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    Access to Quality Education

    EdSource: Poorer students still get the least qualified teachers, but California has made progress

    August 4, 2022 – An article in EdSource by Diana Lambert, John Fensterwald, and Daniel J. Willis about newly released state data on teacher quality mentions the work of Public Advocates and [...]

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    EdSource: Legislature disagrees with Newsom about how to spend additional billions for education

    June 3, 2022 – Public Advocates’ John Affeldt, Managing Attorney, is quoted in an article by John Fensterwald of EdSource about disagreements emerging between state legislators and [...]

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    Long Beach Post Voices: LCAP and what it means for high-needs LBUSD students

      June 23, 2021 – Mariela Salgado of Long Beach Post Voices in a live chat with Nicole Ochi, senior attorney of education equity at Public Advocates, and Angelica Salazar, director of [...]

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    CalMatters: Pushing Schools to Help At-risk Kids

    Commentary by Dan Walters of CalMatters on the recent CA Dept of Education decision regarding a complaint filed by Public Advocates and the ACLU against San Bernardino County education officials [...]

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    San Bernardino County Fails to Ensure School Spending Gets to its Neediest Students, State Says

    Paloma Esquivel of the Los Angeles Times reports on the decision by the California Department of Education that San Bernardino County education officials failed to properly oversee [...]

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    State Orders Stricter County Oversight of District Spending for Low-income Kids, English Learners

    John Fensterwald of EdSource reports on the CDE decision regarding a complaint that County education officials did not properly oversee school districts’ spending plans. Public Advocates [...]

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    EdSource: Gov. Newsom calls for closing big ‘loophole’ in school funding for high-needs students

    January 9, 2021 – John Fensterwald reports on Governor Newsom’s proposed solution to a long-running, contentious dispute over how California’s school districts can use leftover [...]

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    EdSource: CA Governor’s Supreme Court nominee wrote opinion derailing adequate school funding case

    EdSource reporter John Fensterwald reports on Governor Newsom’s nominee to CA highest court, Martin Jenkins, who wrote the opinion derailing two school funding lawsuits, one filed by Public [...]

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    PRESS RELEASE: Public Advocates Statement on Education Provisions of CA State Budget

    PRESS RELEASE June 26, 2020 Contact: Isabel Alegria, ialegria@publicadvocates.org; (510) 541-5428   PUBLIC ADVOCATES’ STATEMENT ON EDUCATION PROVISIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET The current [...]

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    CALmatters Commentary: New wrinkles emerge in old school fights

    In his recent Calmatters Commentary, Dan Walters talks about how state education officials and education advocates are grappling with critical issues during the Covid19 pandemic — including [...]

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