Center for Cities + Schools logo
  • About CC+SExpand
    • Overview
    • Awards
    • People
    • PLUS Research Fellows
  • Major InitiativesExpand
    • Equitable School Facilities
    • Education Workforce Housing
    • Y-PLAN (Youth, Plan, Learn, Act Now)
    • Y-HEAR-US
  • In the News
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • Contact Us
Center for Cities + Schools logo

CC+S In the News

In the News

Y-PLAN student report published by UCLA’s Center for Community Schooling

ByY-PLAN Team August 10, 2023April 2, 2025

Investing in Youth as Community Leaders

By Akayla Matthews, Laiza Eve Reconoco, and Victor Diaz

Published in Community Schooling (Issue 4, Summer 2023), Y-PLAN student researchers from the Law & Social Justice pathway at Oakland High School share what it feels like to be trusted to engage in authentic policy work. They detail their experiences learning about a real issue facing their community, and connecting what they learn in the classroom to their lives outside of school to make lasting change. They detail their research and policy recommendations, many of which have been shared with and taken up by district policy-makers and city officials.

Read More

Post navigation

Previous Previous
April is Fair Housing Month!
NextContinue
Y-HEAR Oct 27 Convening brings state leaders, practitioners, and researchers together
  • Join Our Mailing List

Related Posts

No related posts found


  • RSS Feed
  • X
  • LinkedIn

UC Berkeley wordmark white
Contact Us
Donate
Accessibility
Nondiscrimination
Privacy

Center for Cities + Schools
Institute of Urban + Regional Development
University of California, Berkeley
316 Wurster Hall #1870
Berkeley, CA 94720-1870

© 2025 UC Regents. All rights reserved.

Scroll to top
  • About CC+S
    • Overview
    • Awards
    • People
    • PLUS Research Fellows
  • Major Initiatives
    • Equitable School Facilities
    • Education Workforce Housing
    • Y-PLAN (Youth, Plan, Learn, Act Now)
    • Y-HEAR-US
  • In the News
  • Blog
  • Publications
  • Contact Us
Search
Search