In response to a gross disparity in the graduation and college-going rates of Latino and African American students in Los Angeles, Families In Schools created the Schools We Deserve campaign to inform policy makers, educators, community leaders and parents about two important strategies essential to improving Los Angeles’ low-achieving high schools: providing all students the A-G college preparatory curriculum and creating smaller learning communities. 

Supported by the Annenberg Foundation, FIS published the Schools We Deserve policy brief and informational pamphlets for parents that helped to mobilize thousands of parents, students, and community leaders across the city to support an A-G curriculum in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools.