EdSource In Depth ~ Reports, Briefs, Publications
Schools Under Stress: Pressures Mount on California’s Largest School Districts
This report identifies eight "stress factors" that are threatening the ability of California school districts to provide a quality education to California children.
May 2012 | Read More >
San Francisco’s long campaign to provide healthier school meals yields results
This EdSource "Occasional Paper" describes how healthy food advocates transformed San Francisco Unified School District’s approach to food.
May 2012 | Read More >
Passing When It Counts
Large numbers of students in California’s 112 community colleges are struggling to pass college-level math classes, including courses they need to complete a degree or transfer to a four-year in...
February 2012 | Read More >
California’s Math Pipeline: Many Routes Through and Around College-Prep Courses
The proportion of California 11th graders who have taken math courses they need to be eligible for admissions to the state’s 4-year universities has increased.
October 2011 | Read More >
Down But Not Out: California’s Largest School Districts Struggle to Provide Summer Programs
California’s grim economic environment has hit public summer school programs hard, to the detriment of the most disadvantaged students.
August 2011 | Read More >
Middle Grades Playbook: Leading a Full-Court Press on Student Achievement
The Middle Grades Action Kit centerpiece, including self-assessments and a compendium of actionable practices that set higher-performing schools apart.
June 2011 | Read More >
EdSource Extra is a new EdSource service intended to respond in a timely way to key trends and innovations in California education.
At a time when the education marketplace is being flooded with new education technology products, amid questions about their effectiveness, a Silicon Valley startup is attempting to provide a way for educators to assess their utility in what it calls a“fair and unbiased” fashion, independent of the hype of the proliferating number of companies that make them.
Continuation schools close in some rural districts ~ By Leslie Layton
As school districts across California struggle with budget cuts, some districts are cutting back on small schools known as continuation schools that have been a mainstay of high school instruction for more than half a century.
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Now available: 2010-11 financial data for districts, county offices of education, and statewide. You can also compare district finances.
The SARC template tool on Ed-Data will be available to help schools and districts complete their 2011-12 School Accountability Report Cards.
STEM
Science
Technology
Engineering
Math
A new report from the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd finds that the state’s middle schools are not fulfilling their potential when it comes to science education.
Our STEM section highlights publications, data, and resources related to math and science literacy.
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