Just ahead of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Pew Research Center published its new report, Teens, Social Media and Mental Health, which found that an increasing number of teens find social media harmful.
A WestEd webinar held April 23 featured a presentation on approaches and best practices for engaging youth as critical partners in fostering safe, healthy and supportive learning environments and real-world examples of empowering youth in Northern California’s Nevada Union High School District. Improving student engagement […]
On May 14, the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Garnier v. O’Connor-Ratcliff, a case that relates to public officials’ use of social media, and which the U.S. Supreme Court remanded for reconsideration under a newly created standard. CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance (ELA) filed an […]
While the number of youths in residential placement has been on a steady decline in the U.S. since 2003, an uptick was observed in 2023.
Through a nationally representative survey of 1,286 individuals aged 18-29 that took place following the presidential election in November, the report How Does Gen Z Really Feel About Democracy? Insights from Three Profiles of Youth and Democracy found that most young people (about 63 percent) have a “passive appreciation” of democracy.
Resource guides published in March by AAPI Data, a research and policy organization based at the University of California, Berkeley’s Asian American Research Center, offer a glimpse of K-12 and higher education trends among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.
On May 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom released his proposed May Revise to the 2025–26 State Budget. Despite higher than estimated state revenues over the past several months, the May Revise offered a somber view of the state budget in light of significant developments at the federal level.
The impacts of climate change are felt throughout schools in California through extreme heat, wildfires and floods that affect the everyday lives and education of students. Research has shown that rising temperatures and disruptive weather patterns can harm students’ access to school, their health and […]
The Orange County Department of Education’s (OCDE) Crisis Response Network (CSN) has proven critical in recent months in providing students with real-time support during some of the most challenging moments in their lives. A winner of CSBA’s 2023 Golden Bell Award honoring excellence in education […]
Nearly half (48 percent) of the 1,591 adults who took part in the Public Policy Institute of California’s (PPIC) latest survey on education feel their local public schools do not receive sufficient state funding.
