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The state of education

As students head back to school, they're doing so under the weight of multiple threats—ICE enforcement near schools, a school closure crisis, and the fight for police-free schools. These are not separate, isolated stories. They are connected, and they land hardest on Black and brown students.

ICE Out of Schools

Children and their families are being kidnapped by masked federal agents, causing school attendance rates across the country to drop drastically. Many of these kidnappings are happening right outside of schools, pushing children into the school-to-prison-to-deportation pipeline.

Protecting Immigrant Students Action Kit

Disrupt the school-to-deportation pipeline! This action kit has actionable steps parents, students, school leaders, and community members can take to organize their schools and safeguard students from the violence of immigration enforcement.

Kit de Acción Para la Protección de Estudiantes Inmigrantes

¡Desmante la ruta de la escuela a deportación! Este kit de acción incluye medidas concretas que padres, estudiantes, líderes escolares y miembros de la comunidad pueden tomar para organizar sus escuelas y proteger a los estudiantes de la violencia de ICE y el control migratorio.

School Privatization

We are in a national school closures crisis. Public schools are vital resources open to all children regardless of race, gender, immigration status, or disability. School leaders should prioritize equal access to education and sustainability for the future over reckless and harmful school closures that only benefit wealthy interests.

School Closures Action Kit

This Action Kit provides organizers, families, and community members facing school closures an accessible guide to understanding the harms of closing schools and developing strategies to fight back.

How School Board Members Can Combat Misinformation and Champion Local Public Schools

Use this guide to learn frequently used false narratives from opponents of public schools, see explanations, and understand what questions you should ask.

Send a Letter to Your Governor: No Federal Private School Vouchers in My State!

Your governor can choose to side with the Trump-Vance agenda for the wealthy and opt-in to the harmful voucher scheme, or choose to invest in high quality public schools for ALL students and opt-out.

Police-Free Schools

Safety does not exist when Black and Brown young people are forced to interact with a system of policing that views them as a threat and not as students.

Police Free Schools

Join students and young people across the country who are organizing for and winning #PoliceFreeSchools.

School Surveillance

Students and communities are surveilled so frequently, they are often in ways that are hard to see. This zine sheds light on school surveillance and gives you the tools to fight back against the growing school surveillance state.

Student Protest

Stand With Students

Students are organized and fighting back against authoritarianism. Whether you’re a parent, educator, school leader, or community member, you can do your part to protect students speaking out against injustice.

Know Your Rights

Black and brown youth face heightened risks of surveillance, criminalization, and police interactions. Download this mini zine and learn how to keep young people safe.

Defending every child's right to learn

We're building power to transform our public schools to a system of liberatory education that offers young people an abundance of resources and care.

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