Controversial Affordable Housing Proposal is Dead
KPFA reports that a state plan to allocate 400 million dollars for affordable housing is now dead, due to its linkage to a controversial proposal by Governor Jerry Brown that would have created [...]
CA High Court Lets Rulings Stand on Teacher Tenure, School Funding Lawsuits
EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on two orders issued by the CA Supreme Court Monday, quoting Public Advocates’ managing attorney John Affeldt on the results in the school funding [...]
CA Supreme Court Allows Teacher Tenure Laws to Stand
SF Chronicle reporter Bob Egelko writes about the most recent CA Supreme Court orders, including one on CQE v. California, quoting Public Advocates’ managing attorney John Affeldt. [...]
Is Mt. Diablo Unified Spending Enough to Help its Low-income Students?
Bay Area News Group reporter Joyce Tsai reports on complaint filed by Public Advocates regarding Mt. Diablo Unified School District’s spending plan for high-need students. Is Mt. Diablo [...]
State Reaffirms That LA Unified Violated Funding Formula
EdSource reporter John Fensterwald writes that the CA Dept of Education is sticking with its ruling that LAUSD underspent, by hundreds of millions of dollars, money it should have used to [...]
Charter Accountability Comes Back Before Lawmakers
The Cabinet’s Tom Chorneau reports on the release of a report by Public Advocates and the ACLU of Southern California about harmful screening policies at many charter schools in California. [...]
Report: Some charter policies exclusive
Maureen Magee of the San Diego Union Tribune reports that disadvantaged students are hurt by admissions rules at some charter schools, according to ACLU, Public Advocates report, Unequal Access: [...]
Findings of Facebook Expansion Studies Criticized
Palo Alto Online’s Kate Bradshaw reports on Public Advocates’ and ACLU criticism of Facebook Expansion Studies and the impact the expansion could have on local communities [...]
One in 5 charter schools ‘illegally’ screens applicants, report says
KPCC’s Kyle Stokes on the release of “Unequal Access” a report by Public Advocates and the ACLU of Southern California. According to the report, one in five charter schools [...]
Report charges many charter schools exclude children in violation of the law
EdSource’s Louis Freedberg reports that over 1 in 5 of California’s charter schools have restrictive admissions requirements or other exclusionary practices that keep out many students with [...]
