The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) on Feb. 11 released a report detailing findings that California, Texas and Washington, D.C. demonstrate higher rates of teacher diversity than many states, but in some cases, rely on “shortcuts” that unnecessarily lower standards for entry, putting student […]
The April 10-11 meeting of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) saw the presentation of a yearly teacher supply report, rich discussions regarding additional authorizations to the Childhood Development Permit and recommendations from the workgroup tasked with reviewing the Teacher Performance Assessments, and business […]
On April 4, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Regino v. Staley, a case about parental notification and student privacy rights. The court’s decision vacated the District Court’s decision to dismiss the case with prejudice and remanded the case back for further proceedings with guidance on how the lower court should move forward in its considerations of Regino’s claims.
Local educational agency leaders believe summer learning programs play a critical role in achieving district goals, despite ongoing challenges with funding and more, according to a survey of K-12 superintendents across the U.S. AASA, The School Superintendents Association, along with Gallup and the National Summer […]
Results of a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 shows that girls and boys across the U.S. face different societal pressures and have different experiences at school but want the same things out of life. Released on March 13, the […]
Despite recent improvements in attendance, chronic absenteeism rates remain stubbornly high throughout the state, according to a March fact sheet released by the Public Policy Institute of California. Absenteeism peaked in 2021–22 when nearly 1.8 million California TK–12 students (30 percent) were considered chronically absent. […]
More than 725,000 students were affected by the wildfires that devastated Southern California communities in January. As blazes become more frequent and destructive occurrences across the state, a new report by EdTrust and UndauntedK12, The Impacts of the Los Angeles Wildfires on Students: Lessons for Schools Nationwide, offers a look at the repercussions that the fires had locally and provides proactive recommendations for education leaders.
Physical and mental health issues can affect children’s ability to succeed at school. Among low-income children with special healthcare needs, about 85 percent do not receive the medical care they require, primarily due to financial constraints and limited access. School-based healthcare services help to fill […]
Even as federal pandemic relief funding runs out, education leaders will need to continue to act on strategies that are working to address learning recovery and students’ social- emotional needs post-pandemic, according to panelists at EdSource’s March 27 webinar, “Five years after COVID: Innovations that are driving result.”
A decade ago, Education Trust-West released Black Minds Matter, which traced the trajectory of education policy affecting Black students — from fugitive slave laws banning Black children from attending California schools in 1852, through the state’s dismantling of affirmative action in the 1990s, to disjointed […]
