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Clearing the Hurdles to Effective School Tutoring Programs

Results for the spring 2022 edition of the National Assessment of Educational Progress—the first administration of the test for 4th and...

March 14, 2023Geneva

Advocates propose an alternative to refocus budget on Black students

“I thought the governor dropped the ball,” said Tyrone Howard, director of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. California...

March 14, 2023Geneva

LA’s Black students see fewer cops, more resources 2 years into achievement plan

“We have mounds of troubling data that shows that Black students have consistently fared poorer than their non-Black peers,” says UCLA education professor...

March 2, 2023Geneva

Do Sacramento County school boards reflect student diversity? Here’s the breakdown.

Who serves on our boards can affect real change, according to Dr. Tyrone Howard, a professor of education at UCLA. “Race...

March 2, 2023Geneva

San Jose schools prioritize student wellness over cops

Angela James, research director for the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools, said ongoing studies suggest positive impacts to school...

February 17, 2023Geneva

Public school districts move into the affordable housing business

The teacher turnover rate in California was at 12% between 2016-17 and 2017-18, but a recent survey by the California Teachers Association...

February 15, 2023Geneva

Senator Cortese’s Bill Would Create Guaranteed Income For Homeless High School Seniors

An estimated 270,000 students are experiencing homelessness across California’s K-12 school system, according to a 2020 report by UCLA’s Center for the Transformation...

February 7, 2023Geneva

College Board details new AP African American studies class amid criticism over changes

As a UCLA professor, Howard welcomes that the new AP course means more freshmen may come into universities with...

February 1, 2023Geneva

Reactions to the governor’s K-12 education budget proposals

What should be the priorities for supporting K-12 education during this economic downturn, and how well does the proposed budget meet...

January 17, 2023Geneva

Most homeless students are doubled-up. What does that mean?

A 2020 UCLA report found that just 9% of school districts in California “received federal funding from the McKinney-Vento Act to...

January 9, 2023Geneva