Access to Quality Education

Nine months after scathing report shows widespread state & federal violations at charter schools, some take corrective action but exclusionary policies remain.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [...]

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 [...]

John Fensterwald of the Press-Telegram reports on the lack of progress towards education equity in California. Even though the state passed a landmark education funding bill four years ago the [...]

April 5, 2017 – Jason Ruiz of the Long Beach Post reports on the complaint filed by Public Advocates against the Long Beach Unified School District. The complaint states that the district [...]

April 5, 2017 – Howard Blume of the Los Angeles Times reports on the complaint that Public Advocates filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. The district has misspent more [...]

April 4, 2017 – John Fensterwald of EdSource reports on the complaint that Public Advocates has filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. Senior staff attorney Angelica Jongco [...]

The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) is violating state law by misallocating more than $40 million of state education funding that is specifically designed to increase or improve [...]

April 4, 2017 – David Downey of the Press-Telegram reports on the complaint that Public Advocates has filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. Senior Staff Attorney Angelica [...]

April 4, 2017 – Kyle Stokes of 89.3 KPCC reports on the complaint filed by Public Advocates against the Long Beach Unified School District. The complaint states that the district has [...]