The latest updates and press releases from Innovate Public Schools. Media inquiries can be directed to Jen Weiss, [email protected]
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...
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.
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.
On June 2, 2016, parent leaders with Innovate Public Schools hosted a forum to hear from candidates for the 24th Assembly on their plans for education and housing. All eight candidates participated in the event, which was co-chaired by Innovate parent leaders Rocsana...
A young man in a suit rises and stands before a panel of judges. For an hour, he walks through the challenges he faced in his past four years of study and how he took them on. He goes in-depth in explaining his academic work, including graphing parabolic functions and...