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Making Change from Where I Sit: Insights from West Ed’s Lupita Cortez Alcalá

Making Change from Where I Sit: Insights from West Ed’s Lupita Cortez Alcalá

In October 2022, the 2022-23 California Education Policy Fellows (EPFP) resumed in-person meetings for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. For our “Making Change from Where I Sit,” we invited Lupita Cortez Alcalá from WestEd to share about her career and journey. Learn how she worked to create access and opportunities to college and university for students of color to give them future career options in our latest Insights blog.

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A 2023 New Year Message from EdInsights’ Executive Director Dr. LeAnn Fong-Batkin

A 2023 New Year Message from EdInsights’ Executive Director Dr. LeAnn Fong-Batkin

As we begin 2023, I remain optimistic that the Education Insights Center (EdInsights) will focus on ways we can support California’s higher education system by informing policymaking and improving practice to create more equitable outcomes for students. These past few years have shown us that we can persevere, address equity issues (even in the midst of our racial and health pandemics), and care for our communities and each other.

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