Media Contacts: Ronald Simms Jr., Senior Manager of Communications, Catalyst California 202-270-0936Julio Esperias, Communications Manager, Community Coalition 424-409-1752Esthefanie Solano, Communications Strategist, InnerCity Struggle 323-780-7605 x 121 LOS ANGELES – Tens of thousands of essential school workers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 99 (SEIU 99) and serving students across the Los Angeles Unified School District...
LOS ANGELES, CA – Victory! On May 11, 2021, Los Angeles Unified School District (LA Unified) Board members voted affirmatively 6-1 to distribute in the 2021-22 academic year an additional $700 million to schools using the Student Equity Needs Index (SENI). The SENI is a formula used to inform the allocation of funds so that...
Additional revenue is needed to address under-investment in Los Angeles schools. Often advocates talk in terms of what we can get versus what we need. More than ever we understand that our focus must remain intently on the needs of our kids. Getting Down to Facts II is a report that asks us to focus...
The Equity Alliance for LA’s Kids led by the Community Coalition, InnerCity Struggle, and Advancement Project California, has been fighting for increased investments for the highest- need students and schools within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). We have been fighting the district’s status quo budgetary policies that often leave predominately low- income Black...
PRESS CONTACTS: Katie Smith, Advancement Project California, Director of Communications ksmith@advanceproj.org, 323-997-2194 Community organizations ask new LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner to expand on former Superintendent Michelle King’s legacy of educational equity LOS ANGELES, CA –Equity Alliance for LA’s Kids, a coalition of three organizations including Advancement Project California, Community Coalition and InnerCity Struggle, congratulates new...
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