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Parents Push for Student Safety

A parent-led grassroots organization in Georgia chips away at punitive school discipline policies and works to remove police from their schools.

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Rights & Activism

September 23, 2021

Another Challenging Back-to-School Season

Adult and child walking through door to the outside

LFJ sends encouragement and support to parents and caregivers as we enter another school year with COVID-19.

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Rights & Activism

September 9, 2021

Pay BIPOC Educators for Their DEI Labor

A group of educators speaking to each other.

Volunteer-based DEI teams often recreate the inequities they are designed to address. Here is how to do better.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

July 23, 2021

Students Say Teach the Truth

TT Award Winner Elizabeth Kleinrock with her students

An LFJ award winner centers her students’ perspectives in the current conversation about racism, social justice education and the need for an inclusive national narrative.

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Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

July 6, 2021

New Resources for Protecting Immigrant Students’ Rights

Public schools have a legal obligation to enroll and support immigrant students and English language learners. New resources from the SPLC help advocates work with families to ensure schools are meeting this responsibility.

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Immigration Rights & Activism

June 15, 2021