Access to Quality Education

EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on two orders issued by the CA Supreme Court Monday, quoting Public Advocates’ managing attorney John Affeldt on the results in  the school funding [...]

SF Chronicle reporter Bob Egelko writes about the most recent CA Supreme Court orders, including one on CQE v. California, quoting Public Advocates’ managing attorney John Affeldt.   [...]

Bay Area News Group reporter Joyce Tsai reports on complaint filed by Public Advocates regarding Mt. Diablo Unified School District’s spending plan for high-need students.   Is Mt. Diablo [...]

EdSource reporter John Fensterwald writes that the CA Dept of Education is sticking with its ruling that LAUSD underspent, by hundreds of millions of dollars, money it should have used to [...]

Mt. Diablo Unified (in Contra Costa County) Public Advocates UCP to MDUSD 2016-08-09 Oak Grove Elementary (in Santa Clara County) Public Advocates UCP Re Oak Grove 2016-8-9 Santa Barbara Unified [...]

PRESS RELEASE for Immediate Release August 9, 2016 Counties Must Reject School District Spending Plans that Violate the Law, Public Advocates Warns Districts reviewed skirt regulations requiring [...]

Issue: Education Topic: School Finance Date: May 19, 2016 File: non-concentrated_district_report_UPDATED A study of fifteen school districts released by Public Advocates Inc. reveals a trend of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2016 Contact: Isabel Alegría, ialegria@publicadvocates.org, 510-541-5428 Tony Marcano, tmarcano@aclusocal.org, 213-977-5242 Alexandra Patchen, apatchen@cov.com, [...]

The Cabinet’s Tom Chorneau reports on the release of a report by Public Advocates and the ACLU of Southern California about harmful screening policies at many charter schools in California. [...]

Maureen Magee of the San Diego Union Tribune reports that disadvantaged students are hurt by admissions rules at some charter schools, according to ACLU, Public Advocates report, Unequal Access: [...]