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Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
July 30, 2019

LA Unified’s spending and accountability plan should be rejected and rewritten, says advocates’ complaint

Public Advocates argues the district doesn’t show how $1.2 billion in extra funding will benefit English learners and low-income students.

John Fensterwald
January 9, 2019

School districts will be required to verify they’re fixing California’s lowest-performing schools

The Every Student Succeeds Act requires states to identify and improve student achievement in the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools. Districts with those schools will explain how in a new section of their Local Control and Accountability Plans.

John Fensterwald
August 28, 2018

Parent involvement in early years grows with help from community groups

Unlike California’s K-12 public school system, not all programs that serve infants and toddlers have formal systems in place to engage parents

Ashley Hopkinson
August 1, 2018

Many charter schools fail to disclose spending on low-income students, report says

Out of 70 LCAPs selected, Public Advocates couldn’t find 27 online and most of the 43 reviewed lacked key spending data and evidence of parent involvement.

John Fensterwald
July 24, 2018

Complaint spurs Bay Area district to provide parents with more timely accountability data

West Contra Costa Unified will give community committee updated information by November, according to settlement agreement.

Theresa Harrington
June 25, 2018

Network of California districts to explore the elusive goal of engaging parents

The 2018-19 state budget includes $13.3 million to create a network in which teams of parents, teachers and district administrators will identify ways to listen to and act on advice from the community.

John Fensterwald
April 23, 2018

Advocates accuse Bay Area district of failing to release data on student performance

Data needed so public can have a say in how the district spends state funds

Theresa Harrington
March 14, 2018

Community engagement is the key to making California's school funding formula work

Report says district focus on community engagement is vital for successful implementation.

Daniel Humphrey
March 4, 2018

Oakland schools balance improving student performance while making deep budget cuts​

Oakland Unified is one of 28 districts that could face state intervention if at least three student subgroups don't improve in the next two years.

Theresa Harrington
February 14, 2018

With support instead of punishment, a California school district works to improve special education 

County offices of education are working with districts identified for "differentiated assistance" due to poor performance by student subgroups.

Theresa Harrington
February 12, 2018

Creating a 'test kitchen' to come up with a better school accountability plan in California

Defenders of local control worry time is running out to develop models that work for parents and districts

John Fensterwald
February 6, 2018

Governor wants California school districts to give more detail on use of state funds in budgets

The proposals are a response to concerns that it is difficult to track how school districts are spending funds they received for high-needs students under the Local Control Funding Formula.

Louis Freedberg
January 9, 2018

UCLA initiative promotes school collaboration to improve math performance

The new center will create educator networks statewide to improve student performance.

George White
December 7, 2017

State updates school data: here's how the school dashboard works

New improvement and accountability system provides extensive data on many measures of school life and performance.

John Fensterwald
December 3, 2017

Jerry Brown's dilemma: fix school funding formula now or watch others do it later

Many praise the formula's ambitious goals but criticize its burdensome documentation requirements, inadequate funding and the lack of fiscal transparency.

John Fensterwald