California’s schools remain deeply segregated by race and class, sustaining stark educational inequities. This report presents multiple measures of segregation in California’s public schools using the most recently available data. We examined double segregation by race and class, compared segregation in magnet and charter schools, and explored racial inequalities in high school graduation rates and course enrollment patterns. Our findings reveal stark contrasts between White and Asian students and their Black and Latinx peers.

Over the last decade, the United States has continued to face an aging of its population, which has been widely documented. The aging population is expected to create several problems for the U.S., especially for the future productivity of its labor markets. At this juncture, it is critical to understand the key dynamics driving the aging population, as well as to identify new sources of population growth and how to meet their needs. Public policies that can address this situation will best contribute to the well-being of U.S. society in the new era. The research presented here is based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau, National Bureau of Economic Research, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This essay outlines a new Master Plan for a unified, student-centered higher education system. It emphasizes the principles of ensuring equitable access and support for all students, streamlining processes to minimize barriers for students, enabling affordable enrollment without excessive debt, aligning programs with career opportunities and personal development, and creating a system that can successfully evolve with changing student needs and societal demands.

This report explores the past and present of bilingual education in California, and then outlines a series of recommendations for making bilingual education the universal standard of service in the state’s K–12 schools and California a national leader in bilingual education and multilingualism.

The UCLA Civil Rights Project celebrated its first quarter century by taking a critical look forward at the upcoming generation. We focused on what California needs in the next quarter century to address the challenges facing our rapidly changing society and included discussion of what role California should play in an anti-civil rights era under Trump 2.0.

A binational symposium that brings together stakeholders at all levels to better support educators at all levels and their transnational, mobile students.

A new statewide report, coauthored by CRP Senior Research Fellow Daniel Losen, and released by the National Center for Youth Law, exposes alarming and persistent disparities in how California school districts discipline students — especially youth in the foster system and/or experiencing homelessness, Black and American Indian youth, and students with disabilities.

The Trump administration claims that a wide variety of civil rights programs it describes as “DEI” (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) are illegal and must be ended under threat of extreme sanctions. The UCLA Civil Rights Project supports the statement by leading constitutional law scholars concluding that the administration’s claims are wrong.

The prestigious Ohtli Award, given by government of Mexico, recognizes those who have set a path for others, benefitting Mexican citizens and culture. At a February 2025 ceremony on the UCLA campus, CRP Co-director Patricia Gándara’s received the award for her contributions that have furthered bilingual education, protected the civil rights of Latinos and others, and illuminated the needs and potential of transnational students and educators.

Invitation to a Civil Rights Project briefing in Sacramento on December 5, 2024: A Civil Rights Agenda for California's Next Quarter Century