Oct. 21, 2024
After years of planning, the State Board of Education adopted the California Math Framework in July 2023. The Framework isn’t a mandate but does provide evidence-backed […]
Oct. 10, 2024
When we closed out the Education Equity Forum just two short weeks ago, the EdTrust-West team huddled in the Marriott for one last Forum task – […]
Oct. 4, 2024
Many people fortunate enough to take some type of parental leave wrestle with returning to work and reflect deeply on whether the thing we spend most […]
Aug. 27, 2024
Despite living in an era where an almost-incalculable amount of information is available at the entering of a smartphone passcode, any high school or college student […]
Aug. 12, 2024
Sometimes measuring impact is tough, but when it comes to a diverse educator workforce, the benefits are clear. Research shows that when students of color are […]
Jun. 25, 2024
Juggling coursework and family can be a lot, as Dia, a parenting student at Los Angeles Pierce College, knows all too well. Dia was hired as […]
Apr. 11, 2024
Each year, California state leaders spend months proposing and refining the state’s budget, making decisions about programs and resources that directly impact students, schools, and colleges. […]
Mar. 22, 2024
As California’s students and families of color grapple with the aftermath of remote learning and their disproportionately negative learning outcomes attributed to lost instructional time and […]
Sep. 1, 2023
In July 2013, California dramatically reformed the way it funds school districts. The new finance system, called Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), provides districts with increased […]
