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Community Hubs for Addressing Needs for Greater Education (CHANGE)

Introducing Gov. Mark Gordon's 2025-27 Chair’s Initiative!

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2025-27 
Policy Priority Areas

Check out the six policy areas guiding our work.

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state education 
policy tracking tool

Search for enacted and vetoed education bills across the country.

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July 2, 2026

A Playbook for State Policymakers and Place-Based Partnerships

To address cross-continuum issues in education (e.g., chronic absenteeism, student health challenges, workforce demands, etc.), state policymakers are considering cradle-to-career and place-based learning solutions based in immersive supports and learning […]

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July 1, 2026

What a Year of Generative AI in Real Classrooms Is Teaching Us About Implementation

  As of March 2026, more than 130 AI-in-education bills are under consideration across 31 states, and at least 28 states have published official AI guidance for schools. This is […]

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June 30, 2026

Why States Need Better Local Labor Market Information for an AI Economy

The precursor to this post described a bridge to nowhere — a Los Angeles area structure left stranded when the roads connecting it washed away. It's a useful metaphor for the challenge facing state and local educators today: the educational roads […]

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June 25, 2026

Funding Special Education Services

The number and percentage of students receiving special education services in schools has increased since 2000, and this trend has continued in recent years even as overall student enrollment has […]

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June 24, 2026

Building Future-Proof Workforce Pathways Through Responsive Data Systems

In 1936, Los Angeles County built a bridge across the San Gabriel River to link the San Gabriel Valley with Wrightwood, a popular camping spot. In 1938, a hurricane washed out the unfinished roads on both sides of the bridge.  […]

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June 16, 2026

Stabilizing Education Opportunity for Students in Foster Care

Maintaining stability is key to improving student access to quality educational opportunities, especially for students farthest from opportunity.  But for the 300,000 children and youth in foster care in the United States each year, stability can be hard to […]

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