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At Innovate, we believe advocacy is part of our responsibility to students and families. In February 2026, we joined coalition letters and public statements to protect progress in literacy, equity, and educator diversity, and to ensure that policy decisions translate...

In January 2026, Innovate’s parent leaders kicked off the year by organizing, sharing insights, and working together across the state.

Black History Month invites us to reflect on the past and to recognize the living legacy of Black leadership shaping our future. In education, that legacy has always been clear. When Black families organize, advocate, and lead, systems change for all students....

In late January, Innovate attended a budget briefing hosted by Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and senior district leadership. The meeting brought together a small group of trusted community partners, including parent...

Today, public schools across the San Francisco Unified School District closed as teachers and education staff began a strike, the first in the city in nearly 50 years. The action reflects deep frustrations in contract negotiations over wages, health care benefits, and...

Earlier this month, Governor Newsom released his proposed state budget for 2026-27. We applaud the Governor for his commitment to investing $149.1 billion for TK-12 public education and for using his last year in office to pave a new path for education governance in...

In January 2026, Innovate’s parent leaders kicked off the year by organizing, sharing insights, and working together across the state.

High-impact tutoring is one of the most widely endorsed strategies for accelerating student learning and addressing long-standing opportunity gaps. The research is strong. The investments are growing. And yet, too many tutoring initiatives fall short of their promise....

At Innovate Public Schools, our work starts with a simple belief: parents are the experts on their children, and they deserve a real seat at the table where decisions about education are made at the school, district, state, and national levels. That belief is why...

In a year marked by uncertainty for public education, one thing remained clear: when families organize, change follows. In 2025, Innovate partnered with parents and caregivers across California to build power, strengthen leadership, and win meaningful improvements in...

Innovate Public Schools was proud to co-host the San Mateo County High-Impact Tutoring Summit last week, a powerful gathering of families, school and district leaders, community partners, tutoring providers, and researchers committed to expanding equitable access to...

Innovate was proud to gather more than 50 parents, educators, and district leaders on November 11 in Ravenswood for an evening of dialogue and collaboration focused on increasing parent engagement and supporting student success. The event highlighted a powerful truth:...

For the first time in our Innovate's history, our Top Schools Report includes a review of schools across California, and the results are both inspiring and urgent. At a webinar this week, educators, school leaders, and parents came together to celebrate these bright...

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...

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...

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...

This week, lawmakers passed AB 1454, a landmark bill designed to close California’s literacy gap by bringing evidence-based reading strategies into classrooms.

In 2020, Black and Latino families organized through Innovate and Parent Revolution sued Los Angeles Unified for failing to provide students with the tools for distance learning. This summer’s settlement affirms what we know: families are the most powerful advocates, and when parents organize, systems change.

Register today for the Jose Arenas Parent Leadership Institute on September 20-21, 2025!