New Policy Brief

Julia E. Koppich, Daniel C. Humphrey, Julie A. Marsh

California ended 40 years of reliance on categorical funding for schools when Governor Jerry Brown signed the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) into law on July 1, 2013. LCFF intends to enhance services for high-needs students through new flexibility, targeted student funding, and local accountability. Two years into LCFF implementation, our research in 18 districts and more than half of the state’s County Offices of Education (COEs) uncovers both reasons for optimism and a few concerns.

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Implementing California’s New Standards: Teachers' Perspectives
March 11, 2016
How the Threat of Teacher Layoffs Affects Teachers: Evidence from the Los Angeles Unified School District
April 15, 2016

Conditions of Education in California

What is the Economic Value of Community College Degrees and Certificates?
Is Online Learning The Silver Bullet for Men of Color? An Institutional-Level Analysis of the California Community College System
Effectiveness of four instructional programs designed to serve English learners: Variation by ethnicity and initial English proficiency
Becoming Unionized in a Charter School: Teacher Experiences and the Promise of Choice
Policies on sexual orientation and gender identity pay off for schools

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California Diploma Project
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Middle Grades Math: Why Algebra Matters & How Technology Can Help
PACE and USC Rossier Polls
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The Legacy of 'No Child Left Behind' and What's Next for Education Policy. KQED Radio
California schools holding back English Learners, say Stanford researchers and colleagues. Stanford Graduate School of Education
Think you know a lot about Common Core? A new poll finds you’re probably wrong. The Hechinger Report
Poll: California voters still unsure about Common Core. Edsource

Policy Analysis for California Education

 
Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) is an independent, non-partisan research center based at Stanford University, the University of Southern California, and the University of California – Davis. PACE seeks to define and sustain a long-term strategy for comprehensive policy reform and continuous improvement in performance at all levels of California’s education system, from early childhood to postsecondary education and training. PACE bridges the gap between research and policy, working with scholars from California’s leading universities and with state and local policymakers to increase the impact of academic research on educational policy in California.

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