Innovate Public Schools is a power building organization dedicated to building the capacity of parents and families to organize, advocate, and demand high quality schools for their children.
We believe that the education system was not designed to serve all children, and that the biggest barrier to all children having access to an excellent school is a lack of political will to improve the system. We believe the voices and experiences of parents, families, and students should be elevated and centered in decisions about education.
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Innovate builds power for a more equitable education system...
in key areas throughout California, at the State level and nationwide. Our flagship programming provides foundational understanding of community organizing and trains community organizations, school leaders and parents to take action for a more equitable education system. With a people-based research and policy approach, we equip parents, families and advocacy organizations with the data driven tools they need to advocate for better educational outcomes in local school districts.
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Parent Leaders throughout California Organize for High Quality Education for Black & Brown Students. Read more in our latest Blog Entries.
U.S. Secretary of Education Meets with Innovate Parent Leaders
Sitting knee to knee, Innovate parent leaders hosted Acting Secretary of Education John King on January 30 for an intimate meeting about the group’s work to increase the number of world-class public schools serving low-income students and students of color in the Bay...
100 Come Together in San Jose for Innovate’s National Parent Leader Institute
On February 26, Innovate Public Schools welcomed 100 parent leaders and education advocates from across the country for our National Parent Leader Institute. For three days, parents from across the Bay Area, Colorado, Connecticut, and Washington D.C. came together to...
Parents win! East Palo Alto KIPP school approved 4-1
On February 11, the Ravenswood School District school board approved 4-1 a new KIPP charter public school to open in East Palo Alto in 2017. Parents and supporters filled the board room, erupting in applause after the vote and spilling into the hallway, hugging each...
GreatSchools and Innovate Public Schools Launch New, Bilingual School Quality Website for Bay Area Parents
GreatSchools, a national nonprofit helping parents guide their kids to successful futures, and Innovate Public Schools, which works with parents to improve education in their communities, today launched the new GreatSchools Bay Area website. “Our goal is to better...
Rocketship Mosaic Elementary School: Engaging Parents as Co-Educators and Leaders
The community meeting is a staple at many schools, but at RoMo it happens every month, and upwards of eighty percent of parents routinely attend – a level of participation that’s practically unheard of.
