TCLA's School Accountability Report Card Series: Features: 2
Making the Grade

Making the Grade profiles individuals or groups who are working towards educational equity in their schools and communities in the Los Angeles area.

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Los Angeles Parent Groups Prove Victorious in Effecting Change

by Solange Castro Belcher

"Rather than having us present certain things and have the community give us their input and rubber-stamp our ideas, the community got involved in a way in which they were actually creating the process and leading the way."
- Dominique Mendez, Community Coalition

TCLA profiles four Los Angeles community activist groups whose stories and victories reflect their ability to effect change in their schools and communities. Representatives from these parent groups are currently participating in the School Report Card Series.
Parent Groups Making the Grade
Spotlight Icon Spotlight on the Boyle Heights Learning Collaborative with Olga Quiñones

Spotlight Icon Spotlight on the Community Coalition with Dominique Mendez

"One of the biggest victories overall is that we have a voice. The group has brought forth a voice from a community that has so long not been heard."
- Irma Carranza, Mothers for Justice

Spotlight Icon Spotlight on Mothers for Justice with Irma Carranza

Spotlight Icon Spotlight on Santa Monica Parent Center with Teresa Gutierrez-Viramontes

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