Education

Issue: Education Topic: School-based Health Status: Inactive Background One of the most important accountability tools created by the landmark Williams v. California settlement was a process [...]

Local Advocacy In 2008, Public Advocates learned of a troubling practice taking place within San Francisco Unified School District’s (SFUSD) school lunch program. The district was in essence [...]

Each parent should be able to find out how much their child’s school spends per student compared to other schools. In 2005, Public Advocates helped make this a reality by co-sponsoring Senate [...]

One in four California public school students is an English Language Learner—a student who does not understand or communicate well enough in English to enable him or her to meaningfully [...]

Strengthening Student Voices Public Advocates is a founding member of the Campaign for Quality Education (CQE), a statewide alliance of 25 grassroots organizations dedicated to ensuring that all [...]

PA and the ACLU of California submitted this comment letter to the State Board of Education summarizing key findings based on the organizations’ review of LCAPs as well as recommendations to [...]

Project: California’s New School Finance Law: Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Date: March 28, 2016 Parents from the West Contra Costa Schools District filed a complaint today to [...]

On May 17, 2000 — the 46th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education — the American Civil Liberties Union, Public Advocates, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and other [...]