PACE

November 14, 2019

Pension costs feed resistance to higher school taxes in California county, study finds

An increase in mandated costs has frustrated voters in Marin County, where passing school parcel taxes had been a safe bet until 2016.

June 5, 2019

There’s value but also limitations to students’ grading their own interpersonal skills, study finds

California districts should use insights from surveys of students' habits of mind but not rate schools by the results, a PACE research project concludes.

April 3, 2019

California schools find success building student confidence and campus culture

School officials are increasingly focused on students’ social and emotional learning.

February 4, 2019

Gun violence in schools and college affordability highest priorities for California voters, poll finds

Voters polled view early childhood programs as important but don't rank them as top priorities and are lukewarm about spending more for them.

February 5, 2018

Contrary to critics, parents tell pollster they find California’s school dashboard useful

Depending how the question is framed, they also favor rating schools on multiple factors, not issuing a single grade.

October 10, 2016

California poll shows strong support for Common Core standards

Results of other surveys indicate that wording of the questions matters.

October 9, 2016

Strong, locally generated data key to school improvement strategies

Michael Kirst is President of the California State Board of Education and Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University.

August 24, 2016

CORE Districts can inform state's new accountability system

August 1, 2016

Proposed federal, state accountability systems could again clash

A new analysis says federal system would discount California's school climate, college and career indicators.

July 19, 2016

Summer and after-school programs can promote social and emotional learning

Often overlooked, these out-of-school programs can play a key role in providing the kinds of relationships, supports and opportunities that are essential to social-emotional learning.

May 18, 2016

CORE districts turn spotlight on struggling student groups

Reducing the subgroup size gives a more complete picture of performance, a new study finds.

October 22, 2015

Report calls for big changes in educating state's English learners

Recommendations include new policies on classifying and re-designating students.

August 27, 2015

Most voters haven't heard of Local Control Funding Formula

Poll finds majority support more money for schools and extending Prop. 30.

July 28, 2014

Report says new teachers face 'bumpy path'

A new report concludes that California’s mentoring program for novice teachers, once a national model, has deteriorated due to lack of funding and district commitment, and provides little help for the many new teachers who enter the profession as permanent substitutes or temporary hires.

John Fensterwald

July 9, 2014

Report urges more active state role in Common Core

The shift to local control has given school districts much leeway in adopting the Common Core State Standards, the challenging math and English language arts standards that California and 41 other states have adopted. But that flexibility may also create disparities in implementation that the state should reduce, concludes a new report by researchers from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education.