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Homeless Youth
June 1, 2023

Pockets of districts across California show increases in homeless students in 2022-23 school year

School districts across California are seeing increases in homeless students. Some of the jump stems from better efforts to help families.

Yuxuan Xie
Disasters, Emergencies & Climate
April 5, 2023

What's your California school's flood risk?

FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer makes a flood risk assessment for every school. The analysis labels 1 in 5 of California schools in a moderate or high flood risk.

Daniel J. Willis
Disasters, Emergencies & Climate
April 5, 2023

One in 5 California schools located in moderate or high flood risk areas

This California map shows the location of the state's 10,000 schools according to their FEMA rated flood risk.

Yuxuan Xie And Daniel J. Willis
California's Enrollment Rollercoaster
April 4, 2023

California's TK-12 enrollment fails to rebound in a return to 'normalcy'

Drop of less than 1% in enrollment is less severe than during Covid but consistent with the decline that started 20 years ago and is projected to continue for the rest of the decade.

John Fensterwald And Daniel J. Willis
Reforms
December 9, 2022

Does your district have what it takes to significantly improve?

Pivot Learning releases the District Readiness Index, a database for measuring how well California districts have met the conditions needed to make sustainable change.

John Fensterwald
Testing and Accountability
October 26, 2022

Why some schools saw their scores soar despite Covid — and others didn't

A look at individual districts reveals a nuanced picture of Smarter Balanced test results.

Carolyn Jones
Testing and Accountability
October 24, 2022

2022 California standardized test results wipe out years of steady progress

Smarter Balanced scores fell sharply in both math and English language arts, indicating it could take years for students to fully recover from the pandemic.

John Fensterwald And Daniel J. Willis
Testing and Accountability
October 23, 2022

Scores nationwide crater on national math test, California’s not quite so much

Scores for the nation and California took a historic drop in fourth and eighth grade math on the National Assessment for Educational Progress or NAEP. There was some good news, too, for California, despite the pandemic.

John Fensterwald
Testing and Accountability
September 22, 2022

State delays public release of English, math and science test score results to later this year

Delaying the public release of Smarter Balanced tests taken last spring undermines the urgency of addressing setbacks in learning during the pandemic.

John Fensterwald And Thomas Peele
Credentialing
August 4, 2022

Poorer students still get the least qualified teachers, but California has made progress

There are 40% more teachers in poor schools who lack the required qualifications than in the richest schools, an EdSource analysis found.

Diana Lambert, John Fensterwald, And Daniel J. Willis
Data
June 30, 2022

Find your school's teacher qualifications | Database

Database shows percentage of classes taught by teachers with the different qualifications.

Daniel J. Willis
School Finance
May 13, 2022

Billions more for California schools, colleges under Newsom's revised budget

One-time and ongoing Proposition 98 funding would be an unprecedented $35 million more than the Legislature appropriated a year ago.

John Fensterwald, Karen D'Souza, Ali Tadayon, Michael Burke, And Ashley A. Smith
Class of 2022
May 4, 2022

Class of 2022

For the first time in two decades, California’s K-12 enrollment dropped under 6 million students, a sure sign that many students did not return after the pandemic. But within the state, there was movement: sharp enrollment declines in coastal counties and sharp increases inland. This reporting series from EdSource looks at the changes and trends in California public school enrollment.

EdSource staff
California's Enrollment Rollercoaster
April 21, 2022

California's Enrollment Rollercoaster

For the first time in two decades, California’s K-12 enrollment dropped under 6 million students, a sure sign that many students did not return after the pandemic. But within the state, there was movement: sharp enrollment declines in coastal counties and sharp increases inland. This reporting series from EdSource looks at the changes and trends in California public school enrollment.

EdSource staff
California's Enrollment Rollercoaster
April 11, 2022

California K-12 enrollment plunges again, falls below 6 million

Led by continued hemorrhaging of student enrollment in Los Angeles County and parts of the Bay Area, total public school enrollment in California dropped by 110,000 this year, the second year of big losses.

John Fensterwald And Daniel J. Willis