December 6, 2018

Search and compare data from the California School Dashboard, 2018

Search and compare all California public schools, districts, cities and counties for data from the state's new school accountability dashboard.

Justin Allen, Daniel J. Willis, And Yuxuan Xie

November 27, 2018

California's graduation rate ticks up but, still, 1 in 10 high school students drops out

Despite steady overall progress, gaps among student ethnic and racial groups persist. The new data will indicate which low-performing school districts will receive assistance when the California School Dashboard is released next month.

John Fensterwald

September 24, 2018

Interactive Map: Lead levels found in California schools' drinking water

Use this searchable map to browse the tests result at the more than 3,700 California schools which have already conducted tests for lead.

Yuxuan Xie And Justin Allen

September 24, 2018

Search lead test results in California school water

A new state law requires California schools to test water for lead. This database shows the highest test result at the more than 3,700 schools which have already conducted tests.

Daniel J. Willis And Justin Allen

September 17, 2018

Multifaceted reforms needed to reach California’s education goals, research project finds

Getting Down to Facts II finds strong support for education reforms but also obstacles to student achievement and a need for more funding.

John Fensterwald

September 17, 2018

Essential Guide to Getting Down to Facts II

Here are the take-aways from the studies on special education, funding needs, a teacher shortage, a data deficit, student mental health local control's unmet potential – and more.

John Fensterwald, Daniel J. Willis, Yuxuan Xie, And Justin Allen

September 4, 2018

New ‘friendlier’ look coming for California’s school dashboard

Complaints that the state education data web site was too difficult to understand led to redesigned version.

John Fensterwald

August 8, 2018

Support builds to create longitudinal data system to track student progress in California

Educators and the public do not have data that "in my view greatly improve students' performance and their ultimate employment," said Sen. Steve Glazer (D – Orinda), chair of the select committee on student success in the Senate.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

July 19, 2018

More student borrowers may be eligible to cancel federal student loans than have applied for relief

Amid for-profit college closures, more student borrowers apply to the U.S. Department of Education to cancel their federal education loan debts.

Solomon Moore

July 19, 2018

Searchable database: For-profit colleges in California 2010-16

Daniel J. Willis And Justin Allen

June 25, 2018

Interactive feature: Teacher pay by experience level in San Francisco Bay Area 2016-17

Compare teacher salaries by experience and pay level for school districts in 6 Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara

Yuxuan Xie

May 25, 2018

The race for California schools chief: campaign funding update

Campaign finance data for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Race for California, 2018

Justin Allen, Daniel J. Willis, And John Fensterwald

April 17, 2018

Child poverty drops in California, but is still the nation’s highest

22.8 percent of the state's children are living below the poverty threshold

Carolyn Jones

April 1, 2018

More questions surface on accuracy of California school absentee data

The California Department of Education adds warnings to its website of inaccurate chronic absenteeism data.

Nico Savidge

April 1, 2018

Chronic absence rates high at many California continuation schools

Continuation schools can be a last chance for a diploma, but state data shows many struggle to get students to attend each day.

Nico Savidge