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The latest updates and press releases from Innovate Public Schools. Media inquiries can be directed to Jen Weiss, [email protected]
New Report: Top Bay Area Public Schools for Underserved Children
Top Bay Area Public Schools for Underserved Students will be available online this week! Stay tuned to learn which local schools are showing that it is possible to narrow (and even close) the opportunity gaps we see across race/ethnicity and across income in the Bay Area. This annual report highlights 41 Bay Area public schools that had the top results for low-income Latino and African American students on the latest state tests.
Parents Tell CA State Board of Education to Improve Its Accountability System
On Thursday, the California State Board of Education voted to approve the state’s new accountability system. This marks a major shift from publishing a single one-number rating for every school - the Academic Performance Index (API) - to a multicolored report with...
Latest CA Test Scores Show the State is Failing African American and Latino Students
The latest California state test scores show that while schools and districts have made gains overall, wide gaps in student achievement persist between low-income, African American and Latino students and their peers. Overall, proficiency rates are up 5% in English and 4% in math statewide. However, scores still show huge achievement gaps. In English, just 37% of Latinos and 31% of African American students have reached proficiency compared to 64% of white students and 76% of Asian students.
It’s official: New KIPP school opening in East Palo Alto in 2017!
In February, the Ravenswood school board approved a new KIPP charter school in response to hundreds of parents who asked them to support high-quality options.