Representatives from CSBA partner law firms offered members insights on how to prepare for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) on campuses and protect students and staff from its potential pitfalls during the April 30 webinar, “Legal Considerations: Using AI tools in educational settings.”
Last week, a compromise emerged in the two-year saga to reform literacy instruction in California. Assembly Bill 1454 was approved by the Assembly Education Committee with support from the backers of two competing bills. While the negotiations continue on some outstanding issues, the current provisions in the bill provide more implementation flexibility for local educational agencies as compared to similar legislation proposed last session and again this year.
Assertive advocacy, practical policy and bipartisan spirit were on display as more than 300 California school trustees and superintendents converged on the nation’s capital for the fourth annual CSBA‑ACSA Coast2Coast Federal Advocacy Trip. As part of the largest delegation in Coast2Cost history, participants sharpened their advocacy skills, absorbed timely policy insight and delivered an unequivocal message to Congress: strong public schools are America’s best investment, and California’s 5.8 million students can’t wait for political gridlock to clear before their needs are met.
Twenty-eight percent of the 3.1 million California students who graduated from a public high school between 2015 and 2021 had CalFresh benefits during at least a portion of their time in grades 9-12, according to a report published by the California Policy Lab (CPL) in April.
“In order to fulfill our obligations to students and community, we must pursue continuous improvement, constantly increasing our knowledge base and honing our skills,” CSBA President Dr. Bettye Lusk said during the 2025 CSBA County Board Governance Workshop.
Thousands of fourth graders in Santa Cruz County have received free, all-access annual passes to more than 2,000 sites including national parks and other federally managed land thanks to a partnership between the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and the Bureau of Land Management California Central Coast Field Office.
Garvey School District trustee Andrew Yam may only be 25 years old, but his experience in policy and advocacy is extensive. Prior to his appointment to the school board, Yam was the youngest city commissioner appointed to the Monterey Park Library Board of Trustees in […]
The number of global ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2025 was nearly double that of the first quarter of 2024, with the education sector remaining a common target, according to a new analysis conducted by Comparitech. In Q1 of 2025, the England-based organization […]
Adolescents continue to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools at higher rates than the adults in their lives, including for educational purposes, but few report using tools like ChatGPT to cheat, according to a national study conducted by the University of California, Irvine, and the […]
As students around the country are deprived of adequate math instruction and almost a quarter of fourth graders don’t have basic math knowledge and skills, a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) examines how improved teacher preparation programs can help address the issue.
