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.
Families Lead the Way: Building Solutions for Special Education in SFUSD
Innovate was proud to gather families, educators, advocates, and district leaders on November 5 at the Southeast Community Center for Families First: Special Education & Solutions in SFUSD. Together, we confronted a difficult truth: too many San Francisco Unified...
Advancing Education Equity: Join Innovate’s Fall Event Series!
This fall, Innovate Public Schools is bringing families, educators, and community leaders together to take action for education equity across California. Our events are focused on empowering parents, strengthening schools, and ensuring every student gets the...
Parents at the Center: 2025 Parent Leadership Institute Brings Hope, Power, and Action
On September 20–21, 2025, nearly 100 parent leaders and 50 children came together for the 2025 Innovate Parent Leadership Institute (PLI). Parents traveled from across California and as far as Colorado to be in community, to learn, and to lead. What unfolded was a...
Celebrating California’s Top Schools: Leading the Way to a More Equitable Future
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...
Parent Power Helps Advance Literacy Bill to Governor’s Desk
This week, lawmakers passed AB 1454, a landmark bill designed to close California’s literacy gap by bringing evidence-based reading strategies into classrooms.
