Press Release: New Complaint Claims LAUSD Not Accounting for Billions in Funds Earmarked for High Need Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2019 Contact: Isabel Alegría, Public Advocates; ialegria@publicadvocates.org, 415.431.7434; 510.541-5428 Duc Luu, [...]
Network of California Districts to Explore the Enigma of Engaging Parents
EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on the inclusion in the state budget of $13.1 million to support community engagement with the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). This is the 2013 [...]
Public Advocates Letter to LACOE Regarding Pomona USD
This is a letter written by Public Advocates to L.A. County Office of Education regarding Pomona Unified School District’s LCAP. PA Letter to LACOE regarding Pomona USD
Remembering Miguel Angel Méndez, former Chair and Member of Public Advocates’ Board of Governors
On May 25, 2017 our dear friend and colleague Miguel Angel Méndez passed away at his home in San Carlos, California, with his family at his side. We at Public Advocates deeply mourn the loss of [...]
Making Progress Towards an Equal Playing Field: A Follow Up to the ACLU of Southern California and Public Advocates’ Report on Charter School Admissions Policies
For a PDF of this statement, including a chart of schools that have not reported back on action to correct exclusionary policies, click here; for a press release on the statement, click here. By [...]
Spanish language version of the AB 686 Bill Fact Sheet (the CA Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Bill)
Click here to read the fact sheet.
Help Fuel the Resistance to Donald Trump
More than ever, we need your support to help create progressive change in California. Help fuel the resistance against the incoming Trump administration by making a tax-deductible gift to Public [...]
Urban Habitat v. Bay Area Rapid Transit
In 2009, three San Francisco Bay Area organizations brought this complaint against the Bay Area RapidTransit District (“BART”) under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order [...]
Unequal Access: How Some California Charter Schools Illegally Restrict Enrollment
Unequal Access: How Some California Charter Schools Illegally Restrict Enrollment From the Report: The original vision of charter schools in the 1990s was to provide new opportunities to improve [...]