Category: State Board Of Education
What does the state superintendent actually do and how might that drastically change?
California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond speaks at a press conference on July 1, 2025. Credit: Kindra Britt/California […]
January 30, 2026
California students have a unique opportunity to shape education policy
California State Board of Education student member Julia Clauson, second from left, talks with first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom at […]
June 2, 2025
How to describe middling and poor test scores? State Board frets over the right words
Students in a Fresno Unified classroom. Credit: Fresno Unified / Flickr Ending several months of uncertainty, the California State Board […]
March 6, 2025
Standards to classroom: Transforming the opportunity to learn in California schools
Riverside County teachers collaboratively learn with the Riverside County Office of Education math team around increasing student thinking. Credit: Riverside […]
January 26, 2025
State Board criticized for soft-pedaling reporting on low student test scores
Students exchange ideas in a science classroom. Credit: Allison Shelley / EDUimages Clarity matters when explaining to parents how their […]
December 2, 2024
Statewide test scores improved in 2024, but achievement still not back to pre-Covid levels
Students in a Fresno Unified classroom. Credit: Fresno Unified / Flickr This story was updated at 4:25 pm with more […]
October 10, 2024
Understanding California’s test scores could hold the key to student improvement
Credit: Alison Yin/EdSource As states across the nation release their annual data from tests administered to students in the 2023-24 […]
October 10, 2024
Why civic engagement must be integrated into the school dashboard
State Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond and Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero honored Kennedy High in Anaheim for its outstanding civic […]
October 2, 2024
Are you cut out to be the next student member of the California State Board of Education?
Anya Ayyappan, left, being sworn in as the student member of the California State Board of Education by Board President […]
May 29, 2024