Ed Partners Perspectives
Bridging the Gap: How Black Oak Mine Math Educators Aligned for Student Success
On the surface, a drop in math scores as students transitioned from 6th-grade elementary classrooms into 7th grade at the high school seemed like an inevitable roadblock. But Black Oak Mine’s On Track Improvement team refused to accept that narrative. Instead, this dedicated group of math educators chose to dig deeper into the district’s systems […]
Taking Changes to Scale to Increase Student Access
By Rosanna Mucetti, Superintendent and Monica J. Ready, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Support Services, Napa Valley Unified School District The transition from middle school to high school often marks the first major drop in momentum toward college readiness. Across California, nearly half of high school graduates fail to complete the A–G coursework with a C […]
Building Systems, Not Just Programs: How El Dorado is Reimagining County Office Support
Superintendent Ed Manansala of the El Dorado County Office of Education (EDCOE), located east of Sacramento, is on a mission to build stronger, permanent systems for professional learning across 15 districts and 65 schools. For rural districts, the challenges and opportunities are unique. When a district consists of small schools with one or two teachers […]
Milpitas’ Early Adopters Create Momentum
The Milpitas team is now in Year 2 of their three-year Pre-K to 3 Coherence Collaboration (P3CC) and is making steady progress in expanding their P3CC work beyond the initial improvement team. Last year, the team built a strong foundation by deepening their understanding of the 4-phase unit planning process and open tasks. They then […]
Research Prompts Policymakers to Change EL Reclassification Laws
A California Education Partners Research Practice Partnerships (RPP) influenced a new state law aimed at improving outcomes for English learners. Drawing on findings from the California Education Partners’ Stanford–Sequoia K–12 Research Collaborative, with research conducted by the Stanford University’s John W. Gardner Center and Stanford Professor Guillermo Solano-Flores in partnership with nine school districts including […]
California Invested Big in Transitional Kindergarten. How 1 School Is Making the Most of It
Originally posted by KQED Educators in Ukiah Unified School District who are part of the Ed Partners P3CC Improvement Team are working together to strengthen early math instruction and make TK count for their students over the long haul. Reporter Daisy Nguyen visited Yokayo Elementary in Ukiah to learn more.
Spotlight on Burbank Unified
Burbank Unified School District continues to scale and spread their work with California Education Partners (Ed Partners) On Track Collaboration to remove barriers to students’ post-secondary opportunities. After participating in a multi-year Ed Partners collaboration beginning in 2017, they improved outcomes for 9th grade math students – but their efforts didn’t stop there. Director Robyn […]
Fewer, Better, Shared: The Case for Common Effective Practices
In the world of education, we are rich in new and old “best practices.” To move the needle on student learning, we seldom need more practices. We need common effective practices. This distinction isn’t just semantics—it is the difference between a system that creates coherence with impact for students and one that jumps from one […]
P3CC: Transforming Learning by Transforming Systems
Aromas-San Juan USD teachers and administrators discuss the ways in which the teaching of mathematics in their district has been transformed during their three years in P3CC.
Preschool Through Third Grade Early Math at Empire Union School District
For the past three years Empire Union & California Education Partners partnered with more than 35 school districts all across the state to hardwire coherence in their systems with a focus on early math. The collaboration (P3CC) brought together multi-level teams from participating districts to address the challenge of making the transition from preschool and […]