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October 10, 2016

California poll shows strong support for Common Core standards

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

John Fensterwald
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.

Michael Kirst
August 24, 2016

CORE Districts can inform state's new accountability system

Christopher Steinhauser
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.

John Fensterwald
July 19, 2016

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

Jennifer Peck and David Plank
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.

John Fensterwald
October 22, 2015

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

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

John Fensterwald
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.

John Fensterwald
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.

John Fensterwald
September 3, 2013

Poll: Voters support standardized testing, teacher accountability

Susan Frey