The school district and teachers’ union are calling on the Board of Supervisors to give $60 million of the city’s ERAF windfall money to the school district to pay for teacher raises under Proposition G (which was approved by the...
Research and Data
Silicon Valley schools by the numbers
What Parents Need to Know about California’s New College / Career Indicator
Students have big goals for themselves, 94% want to attend college and 70% have career goals that require a college degree. In our 21st century economy, the reality is that preparing students for good careers generally means preparing them for college.
New Resource for Parents in Southeast LA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools in Southeast Los Angeles serve over 60,000 students. Low-income Latino students make up the large majority of the student population and over a quarter are English learners. Out of 89 schools in Southeast Los Angeles, only nine reach the statewide average in English and math.
What is the California School Dashboard?
The California Dashboard shows how each school in California is doing to ensure that students can read and do math on grade-level as well as other important measures of school quality. It’s a great place to start when assessing whether your child’s high school does a good job of preparing students for college. You can learn more about each of the ratings in this report by Oakland Achieves.
Students of color are not achieving less — they are being given less.
Most students want to go to college and trust that their schools are helping them get there. They believe that if they show up, do what is asked of them, and earn good grades they will be ready for college. But the work they are given often does not hold them to a...