ProGov21 Policy Library

High-quality early childhood education is crucial for preparing students for learning and success. This guide provides a thorough examination of the fundamental elements needed to establish these programs and outlines early learning standards and curricula, assessments, strategies...

A contribution to a host of previous efforts to better understand the opportunities and academic outcomes of students experiencing homelessness. The report describes the population of students experiencing homelessness in California in 2018–19 and then, drawing on earlier data from...

Common school disciplinary techniques like suspensions or expulsions reduce achievement and increase misbehavior and dropout rates, especially among students of color and students with disabilities. Educators can replace these punitive discipline policies with restorative practices...

The COVID-19 pandemic presented new challenges for educational equity, but has also created an opportunity to reevaluate traditional approaches and implement restorative practices. This report suggests research-based equity-focused practices such as leveraging school advisory systems...

Early childhood assessments, when well designed and well implemented, can support developmentally appropriate learning by providing information to guide instruction and support children's development. As early childhood programs are becoming part of many state education systems, educators...

States and School Districts should take advantage of federal recovery funds, particularly focusing their use of resources towards the expansion and improvement of early childhood education (ECE). This factsheet highlights how these funds can be used for various ECE initiatives, including...

Community schools represent a place-based strategy in which schools partner with community agencies and allocate resources to provide an “integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement.” Well-implemented community...