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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Literacy is Life Campaign
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Parent leader, Carmen Rodriguez visits Senator Anthony Portantino at CA State Capitol
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San Jose Press Conference
San Jose Parent Leders Organizer $2M for High Quality Tutoring
Parent Leaders Advocate at CA State Capitol
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Community Organizer with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan
Parent Leader and Student at LAUSD Community Action
Standing for Black Students
Michelle Vilchez Speaks to Innovate Leaders
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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.
Parent Leaders Strive to Leave Legacy for Their Children
“We don’t possess academic titles or bring in six-figure salaries, but we have come together and overcome our personal fears and insecurities to speak directly to our elected officials about our experiences so that we can be heard,” writes Innovate parent leader Maritza Leal in this post on the Rocketship blog about parent’s efforts in Redwood City to improve local schools.
Meet the 2014-15 Start-up Schools Fellows
The second year of our Fellowship kicked off in July 2014 with 18 leaders representing a wide range of school districts and charter schools from across Silicon Valley.
Spotlight on School Turnaround
What would it take for the lowest-performing schools in Silicon Valley to become great? That was the central question of Innovate’s convening on school turnaround featuring speakers Russlynn Ali of Emerson Collective, Scott Given of UP Education and several local panelists. See the high lights video.
300 Parents Come Out for Action Meeting in Redwood City
Update: In June 2015, the Redwood City school board unanimously approved two new charter schools - one KIPP, one Rocketship - to open in fall 2015. Learn more. More than 300 parents came out for a Parent Action Meeting in Redwood City on March 18, 2014 to push for new...
Meet Our Start-up Schools Fellows 2013-14
Meet the inaugural class of Innovate’s Start-up Schools fellowship which kicked off in 2013.
