Leaders from San Luis Coastal Unified School District presented on their safe sports and co-curriculars policy during a breakout session at CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show in Anaheim.
Through dual enrollment, California high school students earn college credits when they take and pass a college course. According to a February Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) report, legislation, significant financial investments and advocacy have helped inform and support the growth of dual enrollment […]
The California State Board of Education (SBE) took up a short but dense agenda during its March 5 meeting that saw action on items related to Student Score Reports (SSRs), the California School Dashboard Science Indicator and its potential use for accountability, and more. Board […]
New survey data from the RAND Corporation shows artificial intelligence (AI) tools are in use by teachers and principals in schools nationwide, but adoption is uneven across subjects and varies by the socioeconomic status of the student body. During the 2023–24 school year, 25 percent […]
In California, the number of IDEA-eligible school-age individuals changed 4.2 percent from 758,272 in 2022 to 790,465 in 2023.
The 2024 State of American Indian & Alaska Native Education in California report details the progress made and challenges that persist in K-12 and higher education systems in the eight years following the release of the previous edition.
The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence’s (CCEE) African American Student Success Network, conducted in partnership with the California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators, convenes four districts and three county offices of education to identify the inequities experienced by African American students in California […]
Although the state’s recent move to implement a universal financial aid application policy for high school seniors is a step toward informing young people of the support they can receive to pursue higher education, a report published by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) in February considers how receiving CalFresh and Medi-Cal benefits can impact the financial burdens many college students still face.
SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan updated data profiles on child and youth homelessness in January to include four years of federal homelessness data, as well as state-, county-, local educational agency-, U.S. Congressional district- and state legislative district-level data. New […]
The November election was the first time 16- and 17-year-olds were able to vote for local school board races in two Alameda County local educational agencies. At a Dec. 6 session at CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show, representatives from Berkeley and Oakland unified school districts spoke on how they enacted youth voting and the results of their efforts.
