Dylan Crary

Project: Deepening Democracy in and around LCAPs: Barriers and Strategies to Improve Community Input in District and School Decision-Making

Client: Public Advocates in San Francisco

Dylan Crary, JD MPP '21, was a Cal undergrad concentrating city/urban, community & regional planning. Prior to his return to campus as a joint JD/MPP student, he taught middle-school science and worked on research and evaluation (education/workforce development) at UNITE LA. Dylan's fellowship project with the Center, conducted for Public Advocates in San Francisco, was entitled "Deepening Democracy in and around LCAPs: Barriers and Strategies to Improve Community Input in District and School Decision-Making." Reviewing the implementation of education finance reform in California during recent years, his analysis identified gaps in the intended enhancement of stakeholder engagement concerning resource allocation and other school-based policy choices.

For more information, download Dylan's report summary, discussing the impediments to improved school-level engagement and ways to make recent reforms more value-adding, accountable, responsive to parents, and democratic.