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San Jose Unified School District A Case Study: Preparing Students for College and Career

School districts across the country increasingly are shattering the myth that some students can’t learn as much as others. Take the San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD). Here, educators are proving that students from all backgrounds can access rigorous curricula. For more than a decade, the district has embraced college readiness as its mission.

Publication date: 
January 15 2010

SMALL GAINS, HUGE GAPS: The Education Trust—West's Statement on the Release of the 2009 California High School Exit Exam Results

OAKLAND, CA (September 2, 2009) – Results from the 2009 California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) released today by the California Department of Education (CDE) show marginal statewide improvement across both English and Math and for all ethnic groups throughout the state.

Overall, 90.6 percent of the class of 2009 passed the exam – a mere 0.2 percent higher than the class of 2008.

Achievement in California 2009: Ed Trust—West Statement on 2009 STAR Data

OAKLAND, CA (August 18, 2009) – Results from the 2009 Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR) released today by the California Department of Education (CDE) show marginal statewide improvement across most grade levels and content areas. More students are demonstrating mastery of state standards than at any point since standards and assessments became fully aligned in 2003.

“We must and do acknowledge the hard work of teachers, administrators, students and parents in these gains.

Statement by The Education Trust—West on The Budget Conference Committee Vote to Eliminate the California High School Exit Exam

OAKLAND, CA (June 17, 2009) - “Yesterday’s vote by the state’s Budget Conference Committee to eliminate the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) as a graduation requirement represents a huge step backward for California’s schools and students. Attempting to dig our way out of the current fiscal crisis by pillaging our education system ensures that we will still be digging our way out of this same hole—or rather our children will—for many years to come.

Statement by The Education Trust—West on High School Drop-out and Graduation Rates Released Today by The California Department of Education

OAKLAND, CA (May 12, 2009) — Today, the California Department of Education (CDE) released information on high school graduation and drop-out rates. The CDE reported a four-year graduation rate of 68 percent for the class of 2008. Continuing its use of the Statewide Student Identifier (SSID) system introduced last year, the state was able to reveal a more accurate accounting of the number of students who dropped out of California’s public schools.

The Education Trust—West High School Reform Toolkit

Dr. Linda Murray & Dr. Tami Pearson
Presentation to Superintendents in San Diego County
San Diego, CA

Presented: 
October 8 2008

Ventura Unified School District Community Conversation

Dr. Linda Murray, Dr. Tami Pearson & Olivia Lynch
Ventura, CA

Publication date: 
May 7 2008

A Snapshot of High Schools in the San Francisco Unified School District

Across California and in the San Francisco Unified School District, students are either not graduating high school at all or they are graduating without the skills they will need to carve out successful futures.

There is growing momentum however to create a Movement that will change San Francisco schools. Educators, parents and community activists are coming together to advocate for a system that will educate all students at rigorous levels.

Publication date: 
March 15 2008

African American Achievement in California

As Black History Month comes to a closeand we prepare to commemorate the 50th Anniversery of Brown v. Board of Education, we examine an educational system in California that remainsvery much seperate and unequal. Opening the schoolhouse doors to all students has not meant equal opportunities or equal outcomes. And it certainly hasn't meant equal or equitable access to high-quality teachers, rigorous classesand resources that would help low-performing students achieve.

Publication date: 
August 15 2004

Latino Achievement in California

Fifty years ago, Brown v. Board of Education made several promises to our nation's young people. One was that schools could not be segregated by race. Another was that our nation's public schools would make education available to all groups of students on equal terms. California's public schools teach more Latino children than any other subgroupof students. But do they live up to the spirit of Brown in teaching those students? Looking at the data, tragically, we see a very unequalsystem for Latino students in California.

Publication date: 
August 15 2004
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