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.
October 15, 2025 The Washington Post The reading wars are ending. Phonics won. "That California finally took the plunge is especially noteworthy, given that it was ground zero in the nationwide shift away from phonics in the 1980s…The widespread and bipartisan embrace of phonics is worth celebration." - Washington Post Editorial Board
October 9, 2025 Mercury News California students make test score gains-but Bay Area sees little improvement Gov. Gavin Newsom signed historic legislation Thursday morning that implements evidence-based reading instruction in California classrooms, as newly released test scores reveal California students saw modest gains across subjects.
October 9, 2025 Los Angeles Daily News California sees K-12 test scores gains as Newsom signs literacy reform bill “AB1454 is about helping more children learn to read, and there’s nothing more important in a public education system than ensuring all kids can learn to read,” said Marshall Tuck,…
October 9, 2025 EdSource New law changes how California kids learn to read The decision to compromise on teacher training was easier for advocacy groups that supported the former bills once Newsom put funding behind the training, Tuck said. “We felt if there’s money, and you have to transition to the instructional materials, education leaders will take the pd (professional development),” he said.
