What can U.S. schools learn from top education systems in other countries?

June 27, 2017

What can U.S. schools learn from top education systems in other countries?

High quality teaching is key to student success in high-performing countries and school systems, study finds.

January 18, 2017

Bill would provide $20,000 grants to help recruit teachers in high-demand subjects

The incentive is aimed at increasing the number of math, science, bilingual education and special education teachers.

January 11, 2017

State board chooses new way of measuring school progress on tests

It also decides which schools' English learners will fall in the accountability system's low-performing "red zone."

January 9, 2017

Ending the No Child Left Behind Catch-22 on English learner progress

State Board of Education should change how the progress of English learners is measured to make the system more fair.

Linda Darling-Hammond and Kenji Hakuta

December 12, 2016

Feds resolved nearly 100 civil rights complaints in California schools in 2016

The final report comes amid suggestions that the administration of Donald Trump will be less aggressive about enforcing civil rights laws in schools and colleges.

November 30, 2016

State’s teacher shortage hitting ‘alarming rates’ for 2016-17, new survey says

Among the 211 districts that participated in the survey, 75 percent indicated having a shortage of qualified teachers for the current school year.

September 20, 2016

National commission aims to improve schools through social and emotional learning

Seven Californians are on the Aspen Institute commission.

September 19, 2016

Equity gap in California: what the new test scores tell us

Linda Darling-Hammond and Leib Sutcher

September 19, 2016

California moves forward in multi-state collaboration on social and emotional learning

A team of 13 educators will lead the development of social and emotional learning guidelines.

February 29, 2016

Renewed call to create statewide teacher database

The Legislative Analyst's Office says a lack of data on teachers creates a policy vacuum.

December 22, 2015

Closing the achievement gap: Will California’s reforms make a difference?

EdSource conducted a series of interviews with leading educators and scholars about the persistence of these achievement gaps and the prospects for the current set of reforms in California to help close them.