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"Math ability isn't a personality trait. It is a skill, and like other essential skills, it can be taught, practiced, and strengthened — especially when children get the right foundation early." - EdVoice CEO Marshall Tuck in San Francisco Chronicle Sunday paper.

Read full article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TPKad-ynNLTe3azwvL8iWjL3XNQ9w1j_/view?usp=sharing

The right foundation starts with Senator Akilah Weber Pierson, M.D. early math screening and support bill, SB 1067. EdVoice is proud to sponsor this common sense approach to math instruction that will set up California's kids for success in school, career, and life.

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Senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh

Senator Steven Choi
Senator Dave Cortese
Senator Lena A. Gonzalez
Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes

Governor Gavin Newsom proposed state budget includes potentially harmful statutory changes to the new K-2 universal reading screener policy (SB 114).

If passed, schools will be prohibited from screening students for reading challenges until the 46th day of school for kindergarten and the 91st day for grades 1-2.

❌ This doesn't align with evidence-based practices

❌ A majority of the state-approved screener tools are designed for beginning-of-year administration

❌ 0 of 43 other states requiring universal screening have grades 1 or 2 restrictions, and only 3 have restrictions on kinder

❌ It is premature to impose changes that could undermine the benefits of screening before analyzing first-year implementation data

Please REMOVE this language from the education trailer bill Senator John Laird and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel.

Thank you to The Mercury News for profiling our CEO, Marshall Tuck.

Marshall has led the relaunch of EdVoice and EdVoice Institute since late 2022 with determination, transparency, and love.

Learn more about Marshall and the EdVoice mission: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1avEDneoZq9OhM7WL0cy2wl5i7sgmiUM7/view?usp=drive_link

More than 750,000 students in California are being taught by unqualified teachers, and the majority are from low-income communities.

The Golden State Teacher Grant Program is proven to help bring more new teachers into the pipeline and into our highest-need schools.

Now is not the time to cut program funding! Thank you for your leadership on this issue, Assemblymember Corey Jackson

Full article: https://capitolweekly.net/21273-2/

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Governor Gavin Newsom
California Student Aid Commission
Senator John Laird
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel

It's and what better way to celebrate than to uplift the efforts of the members who advocate on behalf of women, children, and families in California.

Thank you for being leaders, role models, and history-makers💛

Another day, another call to Governor Gavin Newsom and the CA Legislature to do the right thing and fund the Golden State Teacher Grant Program for future educators and students in high-needs schools.

Full The San Diego Union-Tribune article here: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/03/18/opinion-golden-state-teacher-grant-program-is-crucial-dont-end-it-now/

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Senator John Laird
Senator Sasha Renee Perez
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel
Assemblymember David Alvarez

Last week, several partners joined us in Sacramento to advocate for the Golden State Teacher Grant (GSTG), a financial incentive program that helps teacher candidates earn their credentials in exchange for a commitment to teach in a high-needs schools for a number of years.

IT'S A WIN-WIN!

But, GSTG will end this year unless Governor Gavin Newsom adds funds to the state budget. Thousands of educators and hundreds of thousands of students benefit from this program. It must be saved.

Thank you to Assemblymember Alvarez for hearing us during the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance hearing.

And thank you to the more than 60 partners who have signed our letter of support, as well as those able to join us in Sacramento:

👏 Alder Graduate School of Education
👏 Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU)
👏 Children Now
👏 Decoding Dyslexia CA
👏 EdTrust-West
👏 Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE)
👏 Innovate Public Schools
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👏 Teach Plus California
👏 of Power Foundation
👏 GSTG Recipients Siray Rogers and Alyxx Melendez

LIVE at 10:30am Senator Weber Pierson will discuss her legislation (SB 1067, sponsored by EdVoice) designed to strengthen early math proficiency by identifying students who may need additional support before they fall behind. EdVoice CEO Marshall Tuck will also be speaking.

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Senator Weber Pierson’s New Bill Addresses California Student Math Crisis Official website of Senator Akilah Weber Pierson, M.D., representing California Senate District 39.