Our Mission

Right2LearnCA advances inclusive, equitable public education by partnering with families, educators, researchers, disabled people, and communities to transform educational systems through shared learning, collaborative research, and family leadership.

We are committed to expanding educational opportunity for all learners, with particular focus on multiply marginalized disabled students and families whose experiences are shaped by the intersection of disability with race, ethnicity, language, culture, poverty, immigration status, gender, and other marginalized identities. We believe these intersecting experiences must be centered in efforts to create schools where every student is valued, belongs, and has meaningful opportunities to learn and thrive.

At a time when inclusive education faces persistent and emerging threats, Right2LearnCA equips families with research-informed knowledge, community, and leadership opportunities while fostering reciprocal partnerships that elevate family expertise, strengthen educational practice, and advance lasting systems change grounded in inclusion, belonging, equity, and justice.

Why Now

Inclusive education stands at a pivotal moment. While decades of advocacy, research, and civil rights protections have expanded opportunities for many disabled students, significant inequities remain. Multiply marginalized disabled students continue to experience disproportionate segregation, exclusion, lowered expectations, and barriers to accessing high-quality, inclusive education.

We believe meaningful educational change happens when families, disabled people, educators, researchers, and community partners learn from one another as equal contributors. By transforming lived experience into collective knowledge, fostering family leadership, and building research–practice partnerships, we work to strengthen schools, inform educational policy, and advance inclusive systems where every learner has the opportunity to belong, participate, and thrive.