California ranked third in the nation for its average starting salary of $59,424 for teachers in 2024–25, up 1.7 percent from the year prior, according to the National Education Association’s (NEA) recent reports on educator pay in America.
In 2024–25, California enrolled 46 percent of 4-year-olds in public early childhood education programs and 11 percent of 3-year-olds.
SchoolHouse Connection, a national nonprofit that works to support those experiencing homelessness through early care and education, released an analysis in March of the latest federal data on identification, attendance, graduation rates and more.
Cinnabar Elementary School District (CESD), located in Petaluma, serves just 220 students. What sets the one-school district apart from many of its similarly sized local educational agency peers is its dedication to science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) programming.
Using the latest data from the California Department of Education, a fact sheet recently released by Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) examines trends in chronic absenteeism statewide through the 2024–25 school year. According to researchers, while rates of chronic absence have continued to decrease since their peak in 2021–22, they remain alarmingly high, with only a slight decrease over the past year. Without rapid intervention, academic recovery since the onset of the pandemic will likely get more challenging.
A May brief by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), “Accelerating English Learner Progress by Improving Reclassification,” offers five research-backed recommendations to improve the reclassification process and support student achievement.
Compensation, school leadership and job and workplace satisfaction are factors associated with teacher turnover, according to the Learning Policy Institute’s (LPI) March report Teacher Turnover in the United States: Who Moves, Who Leaves, and Why.
A new report from Insightful Education Solutions examines whether states have the foundational conditions — well-structured pathways, reliable data, workforce alignment and public transparency — needed to credibly assess and improve their career technical education (CTE) programs.
CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show (AEC) is the premier event for board members and other education leaders to connect and further their governance skills in California. New and veteran trustees, superintendents, school business officials and board support professionals will come away from this […]
Ahead of Pride Month celebrated each June, the Petaluma City Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution on April 14 directing all campuses in the district to fly the Pride lag throughout the school year. Specifically, the district will now fly the Progress Pride flag, designed in 2018 as an update to the traditional rainbow flag to emphasize inclusion and intersectionality within the LGBTQ+ community.
