PACE

February 18, 2020

Special education in California in need of overhaul, researchers say

Better training for teachers and improved screening of children are among the report’s recommendations.

Carolyn Jones

February 11, 2020

College costs, teacher shortage still top concerns in poll of California voters

Annual PACE/USC Rossier poll also finds support for increasing teacher pay, requiring ethnic studies and taking action to prevent gun violence.

John Fensterwald

Teachers' Pensions: Who Pays?

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.

John Fensterwald

Social and Emotional Learning

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.

John Fensterwald

April 3, 2019

California schools find success building student confidence and campus culture

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

Julie Patel Liss

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.

John Fensterwald

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.

John Fensterwald

The Common Core Challenge

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

Policy & Finance

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

High-needs students

August 24, 2016

CORE Districts can inform state's new accountability system

Christopher Steinhauser

Policy & Finance

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

Student Wellbeing

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.