This fall, the Equity Alliance for LA’s Kids celebrates a decade of the tool that has improved our public schools’ access to funds that bring more equitable education: the Student Equity Needs Index (SENI). On August 28, just as the new school year began, about 200 community members gathered at the Community Coalition in South...
Download the Letter here: Read the Equity Alliance Letter to LAUSD Board of Education: Protection of Equity & SENI.
By Milla Surjadi from the Los Angeles Times It had only been a week since graduation and these teenagers were giddy. Summer sprawled out in front of them. College is just a few months away — a future some still can’t believe will be theirs. One will be leaving soon to take prep classes at...
Los Angeles: April 26, 2022 Contact: Esthefanie Solano esthefanie@innercitystruggle.org WHAT: On Wednesday, April 27, Equity Alliance For LA’s Kids (EA) will convene a town hall with Superintendent Alberto Carvalho to elevate the long, hard-fought struggle for equity and racial justice in L.A. Unified campuses. The Town Hall will provide a platform for South LA and...
By Maria Brenes, Executive Director of InnerCity Struggle, in collaboration with the Edward W. Hazen Foundation “Three generations of children have gone through our schools since 1954, when Brown was decided. While there have been gains in educational achievement for black and brown students, they have not kept pace with that of white students. It...
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