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

December 7, 2017

Search and compare data from the California School Dashboard

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

December 5, 2017

Database on chronic absenteeism in California schools 2016-17

Search EdSource's database to find the chronic absenteeism rate (the percentage of students who miss 10 percent or more of instructional days) for all California schools by grade level.

Daniel J. Willis

December 5, 2017

More than 1 in 10 California students are 'chronically absent'

For the first time, California releases data for every school on students who were chronically absent last year -- defined as those who miss 10 percent or more of instructional days during the school year.

Lee Romney And Daniel J. Willis

November 1, 2017

Suspension, expulsion rates fall sharply in California, but racial and ethnic disparities remain

New state data shows 46 percent drop in school suspensions over the last five years. The suspension rate for African American students in 2016-17 was 9.8 percent, for Latino students 3.7 percent, for white students 3.2 percent, and for Asian students 1.1 percent.

Carolyn Jones

November 1, 2017

Look up suspension and expulsion rates for California schools in 2016-17

New state data shows 46 percent drop in school suspensions over the last five years, but African- American students still disproportionately suspended

Daniel J. Willis

October 19, 2017

Northern California public schools closed by wildfires

View our interactive map of closed and damaged schools in or near fire zones in Sonoma and Napa counties.

Yuxuan Xie

October 16, 2017

Gov. Brown's signed bills include about 100 related to education or children's issues

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law about 100 bills related to education or children's issues. Most came from the Assembly. Some 26 were vetoed based on an EdSource tally of the bills that made it to his desk this year.

Mikhail Zinshteyn And Daniel J. Willis

October 2, 2017

Shelters, cars and crowded rooms

An EdSource special report on how the housing crisis has forced more students into homelessness.

Carolyn Jones And Daniel J. Willis

October 2, 2017

California map shows hot spots of homeless students

Explore our map showing the percentage of homeless students as reported by California's more than 10,000 schools.

Daniel J. Willis

October 2, 2017

Amid affluence, youth homelessness surges in the Bay Area

Nearly 15,000 children living in shelters, motels, cars or "doubled up" with other families

Carolyn Jones And Daniel J. Willis

October 2, 2017

Schools face challenge bringing homeless children out of the shadows

Over a quarter of the state’s nearly 10,500 schools report zero homeless students meaning homeless students in those districts aren't receiving the specialized assistance required by state and federal law.

Carolyn Jones And Daniel J. Willis

June 22, 2017

State officials cool to school districts' request to become 'Innovation Zone'

Now's not the time to expand experimentation with school accountability measures, staff tells CORE Districts.

John Fensterwald

June 20, 2017

How the 2017-18 funding increase for California education will be spent

Use EdSource's interactive budget map to see where new education funds are being allocated in California's 2017-18 budget.

Justin Allen, Daniel J. Willis, And John Fensterwald