Understanding Educators’ Experiences Teaching Multilingual Learners
Public Advocates Education Equity Team Senior Staff Attorney, Shilpa Ram, authored a policy brief that illuminates the accomplishments, passion and struggles of bilingual educators and educators [...]
Report: How Districts Planned for Pandemic Learning
Public Advocates co-authored a report that examined how the state spent billions of dollars in new education funding during the pandemic. Click here to see the report “How Districts Planned [...]
Press Release: New Complaint Claims LAUSD Not Accounting for Billions in Funds Earmarked for High Need Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2019 Contact: Isabel Alegría, Public Advocates; ialegria@publicadvocates.org, 415.431.7434; 510.541-5428 Duc Luu, [...]
Network of California Districts to Explore the Enigma of Engaging Parents
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 [...]
Public Advocates Letter to LACOE Regarding Pomona USD
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
Remembering Miguel Angel Méndez, former Chair and Member of Public Advocates’ Board of Governors
On May 25, 2017 our dear friend and colleague Miguel Angel Méndez passed away at his home in San Carlos, California, with his family at his side. We at Public Advocates deeply mourn the loss of [...]
Making Progress Towards an Equal Playing Field: A Follow Up to the ACLU of Southern California and Public Advocates’ Report on Charter School Admissions Policies
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 [...]