Policy and Programs Annual Review 2017 - a 134-page compendium of briefs, fact sheets and research (12/17)

Conditions of Children 

• Students with Disabilities: Their Education and the Law (11/17)
• Competition Cheer as Sport: AB 949 - Fact Sheet (7/17) 
• Foster Youth: Supports for Success (5/16)
• Our Foster Youth: What School Boards Can Do - Fact Sheet (5/16)
• Integrating Physical Activity into the School Day (4/16)
• Concussions in Student Athletes and How to reduce Risk (1/16)
• Recent Legislation on Vaccines: SB 277 - Fact Sheet (1/16)
• Climate for Achievement, Issue 4 (7/15)
• Climate for Achievement - Issue 3 (6/15)
• Drinking Water Access in Schools - Fact Sheet (4/15)
• Climate for Achievement - Issue 2 (4/15)
• Recent legislation on discipline: AB 420 - Fact Sheet (3/15)
• Creating hunger-free schools through the Community Eligibility Provision - Fact Sheet (3/15)
• Measles (and other infectious diseases) (3/15)
• Climate for Achievement - Issue 1 (3/15)
• Attendance Awareness Month - Fact Sheet (9/14)
• Promoting Healthy Relationships for Adolescents: Board Policy Considerations (8/14)
• Starting a Breakfast After the Bell Program (8/14)
• Special Education Pupil Transportation: Considerations in the Era of LCFF (4/14)
• Recent Legislation on Cyberbullying: AB 256 - Fact Sheet (4/14)
• The Case for Reducing Out-of-School Suspensions and Expulsions, Fact Sheet (4/14)
• Building the Resiliency of At-Risk Students (4/14)
• Legal guidance on AB 1266 - Transgender Students (3/14)
• Physical Education: A Slow Start to Promising Educational Boost, Fact Sheet (3/14)
• Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (12/13)
• California School Shootings: The Brutal Facts - Fact Sheet (7/13)
• Addressing the Conditions of Children - Focus on Bullying (12/12)

Effective Governance

• The Power of Networks: Accelerating Collaborative Learning to Improve Student Success 12/17
• The School Board Role in Creating the Conditions for Student Achievement (Full report 5/17)  | (Summary 12/17) |  [PPT presentation]
• Board Self-Evaluation: Results and Recommendations from an Analysis of CSBA’s Board Survey Tool - Fact Sheet (11/17)
• The Coherence Framework in Action: Promising Practices for Developing and Implementing LCAPs (10/17)
• Local Control and Accountability Plans: Survey of School Board Member Involvement - Fact Sheet (9/17)
• Charter Schools in Focus, Issue 1: Managing the Petition Review Process (11/16)
• Governing to Achieve: A Synthesis of Research on School Governance (8/14)

The Charter Schools in Focus Series aims at supporting governing boards to ensure that the charter schools they oversee meet the conditions of quality, equity, and access.

• Charter Schools in Focus, Issue 1: Managing the Petition Review Process (11/16)
• Charter Schools in Focus, Issue 2: Ensuring Effective Oversight (10/17)

The Defining Governance series provides a synthesis of school governance research and literature and proposes an updated framework for K-12 school governance.

• Defining Governance - Issue 1, Why Governance Matters (10/13)
• Defining Governance - Issue 2, Governing Commitments (2/14)
• Defining Governance - Issue 3, Governance Practices (4/14)
• Defining Governance - Issue 4, Governance Decisions (6/14)
• Defining Governance - Issue 5, Engaging the Community (7/14)

Fair Funding

• Behind the numbers--The cold, hard facts of California public school funding. (1/18)
• Meeting California’s Challenge: Access, Opportunity, and Achievement: Key Ingredients for Student Success (Full report, 5/17) | (Summary 9/17)
• California Education Funding: Students Deserve Better, Fact Sheet (8/17)
• Promising Practices for Developing and Implementing LCAPs (11/16)
• California's Challenge: Adequately Funding Education in the 21st Century (11/15) 
• District Funding School Crossing Guards, CSBA Fact Sheet (9/15)
• Health Policy - Implications of Covered California for school boards, districts and personnel (1/13) 
• Bond Sales - Questions and considerations for districts (12/12)
• State Mandate Funding Options (9/12)
• Fighting for Fair Funding - Weighted Student Formula - Issue 1 (6/12)
• March 15 Notices - Policy Advisory (3/12)

Student Achievement

• The California Dashboard: What Boards Need to Know for 2017–18 (11/17)
• 2016–17 CAASPP Results for English Language Arts and Mathematics (11/17)
• African-American Students in Focus, Issue 3 - Supporting African-American Teacher Retention (10/17)
• Research Spotlight: Unlocking Learning: Science as a Lever for English Learner Equity (4/17)
• English Learners in Focus, Issue 4 — Expanding Bilingual Education in California after Proposition 58 (3/17)
• Supporting the California Next Generation Science Standards (11/16) 
• Summer and STEAM Make an Ideal Match (11/16)
• LCFF Rubrics, Issue 1: What Boards Need to Know About the New Rubrics (10/16)
• Latino Students in California’s K-12 Public Schools - Fact Sheet (10/16)
• English Learners in Focus, Issue 1 Updated — Demographic and achievement profile of California's English learners (9/16) 
• 2015-2016 California CAASPP Results for Mathematics and English Language Arts (9/16)
• Research-Supported Strategies to Improve the Accuracy and Fairness of Grades (7/16)
• English Learners in Focus, Issue 3 — Ensuring High-Quality Staff for English Learners (7/16) 
• What Boards of Education can do About Kindergarten Readiness (5/16)
• African-American Students in Focus, Issue 2 (4/16)
• African-American Students in Focus, Issue 1 (4/16)
• Supporting the Summer Learning Strategy to Boost Student Achievement (12/15)
• Math Misplacement (09/15)
• Why Civic Learning is Critical (5/15)
• Improving Student Achievement Through Teacher Collaboration (11/14)
• English Learners in Focus, Issue 2 — The Promise of Two-Way Immersion Programs (9/14) 
• A Governance Perspective: Interviews with School Board Members from
  
  the Nine Linked Learning Initiative School Districts (6/14)
• Brown v. Board of Education: The 60th Anniversary of the Landmark Supreme Court Case (5/14)
• New Assessment for English Learner Students: From the CELDT to the ELPAC (4/14)
• Turning Around a High Poverty District: Learning from Sanger- Fact Sheet (4/14)
• Understanding Teacher Burnout and Its Negative Effects (4/14)
• Common Core Testing: The Smarter Balanced Assessment - Fact Sheet (3/14)
• Blended Learning: Key Considerations for Implementing a Blended Learning Program (1/14)
• The Linked Learning Approach to High School Reform (1/14)
• Common Core Technology Considerations - Fact Sheet (11/13)
• Foster Youth: New Study describes demographic and achievement characteristics of California's foster youth - Fact Sheet (12/13)
• Supporting Student Achievement - Issue 1: Student Assessment System in Flux (6/13)
• California High School Graduation and Dropout Rates - Fact Sheet (5/13)
• SB 1458: Changes to the Academic Performance Index - Fact Sheet (5/13)

Governing to the Core is a publication series that guides local boards on implementation of California’s Common Core State Standards.

• Governing to the Core - Issue 1 (6/12)
• Governing to the Core - Issue 2 (9/12)
• Governing to the Core - Issue 3 (1/13)
• Governing to the Core - Issue 4 (5/13)
• Governing to the Core - Issue 5 (11/13)
• Governing to the Core - Issue 6 (5/14)