California schools recovering from pandemic, dashboard shows

by: Diana Lambert, Zaidee Stavely, And Daniel J. Willis
2024-11-22
Source: EdSource
11/22/2024

California’s K-12 schools made progress in several areas last school year, including increasing graduation rates slightly, and reducing suspensions and the number of students who were chronically absent from school, according to the School Dashboard released Thursday.

The state also had an overall increase in scores on state standardized tests in both English language arts and math, prepared more students for college and careers, and had more students earn a seal of biliteracy.

The improvements, although incremental in some areas, are an indicator that California schools have made progress in reducing the learning loss and chronic absenteeism that resulted from school closures at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Please help put parents in charge of their child’s education by forwarding this article to other parents, family, friends and voters.

man in white thobe walking on grey and yellow concrete pavement by shahin khalaji is licensed under Unsplash unsplash.com

Other Articles

Let’s learn how well CA’s efforts to attract and keep teachers, works

OPINION- An important bill making its way through the Legislature could help California’s schools better recruit and retain teachers.
Read More

Reaching kindergarten parents key to fixing post-pandemic surge in absenteeism

School attendance has never recovered from the COVID crisis, especially in early years and communities of color.
Read More

California's public charter schools — and their students — deserve equitable funding

In times of crisis, we should be looking for ways to help, not hinder. But in California, the inequities in public school education funding are only deepening the crisis for too many students.
Read More

SB 292:Is California Ready For School Choice?

California Policy Center (CPC) is proud to announce that we are sponsoring the new ESA bill introduced by state Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield).
Read More

California Jewish families fight for equal rights in education of disabled children

Three orthodox Jewish families in California who sued the state of California over a law that they say discriminates against religious families with disabled children are appealing a judge’s dismissal of their case.
Read More

When culture wars rip through California school boards, should the state intervene?

Last week’s tussles between state officials and a pair of Southern California school boards may have died down, but they’ve thrown a spotlight on deeper tensions over who makes decisions for local schools — a rift that’s likely to grow as the culture wars escalate.
Read More

How to Spot Fake News Now Part of California School Curriculum Under New Law

AB 873 requires that schools add media literacy skills education throughout all subjects.
Read More

Why not pay teachers $100,000 a year?

What matters most for student learning? Top-quality educators. If we want those, we need to pay them like true professionals.
Read More