April 2019

Winning the War on Poverty [David Brooks, New York Times]

February 2019

CSUs Partner with Local Community College to Streamline Nursing Pathway [CSU]

California Community Colleges #RealCollege Survey [The Hope Center]

L.A. Councilman Floats Idea of Ballot Measure to Fund Child Care [L.A. Times]

What it’s like to go to school when dozens have been killed nearby [L.A. Times]

California’s black students lag in college completion despite some gains [EdSource]

December 2018

October 2018

August 2018

Behind the Stats: Mark Courtney on His Newest Study on Transition-Age Foster Youth in California via Chronicle of Social Change

“Intersegmental Partnerships and Data Sharing: Promising Practices From the Field” via PACE

“Remedial Education Reforms at California’s Community Colleges: Early Evidence on Placement and Curricular Reforms” via Public Policy Institute of California

“Food Insecurity Hampers College Completion for California’s Students” via California Competes

“CSUN Is Using A Bot To Get Freshmen To Show Up For Class” via laist

McDonald's Workforce Preparedness Study, survey conducted by Morning Consult as commissioned by McDonald's

June 2018

“Outside funders give L.A. Unified under new Supt. Beutner a $3 million vote of confidence” via LA Times

“A Hunger for Information: California’s Options to Meet its Statewide Education Data Needs” via Education Insights Center

 “The Water of Systems Change” via FSG

“Housing Costs Are a Bigger Burden to California Students than Tuition” via the Student Loan Report

“Call for Sessions for the 2019 Collective Impact Convening: Submissions due Sept. 7” via Collective Impact Forum

April 2018

“When Collective Impact Has Impact: A Cross-Site Study of 25 Collective Impact Initiatives” via ORS Impact

“From public housing to college: new national pilot helps low-income students in LA make that journey” via Ed Source

“Guaranteed transfer path from community college to University of California announced” via Ed Source

“Equity Alert: Getting Community College Student Success Funding Formula Right” via the Education Trust-West

 “Engaging Employers: A webinar for cross-sector partnerships” via Equal Measure

 “Progress in defining when students are career ready” via K-12 Daily 

February 2018

“Equity Starts Early: Addressing Racial Inequities in Child Care and Early Education Policy” via CLASP 

“Report Names Lasting, Traumatic Effects of Homelessness on Young Children in L.A. County, First 5 Calls for Trauma-informed Approach to Help Kids”

“Scaling Goodwill: The Challenges of Implementing Robust Education Data through Regional Partnerships” via The Education Insights Center

“Legacy and Vision: 2018 State of the CSU” via The California State University 

“New Amazon Headquarters – why education mattered so much” via Medium 

December 2017

October 2017

August 2017

“L.A. Unified is expanding beneficial dual-language programs for preschoolers” via the L.A. Times

“States all over the map on ensuring educational stability for foster youth” via the Chronicle for Social Change

“A new vision for California’s community colleges” via the Sacramento Bee

“Cal State will no longer require placement exams and remedial classes for freshmen” via the L.A. Times

“1 in 5 L.A. community college students is homeless, survey finds” via the L.A. Times 

June 2017

"California must do much more to invest in a strong teacher workforce" via EdSource

"Understanding California's Early Care and Education System" via Learning Policy Institute

"Systems Change in a Polarized Country" via Stanford Social Innovation Review

"Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund Supporting Progress, Evaluation Finds" via Philanthropy News Digest

"Class of 2017 Spotlight: Canoga Park High grad crossing 'bridge' to Cal State Northridge" via LAUSD Daily