"Black Minds Matter: Supporting the Educational Success of Black Children in California,” examines how the nearly 1 million Black youth in California are faring from preschool through college and reveals the distressing disparities that newly released state and national data show persist at all levels of their educational journey…

Throughout California educators are implementing new standards that are designed to better prepare students for college and career - yet schools are also dealing with a teacher shortage. Our new report, “The STEM Teacher Drought: Cracks and Disparities in California’s Math and Science Teacher Pipeline”, examines the shortage of…

Equity & the New Accountability System: What's at Stake for Black, Brown, and Poor Students? = …

The Education Trust – West Applauds Governor Brown for Nominating Feliza Licon-Ortiz to the State Board of Education OAKLAND, CA (April 13, 2015) Ryan J. Smith, on behalf of The Education Trust—West, issued the following statement in response to Governor Brown’s recent nominations to the State Board of…

Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, April 22nd from 1:30 – 2:30pm to discuss: What does the current debate around accountability mean for equity in education? What are the proposals on the table for California's new accountability system? How would the different accountability measures, like the LCFF…

School districts urged to increase participation OAKLAND, CA (February 24, 2015) – After jumps in college financial aid application rates among California’s high school seniors from 2012 to 2013, completion rates of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and Cal Grant remained relatively unchanged for the Class of…

California’s Landmark Local Control Funding Formula dramatically changed the way the state funds its school districts, directing greater resources to districts serving large numbers of low-income students, English learners, and students in foster care. LCFF also shifted substantially more control over spending decisions to school districts and…

Showing early indicators of increased graduation rates and college readiness among students of color and low-income students, Linked Learning has the potential to be even more impactful when integrated with Common Core and other new California standards. This report examines promising strategies being employed at nine California school…

California’s landmark Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) dramatically changed the way the state funds its school districts, directing greater resources to districts serving large numbers of low-income students, English learners, and students in foster care. LCFF also shifted substantially more control to school districts and communities. A…

Every California school district, county office of education, and charter school must have a 3-year Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP. How does your district plan to spend its state funding and serve all students? Do you have a plan to share? LCAP Watch is a repository…

California, a state rich in cultural and linguistic diversity, serves 1.4 million English learners—more than any other state in the country and accounting for almost one-third of English learners in the entire U.S. Too often, these students face insufficient academic supports, ill-prepared teachers, and…

The Education Trust—West releases initial findings from a two-year study examining innovative teacher evaluation systems in a new report titled, Beyond Satisfactory: Redefining Teacher Support and Evaluation to Improve Teaching and Learning. The report reveals that teachers and administrators generally experience the evaluation process as an objective…