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How can we improve our schools? What will help our children learn? Read about innovations in education and what they mean for your school, your children and your community.
The New Federal Education Law has Changed: Why Should Parents Care?
By now, parents have probably heard that there is a new federal education law that will go into effect soon. But what has changed, and why? What do parents and community leaders need to know about this new law?
Too Few Top-performing Public Schools for Underserved Students in the Bay Area
At Innovate Public Schools, we love to recognize the schools that are making sure that students who have historically been underserved are appropriately prepared to reach their full potential and succeed in college, careers and beyond. We love to celebrate schools that show what all students can achieve and what a great school looks like.
Uncommon Collegiate Charter High School: Offering Rigorous Academics for ALL Students
Traditionally, what the high school lesson type looks like, is that the teacher tells students about something and they get a chance to practice with it. Unfortunately, that’s not what college classes look like.
FAQ: My Child is an English Learner
What does it mean that my child is an English Learner?
If a student does not yet speak and understand English at a level where they can fully participate in regular instruction taught in English, they should be classified as an English learner (EL). California law requires that school districts provide English learners with additional services to help them gain fluency in English while moving forward with everything else they need to learn.
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.
East Palo Alto Parents host 24th Assembly Candidates Forum on Education
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...
Impact Academy of Arts and Technology: Building a College-Going Culture
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...
24th Assembly District Candidates Forum on Education
Education is the pathway to a better future. We want to make sure that all students in our community get an excellent education that prepares them for good jobs right here in Silicon Valley and that will also enable them to live here. However, last year only three out...
New School Progress Reports Released through Collaboration Between Franklin-McKinley School District and Charter Schools
Innovate Public Schools has published new school progress reports for all 22 district and charter schools located in Franklin-McKinley School District as part of a local cross-sector collaboration. “We have set an ambitious goal for our students’ success. No other...
New Video on Our National Parent Leader Institute
Take a look at this new video about our National Parent Leader Institute.
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.
Mindset for success – How to foster a healthy attitude towards learning in your child
Many notable historical figures struggled on their road to success. For example, Albert Einstein had difficulty counting to ten as a child and, as a teen, he failed his initial college entrance exam (which he successfully passed a year later). So what was it about Einstein that helped him persevere to become the most respected physicist of all time?
School Leaders from Top Bay Area Schools for Underserved Students Share What Works
On Thursday, November 5, parents, educators and community leaders from across the Bay Area came together to celebrate the top 54 public schools in the region serving underserved students.
New Report: Top Bay Area Schools for Underserved Children
Today, Innovate Public Schools released its latest research report which finds that overall, the Bay Area trails the state in test scores for low-income Latino and African American students, but some schools buck the trend.
250+ Parents Come Out to Push for Better Public Schools in East Palo Alto
On Oct. 26, over 250 families came out for an action forum to ask public officials to support their push to bring a new KIPP charter public school to East Palo Alto.
300+ Redwood City Parents and Youth Come out for Candidates Forum on Education
On Oct. 8, more than 300 Redwood City parents and youth came out to a community forum on education hosted by Innovate Public Schools, a nonprofit working to ensure all Bay Area students get a high-quality education.