May 5, 2021

Over half of California public school students remain in distance learning

An EdSource analysis found far fewer low-income students have returned for in-person instruction and large variations by region.

Daniel J. Willis And John Fensterwald

May 5, 2021

Tracking learning modes of California students

An interactive project that tracks California students' back-to-school progress using data from the California Department of Public Health.

Yuxuan Xie

April 12, 2021

Database: California's community colleges student head count changes

Most California community colleges show drops in enrollment from fall 2019 to fall 2020

Daniel J. Willis

March 11, 2021

Find out how much California school districts and charter schools will get in Covid relief | Database

See how the over $15 billion in new federal aid to California’s K-12 schools will be spent using this interactive database.

Daniel J. Willis And Justin Allen

January 12, 2021

California’s ’cradle-to-career’ data system in line to receive $15 million for next phase

The funds are included in Newsom's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, and will cover the first year of a what is expected to take 5 years to fully build out the system.

Louis Freedberg

December 27, 2020

California school districts, charter schools to get $6.8 billion, in varying amounts, of federal aid

California will get about one-eighth of the $54 billion Congress appropriated in coronavirus aid for K-12 schools.

John Fensterwald And Daniel J. Willis

December 27, 2020

Database: Who much will each California district receive in Covid relief funding?

California will receive $6.8 billion in Covid-19 relief funding for K-12 schools. This database shows the distribution of that money.

Daniel J. Willis And Justin Allen

December 24, 2020

Map: In-Person Instruction and Distance Learning in California as of Dec. 16, 2020

This map gives a broad indication of the kind of instruction offered by all or most public school districts in a particular county — whether via in-person or distance learning, or a mixture of the two — as of Dec. 16, 2020.

Yuxuan Xie

December 23, 2020

New California absenteeism data shows big discrepancies between white, Black students

Black students far more likely to face disciplinary measures for missing school, statewide data shows.

Carolyn Jones And Daniel J. Willis

December 10, 2020

Community colleges hardest hit as college enrollment among high school graduates falls nationally amid the pandemic

High school graduates are putting off going to college as students and families cope with the financial challenges of the pandemic, a new national study shows.

Betty Márquez Rosales

December 4, 2020

CSU freshmen dropout rates by race/ethnicity for 2019

Sort and visually compare dropout rates by demographic data across the CSU system.

Yuxuan Xie

November 11, 2020

Interactive Map: LA County waiver approvals

View public and private schools in LA County who have approved waivers to open with this interactive map.

Yuxuan Xie

October 30, 2020

Map: In-Person Instruction and Distance Learning in California as of Oct. 30, 2020

See the counties where schools have moved to mostly in-person learning, counties where instruction is mixed, and counties where most students are still learning remotely.

Yuxuan Xie

October 29, 2020

Dropping affirmative action had huge impact on California’s public universities

When California voters in 1996 rejected affirmative action, CSU and UC could no longer consider race and ethnicity in admissions, making a huge impact on the public universities.

Thomas Peele And Daniel J. Willis

October 29, 2020

CSU and UC freshmen enrollment by race and ethnicity

How Proposition 209 affected freshmen enrollment at UC and CSU in graphs.

Yuxuan Xie