace as urban communities, and many teachers say the tools often don’t meet their needs. […]
Del Norte County is in the early stages of bringing back an initiative dissolved decades ago that will allow local teens who commit a first-time, non-violent offense, such as fighting, shoplifting or graffiti, to take accountability and repair harm without getting involved in the justice […]
The PUSD Superintendent’s Leadership Team shared its Wildfire Recovery Framework, which may serve as a helpful reference to LEA leaders looking for a starting point for their own plans.
Because of their involvement with local youth through social services, health, education and juvenile justice systems, counties can play an integral role in improving outcomes for the young people they serve.
The California State Board of Education’s (SBE) July 9 meeting was largely focused on wrapping up discussion around the 2025 Accountability Workplan, but recent budget-related legislation ensured that much of the board’s work will continue into the coming year. Board President Linda Darling-Hammond noted that […]
