Recent Blogs

• Congress Must Invest in Safe, Healthy, Inclusive Schools

  January 21st, 2022

  We know school policing and harsh, exclusionary school discipline practices harm students, so we joined 90 civil rights and education organizations to call on Congress to advance critical legislation to provide safe, healthy, and inclusive school climates.

• What the Build Back Better Compromise Means for Children and Families

  November 2nd, 2021

  The compromise bill includes important generational investments to boost families’ economic stability and reduce racial inequities in income, housing, education, and health care that disproportionately harm Black, Latino, and Indigenous children. However, it leaves out important investments to ensure children and families have what they need to thrive.

• Don’t Put Youth Education in Handcuffs Too!

  October 28th, 2021

  Youth are still growing and learning at such a young age. They should not be subjected to such a harsh punishment because that affects them long-term. Placing them in juvenile detention centers does more damage especially when these centers are not equipped to truly help them on their educational journey.