Go all in with us to PROTECT PUBLIC EDUCATION
Educators and parents know that America's students need more opportunities to succeed, and we need to strengthen our public schools where 90% of students learn.
Public schools and the U.S. Department of Education exist because all students, with and without disabilities, in every state and neighborhood, have the right to an education that imparts academic lessons, life skills, and a lifelong love of learning.
Public education is a cornerstone of our democracy. Unfortunately, some politicians seek to dramatically slash funding that helps reduce class sizes, feed hungry students, and lower the cost of college.
This is why we are coming together to protect equitable educational opportunities and access to critical resources for schools, students, and educators. We will be heard from the school board to the Senate to protect and strengthen public schools for our students, families, and ourselves.
Our Students
Public education cuts lead to larger class sizes and less support for students and educators.
Special Education
Students with disabilities and their families would lose the support they need at school and at home.
College Affordability
Students and families who receive support to receive career training or attend 2- and 4-year colleges could lose Pell Grants or federal student loans, leading to more students dropping out, fewer choices, and less options for families.
Immigration Justice
We need immigration policies that are humane, functional, and just—not ones that sow isolation and fear.
Protecting LGBTQ+ Students
Our LGBTQ+ students need us to ensure our schools are places where all students are protected and empowered.
School Meals and Child Nutrition
Our students learn better when they are not hungry. We need to protect free and reduced-price school meal programs like SNAP from disastrous cuts.
Our Schools
Together, we have the power to defeat the effort to dismantle our neighborhood public schools.
Vouchers
Vouchers steal scarce funding from public schools—which serve 90 percent of students—and give it to private schools that are unaccountable to taxpayers.
Education Funding
Class sizes will balloon and after-school programs will disappear if federal funding goes away for public schools that serve lower income students and their families in rural, suburban, and urban communities in every part of the country.
School Modernization
Some politicians want to roll back President Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which allocates funds to replace lead pipes. It also improves and builds new school buildings.
Our Teachers and Support Staff
We dedicate our lives to ensuring students can learn and grow in safe, welcoming environments. But there are some anti-public education politicians who want to push educators out of the profession with hostile work environments, low pay, and no respect, so they can justify school vouchers, which give away public school funds to private schools.
Censorship and Bans
All children deserve well-trained and supported educators and curriculum to help them reckon with our past and shape our future.
Collective Bargaining Rights
We won’t let anyone weaken our union and collective bargaining rights so they can keep wages low, create hostile work environments, and privatize public schools.
Understand Your Rights
Our guide helps public school teachers and support staff understand their rights when speaking up for public education and students.
The Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education was founded to help realize the promise of a quality public school for every student no matter where they live, the color of their skin, or how much their family makes.
Proposals to eliminate or defund it will force our students and public schools to pay the cost.
Larger class sizes and less support for students and educators.
Lower income students and their families in rural, suburban, and urban communities in every part of the country would lose needed funding.
Students and families who receive support to attend college and vocational schools could lose Pell Grants or federal student loans, leading to more students dropping out, fewer choices, and less options for families.
Students with disabilities and their families would lose the support they need at school and at home.
Students with disabilities and lower-income students and their families would lose access to Upward Bound, TRIO and other programs that encourage them to participate in higher education.
Cuts to afterschool and summer programs will undo the progress educators make with tutoring, reductions in chronic absenteeism, and providing skill-building programs.
OUR VOICE = POWER Speak Up for Public Schools
When we unite and speak truth to power, we can have an enormous impact. Stay up to date on the latest actions you can take to protect and improve public schools for all students.
