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 […]
California is one of — if not the — most culturally, linguistically, racially/ethnically and socio-economically diverse states in the country, and its students reflect that. Research shows that embracing the unique perspectives students bring to their campuses is vital to the academic achievement of all […]
By narrow margins last week, the Senate and House both approved the final version of HR 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, that enacts the President’s domestic agenda which includes making permanent the 2017 tax cuts, increasing funding for border control and defense, extending the debt ceiling, and enacting changes to Medicaid, supplemental food programs and other policies.
Managing student behavior and supporting their well-being, low pay and other factors are among the most stressful for prekindergarten teachers across the country, according to the latest American Pre-K Teacher Survey. A report released May 6 by Rand Corporation details the survey findings, which examine […]
In addition to setting new legal precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor has significant policy implications. This article offers an initial assessment of those implications and some related observations.
While most adults don’t view preparing students to be engaged citizens as the top goal for K-12 education, new survey results from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) show that for majorities of Californians and public school parents, civic education is still considered a […]
Micro-credentials — qualifications awarded to students and workers who complete short, often skills-based courses — have become increasingly popular in higher education and the workforce and are now growing in the K-12 education sector. A new report by FutureEd, Skill Building: The Emerging Micro-credential Movement […]
“The July 1 announcement by the federal government that it would freeze billions of education dollars previously approved by Congress and due to go out to schools that same day, is an outright travesty,” said CSBA CEO & Executive Director Vernon M. Billy. “It ignores […]
In a follow-up report to two recently released fact sheets detailing college access and readiness throughout the state, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) homed in on pathways to college completion in the Inland Empire. While the region has a higher share of children […]
The June 26-27 meeting of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) continued its deep dive into reviewing and amending teaching performance assessments, the exams that must be passed to obtain a credential, including the approval of the launch of the new Literacy Performance Assessment (LPA) on July 1.
