Public School Funding

April 22, 2020 – 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 [...]

January 15, 2020 – EdSource asked more than 40 education leaders — from John Affeldt to Edgar Zazueta — representing all segments of California’s education system to comment on Governor [...]

January 10, 2020 – John Fensterwald of EdSource reports on the education spending priorities in Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget, released on Friday. Public [...]

October 2, 2019 – Kyle Stokes reports in LAist that although the LA Unified School District says it fixed its spending plan for high-need students, advocates say it got worse. The L.A. [...]

In his OpEd featured in EdSource, Public Advocates’ John Affeldt calls on California’s next governor to take bold steps to address the massive educational equity gap threatening the [...]

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 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 [...]

By Hans Moore, Senior Staff Attorney On November 8, 2017, at 5:30 a.m., I woke up knowing that a very busy day lay ahead for me. What I didn’t imagine, was that over the next 12 hours I would [...]