News

June 30, 2022 – John Affeldt was quoted in a story in EdSource by Diana Lambert, Daniel J. Willis and Yuxuan Xie about teachers’ credentials and training and new statewide data on [...]

June 13, 2022 – Public Advocates was mentioned in an article in EdSource about a new report by the California Acceleration Project, community college remedial coursework reform and AB [...]

June 9, 2022 – Public Advocates was on KQED news in a segment that quotes John Affeldt.  “Lawmakers in Sacramento are proposing to spend $4.5B above what Governor is asking for [...]

June 9, 2022 – Public Advocates staff were quoted in an investigative piece in CalMatters about oversight of schools’ COVID aid. “‘I’m just not sure anyone has a good [...]

June 3, 2022 – Public Advocates’ John Affeldt, Managing Attorney, is quoted in an article by John Fensterwald of EdSource about disagreements emerging between state legislators and [...]

May 31, 2022 – Public Advocates is in the news in a story about remedial coursework reform and how direct enrollment transfer-level English and Math classes significantly increases [...]

May 18, 2022 – Suzanne Dershowitz, staff attorney at Public Advocates, co-authored an op-ed in CalMatters on the importance of integrating community expertise and equity into local housing [...]

May 12, 2022 – Erin Apte, senior legislative counsel for Public Advocates, was quoted in an article in EdSource about a $3 billion Community Schools program that stresses building [...]

May 9, 2022 – Public Advocates’ research and opinion was featured in an article in Higger Ed Dive about remedial education at community colleges: “A 2020 study by the California [...]

May 3, 2022 – Jetaun Stevens, senior staff attorney with Public Advocates was quoted in The Black Chronicle in a story about California’s community colleges still devoting substantial [...]