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Tri-Valley school districts are among those rated on a number of different rankings intended to measure the foundations, potential and room for improvement in districts throughout California, with LVJUSD outranking its fellow ...

A new tool developed by Pivot Learning can help California School districts focus their efforts on strengthening their ability to build a strong foundation for improvement.

A online tool allows parents and voters to see how well their school districts are prepared to make the reforms necessary to raise academic achievement.

Pivot Learning releases the District Readiness Index, a database for measuring how well California districts have met the conditions needed to make sustainable change.

School districts are facing the greatest educational challenge of the last 100 years — reversing pandemic-induced learning loss among tens of millions of students. It is a moment that demands innovative programs that will be sustained over time and lead to rapid and lasting improvements. But experience teaches that in the face of great need, […]

California fourth graders trail the nation in reading, and half of its third graders, including two-thirds of Black students and 61% of Latino students, do not read at grade level.

A national push to change the teaching of reading shows contrast between other states and California's hands-off approach.

California fourth graders trail the nation in reading, and half of its third graders, including two-thirds of Black students and 61% of Latino students, do not read at grade level.

The district is hoping a "grow your own" approach to recruiting teaching candidates from the community will pay dividends OUSD. But living costs are high, and nearby districts can compete with offer higher salaries.

More than four decades after it was approved by voters, a new study says Prop. 13 contributed to wider wealth gaps, unstable education funding and housing shortages.