A report about the November 2018 Leadership and Capacity Building in College and Career Pathways symposium, which focused on leadership and capacity-building and the research questions required to address problems of practice faced by pathway administrators, teachers, counselors, and other student support specialists.

A handout informing parents of their opportunities to get involved in the Local Control Funding Formula process.

A presentation about the importance of keeping students and their voices at the center of Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) implementation, including a description of student voice wins in LCFF and best practices for engaging students in this work.

A handout advocating for what students and community members of Fresno Unified School District want to see in their Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

A blog post reflecting on the signing of the 2018-2019 California state budget, which included $28.3 million to enhance community engagement in the Local Control Funding Formula, highlighting the advocacy efforts of the Defend and Mend Coalition and emphasizing the importance of partnerships between communities and legislators for equitable education implementation.

A handbook for state and local school leaders on engagement in school improvement efforts, including how to engage on needs assessments and priority-building, school improvement strategies, and resource alignment.

A report based on findings from a statewide survey on K-12 education conducted in 2019 in California.

A toolkit intended to support organizers, including families and students, as they work with their school communities to understand and engage around the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

A handbook for state and local education leaders that includes information about why engagement is essential to planning, strategies for making engagement more effective, and tools for building an engagement strategy.

A tool to support state education agencies (SEAs) in planning and implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

A podcast interview series about education and justice.

A weekly compilation of news articles about education and justice.

A peer-reviewed field report that describes how high school students from Richmond, California used the Youth - Plan, Learn, Act, Now (Y-PLAN) program to actively participate in the planning and transformation of their school, neighborhoods, and city.

A case study about how Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) prioritized foster youth in funding in response to community group demands.

An "at-a-glance" fact sheet about Stockton Unified School District's LCAP for 2014-15.

A case study about how Stockton Unified School District, a high-need urban district, focused on restoring academic programs while weathering stakeholder pressure.

An "at-a-glance" fact sheet about West Contra Costa Unified School District's LCAP for 2014-15.

A case study about how contentious community engagement at West Contra Costa Unified School District led to a more open and constructive dialogue between the district and its stakeholders.

A presentation introducing California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), including how it works and what it means for school districts.

A peer-review journal article about the Youth-Plan, Learn, Act, Now (Y-PLAN) program, how it helped third- and fourth-grade students in San Francisco contribute their ideas to the redevelopment of their community, and how their ideas were incorporated into community designs.