Achievement Gap
6 Things School Staff Can Do to Interrupt Unconscious Bias
We all carry biases, but allowing implicit bias to go unchecked in the classroom is damaging to students and teachers alike. Learn 6 ways educators and staff can acknowledge,…
No Knowledge, No College: Oakland High Students Rising to the Challenge.
From September 2010 to February 2011, CFJ students collected 500 surveys and conducted one-on-one interviews with students, parents, teachers and counselors. The survey was designed to look at the…
Now That We Have the Facts California Parents and Students Voice Their Demands for Public Education.
Californians for Justice joined together with PICO California, California ACORN and Public Advocates to release the first statewide survey capturing parent and student voices from low- and middle-income neighborhoods,…
First Things First Why we must stop punishing students and fix California’s schools.
First Things First is a 2003 report on school inequality and the impact of the California High School Exit Exam. The report examines the failures of the California educational…
Rising Expectations for Higher Education: College Access Campaign Toolkit
Californians for Justice has compiled workshops, organizing tools, survey templates and other resources that were used to wage our recent local campaigns to improve college access, particularly our Long…