Each year, schools and libraries start rolling out summer reading lists. And for good reason. A ton of research tells us that summer learning is a big deal. But grownups need summer reading, too. What will YOU choose to learn about?
Visit Votersedge.org (a nonpartisan site supported by the League of Women Voters) to view your ballot online. Ask your children what THEY think. Help them talk through an issue. Even if they come to a different conclusion than you, this is good preparation for decisions they will have to make in sch
In many states across America, courts have played an important role in determining whether funding for public education is adequate. So far, in California, the courts have said, “NO. This is not something for the courts. The legislature has to deal with this."
Hey, what PTA couldn't use an extra $1,000? We've just completed our most recent drawing, and the winners are...
There are never magic answers in education... but based on research, early learning comes pretty close.
Whoa, that's different! Traditional maps can get in the way of understanding, because they are fundamentally about places, not about people. Here's another way of looking at it.
After-school programs make a difference for kids, but funding for them haven't changed in ten years. This might change...
A bit of money from Washington, some pressure from Sacramento, and a big push from the PTA are fueling efforts to increase family engagement in schools.
Most people now agree that public education should provide a realistic ladder of opportunity for EACH student. This is a rather new and radical ideal.
The dream calls for a village: a future in which schools, government agencies, philanthropies and families work together to solve the problems that get in the way of a bright future for every child.
Here are five sites we find particularly useful and reliable, and descriptions of what we like about them.
A few years ago, I admitted something to my kids that I had concealed for a long time: I don’t like peanut butter… yet. In school, kids are asked to learn things that challenge them. Not every flavor of learning is automatically tasty to every student.
After years of false starts, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has been consigned to history. Here's what you need to know about the Every Child Succeeds Act (ESSA), its successor.
It's true that this budget delivers $3,000 dollars per student more than the budget at the trough of the recession did. But this is like measuring the distance from the bottom of a grave to the top of the pile of dirt that will fill it back in. The proposed budget does not make California’s scho
The extra funding for schools this year is enough to get us out of the hole, but falls well short of providing what California's schools need. We list a few of the improvements our schools need--things that people in most other states just take for granted.
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