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What’s Ahead for Education Recovery in California?

By Niu Gao, Julian Betts, Bruce Fuller, Laura Hill

National test scores show that the pandemic caused major disruptions to student learning, with especially large effects on Black, Latino, and low-income students. In the coming months and years, we will be studying strategies that the state’s school districts use to help students recover, and recover equitably.

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Lessons from the Pandemic for Addressing Climate Change

By Lori Pottinger

What can the environmental “silver linings” of the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about addressing climate change? We talked to Louise Bedsworth of the California Strategic Growth Council about this issue.

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UC and CSU Face Budget Challenges

By Kevin Cook

The University of California and California State University face significant revenue loss this year and may see further cuts in the coming years.

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Test Scores Show Six-Year Setback for California Students

By Darriya Starr, Emmanuel Prunty, Joseph Herrera, Iwunze Ugo

Recently released standardized test scores show sharp declines in proficiency among the state’s fourth graders—reversing nearly six years of progress. The declines were sharpest among Black, Latino, and low-income students but do not appear to be tied to length of school closures during COVID.

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Helping K–12 Students Recover from the Pandemic

By Laura Hill, Niu Gao, Julien Lafortune

Increased state and federal resources will play a key role as California helps students overcome learning disruptions of the past two years, though longer-term challenges remain.

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