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An Old Idea for a New Era? How Block Grants Can Achieve State Goals and Improve Student Outcomes
Read recommendations designed to help state leaders use block grants to consistently and reliably serve students and improve outcomes.
Spotlight on Rural Education: Addressing the Challenges to Support Student Success
The resources in this Spotlight are aimed at educators in rural communities, supporting rural science teachers, considering 4-day school weeks in one rural community; and a podcast that focuses on the transformation of a small rural school district that’s gotten attention from education leaders all around the world.
S2E9: Meeting the Needs of All Students: How Can Educators, Leaders and Education Systems Better Attend to the Intersection of Language and Disability for Multilingual Learners
This episode brings attention to the need for schools and school systems to better attend to the intersection of language and disability for young multilingual learners.
S2E8: What You Need To Know About California’s New Equity Multiplier–and Related School Accountability System Changes
Learn about the Equity Multiplier, a new component to California’s Local Control Funding Formula.
Budgeting for Educational Equity Podcast S2E7: School Closures and Consolidations in California: Deepening Our Understanding
Host Jason Willis talks with school finance and policy veteran Carrie Hahnel about school closures and consolidations, delving into current factors that could lead to more closures and data about the disproportionate impact on different student populations.
Budgeting for Educational Equity Podcast S2E6: Advancing Equity Through Locally Driven Funding Formulas: LAUSD’s Groundbreaking Student Equity Need Index (the “SENI”)
Host Jason Willis talks with Pedro Salcido (Los Angeles Unified School District) and Jessenia Reyes (Catalyst California) about the Student Equity Need Index (SENI), a research-based index that uses comprehensive indicators to rank school needs for more equitable funding distribution.
Budgeting for Educational Equity Podcast S2E5: A New Era of School Business in California: Innovative Thinking About Where We’re Headed—with CASBO CEO Tatia Davenport
Tatia Davenport, CEO of the California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO), discusses the future of school business in California and shares insights from the first comprehensive survey of California school business executives in nearly 25 years.
Budgeting for Educational Equity Podcast S2E4: Seizing the Moment to Expand Access to Student Services by Maximizing Interagency Collaboration and Funding Sources
Dr. Chaun Powell, Senior Chief of Student Services for the Alameda COE, shares approaches for maximizing funding sources to help schools increase equity by expanding whole child services, including behavioral and mental health supports.
Budgeting for Educational Equity Podcast S2E3, Part 2: Big Lifts and Launches: Resource Equity and Other Key Considerations for Implementing Major New Initiatives Like UPK and UTK—A Local District Perspective
Maria Ceballos, Executive Director of the Early Learning Department at Fresno Unified School District, offers hands-on, practical advice from a local school district perspective about expanding early learning access to all children and families.
Budgeting for Educational Equity Podcast S2E3, Part 1: Big Lifts and Launches: Resource Equity and Other Key Considerations for Implementing Major New Initiatives Like UPK and UTK—A Statewide Perspective
Host Jason Willis chats with Sarah Neville-Morgan, Deputy Superintendent at the California Department of Education, about the statewide implementation of Universal Transitional Kindergarten, the goal to implement Universal Prekindergarten, and the challenges and strategies of implementing major new initiatives.