What’s Next California

California leads the nation in many ways, from our industries and innovative technology sector to our commitment to protecting natural resources and immigrant families. We are proud of our progressive values. Yet, even as a progressive state, our schools, colleges, and universities fail to meet the needs of our students of color, low-income, and English learner students. We are currently at a key moment in California’s trajectory. We have the opportunity in front of us – with new state leadership and the continuing work of local advocates – to truly embrace California’s progressive values in a movement for educational justice. The next chapter of educational justice in California requires the collective advocacy of students, parents, teachers, faculty, researchers, and community leaders, as well as state leaders and policymakers. What’sNextCA serves as a hub for those collective efforts, and a compass to ensure our state’s education priorities are clearly and urgently focused on racial equity in education and providing the educational opportunities our most underserved students of color and low-income students so rightly deserve.