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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
San Bernardino Students, Parents Win in Schools Complaint
The California Department of Education (CDE) has issued an historic decision finding that the San Bernardino County Office of Education (SBCOE) improperly approved school district spending plans [...]
San Bernardino County education office shortchanged minority students out of equity funding, state says
Scott Schwebke reports in the San Bernardino Sun that the San Bernardino County Office of Education short-changed predominately low-income Black and Latino students by an estimated $166 million [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
EdSource: CA School districts to get a 5-month reprieve to adopt next year’s accountability plan
EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on an anticipated decision at the state level to allow school districts throughout California to delay the creation of their spending plans known as [...]
