Editorial Team

Do students have a right to a high-quality education? A proposed ballot initiative filed inCalifornia last Thursday says yes. If successful, it would amend the state constitution to say that all public school students “shall have the right to a high-quality public education” and that relevant state laws and regulations must “put the interests of students first.” […]

Californianshave been dissatisfied with the state’s public schools for decades, but toquote a famous entertainer of the 20th century, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” Back in 1992, the Legislature responded topublic dismay over the quality of K-12 education by creating public charterschools that would have more independence, often without a union contract forfaculty and staff.

https://nmkidscan.org/research-showcase/state-education-new-mexico-2018

A movement-building back office to support education civil rights. https://www.startribune.com/conversation-with-a-legend-a-q-a-with-alan-page-on-education-criminal-justice-bow-ties-and-the-love/600097346/

Advocates call for constitutional amendment to help close state’s achievement gaps https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2021/02/04/could-a-constitutional-amendment-help-shrink-the-achievement-gap

Opportunity 180 created the Priority Footprint Maps in an effort to focus our work where there is the greatest need. The map below highlights the Clark County zip codes with the highest concentration of elementary students attending low-performing schools (i.e. schools that received a one- or two-star rating on the Nevada School Performance Framework). https://opportunity180.org/data-research/

The data already supported it. Now there’s new energy for equal justice, and the ideas are connected This commentary was first published in the Star Tribune. GeorgeFloyd’s killing has awakened America to the need for fundamental police reform.Police brutality, in particular toward Black men, has been happening fordecades. At its core, this police brutality is symptomatic