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Designed to address California’s educator shortages and offset preparation costs, the Golden State Teacher Grant provides financial support to aspiring educators in exchange for a commitment to serve in a high-need school or preschool. An analysis of the program's first 5 years reviews statewide participation and grant recipients’ perceptions of the program.
Melanie Leung-GagnéMaria Maria CastilloSusan Kemper PatrickDesiree Carver-ThomasTara KiniCicely BingenerMaría Virginia Giani
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Designed to address California’s educator shortages and offset preparation costs, the Golden State Teacher Grant provides financial support to aspiring educators in exchange for a commitment to serve in a high-need school or preschool. An analysis of the program's first 5 years reviews statewide participation and grant recipients’ perceptions of the program.
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As community schools expand statewide, districts play a critical role in ensuring these efforts thrive. Three California local education agencies have used new investments to strengthen professional learning, streamline services, and build the infrastructure for lasting change. Their strategies illustrate how systems can support schools to implement and scale up community schools.
Jennifer A. BlandKimberlee RalphWesley WeiVictoria WangSteve WojcikiewiczMarjorie Wechsler
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Texas faces persistent teacher shortages due to high attrition and reliance on underprepared teachers. Three exemplary educator preparation programs using full-year clinical pathways, including residences, offer successful, scalable practices that can be applied to other preparation models and inform the ongoing evolution of statewide policies.
Linda Darling-HammondLarkin WillisDesiree Carver-Thomas
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Despite decades of reforms, race and class remain among the most reliable predictors of student success. Findings from four southern school districts show how leaders used strategic planning, capacity building, data use, equitable resource allocation, and sustained leadership to reduce persistent disparities in achievement, graduation, and discipline for students of color.
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Federal changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), including modifications to Medicaid and SNAP, will alter how states identify students from low-income backgrounds. This, along with changes affecting student attendance and enrollment, will impact state education funding systems, prompting the need to adopt short- and long-term strategies for funding stability and equity.
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When classroom educators connect to a student’s life experiences and cultural backgrounds, known as culturally responsive teaching, they create a sense of belonging and emotional safety, which often increases students’ participation and motivation. Applying this approach to expanded learning programs in elementary and secondary schools can result in powerful outcomes.
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The decisions states make regarding what their assessments look like and what kind of information they produce inevitably shape instruction and students’ learning experiences. Many state leaders are considering how to create instructionally relevant assessments with a positive instructional impact.
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Although evidence suggests that well-designed and well-implemented behavioral threat assessments can be part of an effective violence prevention strategy, school, district, and state leaders must be aware of the concerns surrounding BTA use and implementation and take key considerations into account.
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Although evidence suggests that well-designed and well-implemented behavioral threat assessments can be part of an effective violence prevention strategy, school, district, and state leaders must be aware of the concerns surrounding BTA use and implementation and take key considerations into account.
