School Funding and Accountability

Statement of John Affeldt, Public Advocates Managing Attorney & Education Program Director on Publication of Getting Down to Facts II Studies regarding California Public Schools We welcome [...]

EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on the findings of Public Advocates’ survey of charter schools in California released August 1st. The report reveals systemic failure by charter [...]

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 [...]

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

Long Beach Post reporter Stephanie Rivera writes that parents and community groups and the Long Beach Unified School District announced the settlement of a complaint filed by Public Advocates [...]

January 30, 2018 – John Fensterwald of EdSource writes about the standoff between state and federal authorities on how to improve schools in California. The federal Every Student Succeeds [...]

January 16, 2018 – John Fensterwald of EdSource writes about recent developments regarding the state’s plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Public [...]

December, 28, 2017 – Joyce Tsai of the East Bay Express writes about the shift away from traditional textbooks to online tools happening in Oakland classrooms. Managing Attorney John [...]

Staff of the Long Beach Press Telegram report on 2017 in the Long Beach schools, including Public Advocates challenge to the LBUSD’s spending of $40 million on high need students. In [...]

December 11, 2017 – The San Diego Union Tribune Editorial Board wrote about making changes to California’s education funding law, the Local Control Funding Formula. The op-ed mentions [...]