October 10, 2019

How did students at your child’s school do on Smarter Balanced tests?

Readers can access results for California’s Smarter Balanced tests taken by students in the spring in nearly 10,000 school statewide.

Diana Lambert

September 23, 2019

Poverty levels in schools key determinant of achievement gaps, not racial or ethnic composition, study finds

Researchers say the concentrations of black and Hispanic students in high-poverty schools should still be a focus of education reform.

Louis Freedberg

September 13, 2019

Survey: non-tuition expenses hinder California college students

Survey confirms that non-tuition costs in California pose obstacles to students pursuing higher education.

Ashley A. Smith

July 17, 2019

Educators learn early results of Gates initiative to improve student outcomes

Helping black, Latino and low income students to graduate and succeed in college and beyond requires a new strategy that is getting major funding from the Gates Foundation.

Rose Ciotta

June 26, 2019

Vaccination rates at California’s schools

See vaccination and medical exemption rates at your school - and every California school with data.

Yuxuan Xie And Daniel J. Willis

May 17, 2019

Experienced teachers key in California districts that ‘beat the odds’

The Learning Policy Institute found that fully prepared teachers mattered more than overall spending and low teacher-student ratios in raising test scores.

John Fensterwald

April 17, 2019

How much housing can California teachers afford?

View teacher salaries and housing affordability for every district in California that reported salary data using EdSource's interactive web app.

Yuxuan Xie, Daniel J. Willis, And Justin Allen

April 17, 2019

Interactive Map: Where teachers find affordable housing in California

Teachers in the most populated areas of California face formidable odds when it comes to securing housing throughout their careers. Explore three interactive maps that show the housing challenges California teachers face.

Justin Allen And Daniel J. Willis

April 17, 2019

Search teacher pay and fair market rent data by school district

Search for teacher salaries in districts across the state

Daniel J. Willis

April 4, 2019

Better data helps San Diego schools more effectively address chronic absenteeism

Effective use of data can help schools do more of what works and less of what doesn’t, authors say.

Debbie Lieberman and Tia Anzellotti

April 4, 2019

Vaccination Rates by School in California 2017-18

New data provides the percentage of vaccinated kindergarten students by school in the 2017-18 and 2016-17 school years.

Daniel J. Willis

March 21, 2019

California school districts' rising employee pension costs

Look up per-student pension costs for districts across California with this interactive database, and see how much they've changed since a 2012 state law passed to rescue the state’s two pension systems.

Phillip Reese And Daniel J. Willis

March 21, 2019

Interactive Map: Changes in pension costs for California school districts

View the changes in per-student pension costs across California school districts - Unified, Elementary and High school

Yuxuan Xie, Daniel J. Willis, And Phillip Reese

February 6, 2019

Database: California's lowest-performing schools in 2018-19

Under a federal education law that requires states to identify the lowest performing schools, districts with these schools will get some federal aid and are required to figure out how to make the schools better.

Daniel J. Willis

February 5, 2019

Graduation rates and goals for California State University's 23 campuses

Yuxuan Xie