Compromises Reached on School Funding Reform
Read EdSource Today's coverage of compromise on Gov. Brown's school finance reform plan.
- Adult ed, regional occupational center advocates satisfied with budget deal – for now
- June 13, 2013 - Early childhood advocates cheered by $55M in restored funding
- June 13, 2013 - Foster youth win big in California’s new budget
- June 13, 2013 - Michael Kirst, father of new school funding formula, looks back and at the work ahead
- June 12, 2013 - Adult ed, regional occupational centers, partnership academies get reprieve
- June 12, 2013 - It’s a deal: Brown, top lawmakers raise base funding in finance formula
- June 11, 2013
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STEM Research and Policy Resources
This page provides an entry point into the extensive and growing research and policy literature on improving STEM education in California and the United States and related issues.
California
- Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges (2007, second edition, Center for Student Success of the Research and Planning Group of the California Community Colleges)
- Contextualized Teaching & Learning: A Faculty Primer (2009, Center for Student Success of the Research and Planning Group of the California Community Colleges & Academic Senate for California Community Colleges)
- Creating a Well-prepared Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce: How Do We Get from Here to There? (2009, California Teacher Advisory Council)
- Critical Path Analysis of California's Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation System (2007, California Council of Science and Technology & Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning)
- Critical Path Analysis of California's Science and Technology Education System (2002, California Council of Science and Technology)
- Dissecting the Data: The STEM Education Opportunity Gap in California (2010, Level Playing Field Institute)
- High Stakes: STEM Education - The Essential Ingredient for California Competitiveness (2008, California Space Education and Workforce Institute & Alliance for Regional Collaborations to Heighten Educational Success)
- Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education: Articulating a Vision and Opportunities for a California STEM Innovation and Learning Network (2009, California Council on Science and Technology)
- Nurturing and Sustaining Effective Programs in Science Education for Grade K-8: Building a Village in California (2009, National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering)
- Pathways Out of Poverty for Vulnerable Californians: Policies that Prepare the Workforce for Middle-Skill Infrastructure Jobs (2010, Policy Link)
- The Preparation of Elementary School Teachers to Teach Science in California (2010, California Council in Science and Technology)
- A Priority for California's Future: Science for Students - Analysis of Public Opinion Research (2010, Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning)
- Profile of the California Partnership Academies, 2009-2010 (2011, Career Academy Support Network & California Department of Education)
- Raising Expectations for Mathematics Instruction in California: Algebra and Beyond (2010, California Collaborative on District Reform)
- School Readiness and Student Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Santa Clara and San Mateo County Students (2010, Applied Survey Research)
- Shaping the Future: California's Response to Rising Above the Gathering Storm (2006, California Council of Science and Technology)
- The status of science education in the Bay Area: Research brief (2007, Lawrence Hall of Science & WestEd)
- Technical Difficulties: Meeting California's Workforce Needs in Sceince, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Fields (2009, Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy)
- Working Toward an Assessment System with Value: Informing and Strengthening STEM Teaching and Learning (2011, California Teacher Advisory Council)
National
- Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics (2001, National Research Council)
- An American Imperative: Transforming the Recruitment, Retention, and Renewal of Our Nation's Mathematics and Science Teaching Workforce (2007, Business-Higher Education Forum)
- Benchmarking the success of Latino and Latina students in STEM to achieve national graduation goals (2009, USC Center for Urban Education)
- A Commitment to America's Future: Responding to the Crisis in Mathematics & Science Education (2005, Business-Higher Education Forum)
- Enhancing the Community College Pathways to Engineering Careers (2005, National Academy of Engineering & National Research Council)
- Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects (2009, National Academy of Engineering & National Research Council)
- Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (2008, National Mathematics Advisory Panel)
- Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits (2009, National Research Council)
- Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity (2009, National Research Council)
- The Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy (2009, Carnegie Corporation of New York & Institute for Advanced Study)
- Passing Through Science: The Effects of Raising Graduation Requirements in Science on Course-Taking and Academic Achievement in Chicago (2010, Consortium on Chicago School Research)
- Prepare and Inspire: K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for America's Future (2010, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology)
- Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators: Identifying and Developing our Nation's Human Capital (2010, National Science Board)
- Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Tomorrow (2005/2007, Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century)
- Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 (2010, Members of the 2005 "Rising Above the Gathering Storm" Committee)
- Science and Engineering Indicators (2010, National Science Board)
- Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2011, National Research Council)
- Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grade K-8 (2010, National Research Council)
- Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2010, American Association of University Women)

