Improving Outcomes by Democratizing Education Data
Source: Los Angeles Daily News by Ryan J. SmithLast year, just 40 percent of Los Angeles Unified students met or exceeded expectations in English Language Arts…
‘Parent Power’ Getting More Powerful and Organized
Source: EdWeekParents in California have gone to the political gym. They're building their muscles and flexing them. Powered by the protein of the state's Lo…
State Suspends Use of Test Scores to Measure School Quality
Source: Los Angeles TimesState education officials moved Wednesday to dramatically recast California's system to evaluate school quality by suspending the use …
Stopping the Violence
Source: KQEDAccording to Oakland police, in the past five years 41 youths under the age of 18 have been killed in Oakland, most by gunshots. KQED Newsroom talk…
Report says LCAPs need tighter focus
Source: Ed SourceCalling the new state-mandated local accountability plans “a daunting undertaking,” the Legislative Analyst’s Office called on the Legislature…
California funding formula gives districts leeway in programs for at-risk students
Source: Fresno BeeLonnie Brown is sitting in a long room with several rows of desks, chatting quietly with her teacher so she doesn’t disturb the other student…
How is the shift in state funding is affecting your local schools?
Source: On AssignmentControversy at Clayton Valley Charter High has prompted dozens of complaints to the Contra Costa County Office of Education, as well as se…
Editorial: Does local control set a path to academic excellence? Only time will tell
Source: Fresno BeeWhen it comes right down to it, success or failure in politics rests on the art of persuasion.And Gov. Jerry Brown convinced the state Legisl…
Opinion: Brown’s big school plan gets 3rd rap
Source: Sacramento BeeIt’s not exactly three strikes and you’re out, but neither is the third time a charm for Gov. Jerry Brown’s landmark overhaul of public s…
Report on LCAPs finds mixed success
Source: EdSourceAn advocacy organization that analyzed dozens of school districts’ inaugural improvement plans under the state’s new school funding law praised…
California’s K-1 2 Funding Overhaul Slowly Takes Root
Source: Education Week NewsAiming to fund its schools more efficiently and effectively, California has chosen an unusual, lead-from-behind approach that provid…
Districts press to repeal cap on reserves
Source: EdSourceThe California School Boards Association wasted no time in reissuing its call for the Legislature to repeal the cap on school districts’ budget…
Ryan Smith: Organizing for equity
Source: EdSourceRyan Smith got an early lesson in the inequities of education in California when, as a 6-year-old, his single mother used her savings to move f…
LA groups model of community engagement
Source: EdSourceFor East Los Angeles community organizer Maria León, parent and student engagement in neighborhood schools is nothing new. Her community has sp…
Community groups that liked Deasy are OK with Cortines so far
Source: LA School ReportIt’s only been about a month since former LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy resigned, but leaders of two organizations that strongly…
California learning about LCFF and LCAP implementation in local school districts
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2 Investigates: Parents say Bay Area schools misidentifying kids as ‘English Learners’
Source: KTVUMore than a dozen parents contacted KTVU after 2 Investigates first reported concerns about children mistakenly placed into programs for students l…
School groups ask to delay API scores
Source: EdSourceThe State Board of Education, as expected, voted Thursday to move ahead in the spring with the new Smarter Balanced tests on the Common Core St…
Financial aid protected some UC, CSU students
Source: EdSourceState and federal financial aid has shielded low-income and some middle class families from the big tuition and fee increases that the Universi…
San Jose forum offers Latino parents tools for improving schools
Source: San Jose Mercury News State and federal financial aid has shielded low-income and some middle class families from the big tuition and fee increases tha…
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