NewsroomThe latest CSBA news, blog posts, publications, research and resources for members and the news media

February 2013

• Video: $1 billion owed schools: ELA attorneys explain
• 2013 Forecast Webcast archive
• California Schools to Watch - Taking Center Stage program
• Virtual tour of model middle schools
• CDE's Model Continuation High School recognition program
• SPI Torlakson's plan for 'Transitioning California to a Future Assessment System'
• Torlakson's statement and list of tests he would suspend
• State Board of Education January agenda and meeting minutes
• CSN Web-only story: New SBE members, executive director
• CSBA brief: 'Governing to the Core: Acquiring Instructional Materials'
• School Safety Web page
• Education Insights @ CSBA
• CSBA brief: 'Bond sales: Questions and considerations for districts'

January 2013

AEC 2012:

• Susan Cain's General Session archive; access code "aec2012"
• General Session speaker Shawn Achor's website: goodthinkinc.com
• AEC handouts and presentation slides
• Vernon M. Billy's video final remarks
• Fall/Winter 2012 Alliance Report
• "Student Wellness: A Healthy Food and Physical Activity Policy Resource Guide"
• "Monitoring for Success: A Guide for Assessing and Strengthening Student Wellness Policies"

AEC photo galleries on Facebook:

• Wednesday, Nov. 28
• Thursday, Nov. 29
• Friday, Nov. 30
• Saturday, Dec. 1
• AEC Twitter feed

December 2012

• Golden Bell Awards information and winners
• TRANs and CSBA's Cash Reserve Program
• CSBA Policy Services
• Delegate Assembly forms
• Trainings for newer board members
• Teri Burns' "This Just In" video briefing
• CDE Common Core resources
• Register for Federal Relations Network

November 2012

• Californians Together’s “Reparable Harm” report
• State Board of Education schedules and agendas
• AEC 2012 workshops and sessions
• Delegate Assembly nominations forms and information

October 2012

• Advocacy resources
• 2012 officer nominations and related information
• AEC planning resources
• Look up SB 1200 and Hoffman’s letter of support
• “Cracking the code: Why, How and When Should Students Learn Algebra?”
• Torlakson’s press release
• CDE’s Accountability Progress Reporting Web page
• CDE’s School Quality Snapshot
• CDE’s “2011-12 Academic Performance Index Information Guide”
• Back-to-School Webcast archive
• CDE: Draft English Language Development Standards
• CSBA’s bill tracking system

September 2012

• Legislative News web page
• CSBA Positions on bills
• 'Take Action' web page
• 'Greatness by Design' report of the Teacher Excellence task force
• Budgeting handbook
• California Education Coalition for Health Care Reform

August 2012

• Stand Up for Education
• Buy "The Brown Act"
• Education Legal Alliance updates
• GAMUT Online
• Agenda Online
• CSBA Financial Services
• Qualified and Negative Certification webcast series
• U.S. Communities purchasing alliance
• AEC planning guide
• Register for Back-to-School Webcast
• CCBE fall conference
• Webextra!: 'This Just In: CSBA launches Stand Up For Education campaign'
• Webextra!: 'Rural schools get federal funds under transportation bill'
• Webextra!: 'Good news: Graduation rates trending up'
• Webextra!: 'Q&A: Proposition 30 and the CSBA lawsuit'

July 2012

• Advocacy: Sample resolution and press release
• Fall 2011 California Schools magazine
• Webcast archive: Qualified and Negative Certification
• Education issues from Policy and Programs Department
• "Fighting for fair funding: Weighted Student Formula"
• ELA Alliance Report, Spring/Summer 2012
• "Common Core on your radar?"
• "English learners make gains in California schools"
• Business Affiliates program

June 2012

• CSBA on YouTube
• "This Just in from CSBA: Delegate Assembly Endorses Revenue Initiatives"
• Tools to support revenue initiatives
• "LAO Survey Documents LEAs' Fiscal Caution Amid Uncertainty"
• Policy News, April 2012
• Alliance Report, Spring/Summer 2012
• California Schools Magazine, Spring 2012
• The full May Revision analysis
• Wynns' and Billy's extended comments
• CSBA video: "Budget Watch: CSBA Responds to the Governor's May Revise"
• Burns' "This Just In" Video: 'May State Board of Education Meeting'
• A CDE press release on the waiver application
• CDE's Next Generation Science Standards Web page

May 2012

• Find out more about CSBA's vision, mission, Policy Platform and governance
• Get more information and register for the complimentary BMAD webcast
• The California Endowment $1 million fund announcement
• "Safe Schools: Strategies for Governing Boards to Ensure Student Success"
• The CSBA Policy Brief on community schools
• Look up local educational agency lottery revenues
• CDE's School/Teacher Recognition Web page
• Distinguished Schools' signature practices database
• Model SARB programs
• Model Continuation High Schools
• The Irvine Foundation's Linked Learning Initiative
• CSBA's Business Affiliate Program  

April 2012

• Webextra!: Q&A with SFUSD
  
• CSBA officer nomination forms
  
• Fitnessgram results
  
• The UC Davis obesity study
  
• CSBA's Student Wellness Web page
  
• SBE agendas and staff reports
• CDE's Proposed Rulemaking & Regulations
• 'Making Summer Count'; The Rand Corp.
• Summer Matters website
• Oakland USD's summer learning Web page 
• 'Summer Reads'; California Schools magazine, Summer 2011 
• The San Diego COE alternative education task force Web page 
• CCBE Alternative Education Task Force 
• Beauchman's 'This Just In' CSBA video 
• Webextra!: Dennis Meyers' budget update video

March 2012

• Legal Guidelines for Lobbying Activity
• Legal Guidelies: Use of Public Resources for Ballot Measures and Candidates
• ELA's Proposition 98 Web page
• "2011 Policies in Review"
• How to submit a proposal for AEC

February 2012

• Gov. Brown's "Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012"
• Munger's "Local Schools and Early Education Investment Act"
• Institute for New and First-term Board Members
• The Brown Act: What You Need to Know
• Board Presidents Workshop
• Submit a proposal for AEC
• Archived Forecast Webcast and presentations

January 2012

• Materials from AEC presenters
• 2011 Golden Bell Award Winners
• Learn more about Delegate Assembly and how CSBA is governed
• Vollmer's book: "Schools Cannot Do It Alone"
• Khan Academy

December 2011

• Institute for New and First-Term Board Members
• CSBA's School Board Recognition Month Toolkit
• Delegate Assembly forms
• Jan. 18 Forecast Webcast
• "Preppy K goes mainstream," California Schools
• NCLB waiver: The main CDE staff report
• CDE staff report detailing costs and savings
• Torlakson's Aug. 23 letter to Duncan
• Pre-register for FRN
• NSBA's FRN website

November 2011

• "A Decade of Disinvestment: California Education Spending Near the Bottom"
• AEC conference planning
• CSBA AEC on Twitter
• Delegate Assembly forms
• State Board Nov. 9-10 agenda
• State Board meetings online
• State Board committee assignments
• Michael Kirst's EdSource interview
• "Safe Schools: Strategies for Governing Boards to Ensure Student Success"
• Read the governor's veto and bill signing messages; check bill status