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Improving College Access and Success through Dual Enrollment
At one time, mainly high-achieving high school students took college courses through dual enrollment, but access has widened under the College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) program. PPIC...
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Civic Education Is Essential to California’s Future
As California’s students, teachers, and administrators settle into a new school year, I’ve been thinking a lot about the purposes of public education. Of course, we want our students to learn and grow...
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Examining the Reach of Targeted School Funding
Under California’s ten-year-old funding formula, districts with higher shares of high-need students receive added dollars on top of base funding. Join PPIC research fellow Julien Lafortune for a...
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Policy Brief: Examining the Reach of Targeted School Funding
Ten years ago, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) shifted K–12 funding in California, directing more dollars to districts with high-need students—English Learner, low-income, and/or foster youth....
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Examining the Reach of Targeted School Funding
Key Takeaways Now entering its second decade, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) fundamentally shifted school finance in California. Under LCFF, the robust state revenue growth of the past decade...
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Private Schooling Played a Small Role in Declining Public School Enrollment
Families choosing private schooling over public schools has become a popular topic in discussions around what factors might be contributing to falling public school enrollment. Many California families...
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Video: Improving College Access and Success through Dual Enrollment
Every year, thousands of high school students participate in dual enrollment—courses that allow students to take college classes and earn college credit. “Dual enrollment can be an effective means for...
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Did Pandemic Aid Narrow the Digital Divide?
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, 40% of the state’s PK–12 households lacked “full digital access,” or reliable access to high-speed internet and a connected device, according to Census Bureau...
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Video: Examining the Reach of Targeted School Funding
In California, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) has increased funding for high-need TK–12 students by distributing additional funds to districts with higher shares of students who are...
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School Vaccination Rates Vary across California
As we head into the fall and winter, health systems are encouraging people to get flu vaccines and updated COVID shots. High vaccination rates reduce the risk of preventable disease outbreaks,...
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Tracking Progress in Community College Access and Success
Three years after a landmark reform broadened access to transfer-level math and English courses for community college students, have outcomes improved? PPIC researcher Cesar Alesi Perez will present...
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Making the Most of State Investments in Dual Enrollment
California is investing in dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses. Several initiatives—including the College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP), the Golden State...
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Policy Brief: Assessing Transitional Kindergarten’s Impact on Elementary...
California’s Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program provides an additional year of schooling within the K–12 system that aims to prepare children for kindergarten. Launched a decade ago with limited...
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Assessing Transitional Kindergarten’s Impact on Elementary School Trajectories
Key Takeaways California’s Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program provides an additional year of schooling aimed at preparing children for kindergarten within the K–12 system. TK was launched a decade...
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Assessing Transitional Kindergarten’s Impact on Elementary School Trajectories
California’s Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program provides an early year of schooling within the K–12 system. Launched a decade ago with limited eligibility, TK will soon be open to all...
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Policy Brief: Tracking Progress in Community College Access and Success
For years, the vast majority of California’s community college students had to take remedial courses that slowed down or halted their academic progress. In 2019, Assembly Bill (AB) 705 removed many of...
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Tracking Progress in Community College Access and Success
Key Takeaways In 2019, landmark legislation (Assembly Bill or AB 705) transformed the community college landscape in California, dramatically increasing direct access to introductory transfer-level...
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Testimony: Improving College Access and Success through Dual Enrollment
Olga Rodriguez, center director and senior fellow of the PPIC Higher Education Center, testified before the Assembly Higher Education Committee’s Oversight Hearing on Dual Enrollment in Sacramento on...
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Video: Tracking Progress in Community College Access and Success
In 2019, Assembly Bill (AB) 705 dramatically broadened access to transfer-level courses in English and math at California’s community colleges. Have student outcomes improved since then? Last week,...
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Video: Assessing Transitional Kindergarten’s Impact on Elementary School...
California’s Transitional Kindergarten (TK) program provides an extra year of schooling within the K–12 system. Launched a decade ago with limited eligibility, TK will soon be open to all...
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