April 3, 2026 EdSource Don’t make California’s young readers wait Timing is central to the value of screening. Delaying screening by weeks or months means delaying the identification and support that SB 114 was designed to deliver.
March 26, 2026 The Observer Sen. Weber Pierson Bill Takes Aim at Early Math Gaps in California Classrooms The bill would require school districts to adopt screening instruments by June 30, 2028, with assessments beginning no later than the 2028–29 school year. Results could not be used for high-stakes purposes such as teacher evaluations, grade retention or gifted identification. Parents would retain the right to opt their children out.
March 26, 2026 Capitol Weekly The case for $100 million to protect California’s teacher pipeline I am calling on the Governor and my colleagues in the Legislature to invest $100 million in new funding for the Golden State Teacher Grant Program in the 2026–27 budget. This level of support will expand grant awards, assist more teacher candidates, including career changers and educators of color who reflect the diversity of our students, and help ensure every child has access to a fully prepared teacher.
March 23, 2026 San Diego Union-Tribune Opinion: Golden State Teacher Grant program is crucial. Don’t end it now. Even with its demonstrated effectiveness at addressing the state’s ongoing teacher shortage, increasing teacher diversity and improving teacher retention rates, the program is set to end this year unless our state leaders act.
March 16, 2026 Los Angeles Sentinel A Proven Solution to California’s Teacher Shortage is About to End Across California, approximately one in seven teachers is a substitute, intern, or teaching outside their credential area — impacting roughly 750,000 students. Research consistently affirms that teachers are the single most important school-based factor influencing student achievement. Strengthening the teacher pipeline is not merely about filling vacancies, it is about protecting academic outcomes and long-term opportunity for hundreds of thousands of children.
February 27, 2026 Capitol Weekly Supporting the next generation of Black excellence in STEM Passing SB 1067 provides every California child a fair chance at becoming our state’s future scientists, computer programmers, doctors, and astronauts. In the innovation capital of the world, we owe every child in California the opportunity to reach for the stars.
February 26, 2026 CalMatters California’s reading reforms drive push for better math skills in early grades A new effort to upgrade math skills via legislation is — or at least should be — high on the Capitol’s must-do list. State Sen. Dr. Akilah Weber Pierson, a San Diego Democrat, introduced Senate Bill 1067, backed by education reformers who supported the phonics bill.
February 19, 2026 EdSource With literacy policies on the books, advocates target early math Buoyed by their successful strategies for early literacy, California legislators and advocacy groups are calling for a parallel approach to math. This week, they proposed that all school districts be required to screen children for math difficulties annually in the early grades, as the first step toward adopting a comprehensive statewide approach to math achievement.
February 17, 2026 For Immediate Release: EdVoice Announces 2026 Push For Early Math Screening Across CA Following successful campaigns for K-2 reading screenings and evidence-based early literacy instruction, EdVoice sponsors statewide early math screening bill SB 1067 (Weber Pierson).
January 9, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Statement from Marshall Tuck on Governor Newsom’s Proposed 2026-27 State Budget Too many students in California are still struggling academically. The Governor’s historic investment of $149.1B for all TK-12 education programs shows a dedicated focus on strengthening California’s public education system in order to uplift outcomes for our students, teachers, and school communities
November 5, 2025 KCBS Radio Is AI making homework obsolete? It sounds like a dream scenario from your childhood in 2025, homework is becoming obsolete. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Matt Bigler spoke with Marshall Tuck (EdVoice CEO) about how AI may potentially affect homework in the future.
October 15, 2025 Governor Newsom signs legislation to further bolster literacy "There was only one bill that the Speaker said he wanted to attach his name to and he helped create the conditions that led to this bipartisan support of a bill that's long overdue," said Governor Newsom during the press conference.
