Policy and Legislation

June 16, 2016

Budget pushes UC to limit non-resident enrollment, CSU to boost graduation rates

UC is being asked to increase the number of California students it enrolls.

June 8, 2016

Sacramento County schools superintendent: Accountability plans 'an enormous adjustment'

June 6, 2016

Orange County superintendent: 'We must support our districts'

January 6, 2016

Report gives children's services in California more low grades than high ones

December 27, 2015

What they said in 2015: Diverse voices on education reform

Some notable quotes from 2015.

February 18, 2015

Report calls for districts to create specific goals for foster youth

Few districts have addressed suspension and expulsion rates, report finds.

January 29, 2015

Districts detail plans for suspension reductions in local plans

Nearly every school district says it wants to reduce student suspensions, but only some have created plans with the kind of detail, funding and statistical savvy that make it more likely they'll succeed, according to a report released Wednesday that analyzed plans to improve "school climate" in the 50 largest school districts in California.

Jane Meredith Adams

January 7, 2015

New laws to improve student health supports

A slew of new laws affecting students’ physical, emotional and behavioral wellbeing will change how schools operate this year, in ways large and small. The laws regulate basic needs grants for truant students, pesticide use and expulsions for "willfully defiant" behavior, among other issues.

Jane Meredith Adams

November 30, 2014

Positive discipline gets boost in district plans

With a big push from the state’s new approach to education spending, many California school districts appear to be ramping up investments in positive approaches to discipline.

Jane Meredith Adams

September 28, 2014

New law limits student discipline measure

A new law that limits the use of “willful defiance” as a reason to expel or suspend students signifies a growing commitment on the part of the state to find more positive approaches to disciplining students.