Innovate has developed a peer-to-peer or promotora model to strengthen parent leadership and impact. Rocio, a parent leader from East Palo Alto who is now trained as one of Innovate’s AIEP project parent navigators, shared, “As a mother and proud promotora or...
We are excited to share that our AIEP tool received an honorable mention in the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network’s 2026 Eddies Awards for Most Actionable Tools & Research. This recognition celebrates more than the technology tool itself. It reflects...
Innovate is using our peer-to-peer model to organize and amplify parent power in Half Moon Bay and Pescadero with two local organizations, Coastside Hope and PUENTE, where parent leaders train other parent leaders. Over the past six months, we went from partnering to...
Over the past month, Innovate Public Schools joined numerous coalition letters and advocacy efforts focused on protecting education funding, student supports, and educator pipelines. These actions provide us with the opportunity to communicate directly with education...
For the first time in Innovate Public Schools’ history, our Top Schools Report is statewide, and the results are both inspiring and urgent. We analyzed all 9,158 public schools in California and identified just 550 Top Schools, accounting for only 6% of schools...
