Centering Black Girls in School Safety
School hardening policies—such as the presence of police and security, metal detectors, and harsh discipline codes—contribute to a criminalization culture in schools and students being pushed out of classrooms and into the school-to-prison pipeline. For Black girls, this criminalization culture causes serious additional harms.

Keep Her Safe: Centering Black Girls in School Safety

What Is the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and How Do We Dismantle It?

You Are Welcome Here
Freedom To Read, Freedom To Learn
May 3 is the Freedom To Learn National Day of Action, a day of advocacy for inclusive education and young people’s freedom to read, learn and build a just future. Our collective responsibility is to counter disinformation, uplift honest history and engage our communities to serve all children.

Exclusion Is Unconstitutional

A Call for Anti-Bias Education
Learn About and Advocate for Education and a More Inclusive Society
Do you believe in strengthening our democracy? Do you support a more inclusive society? In responding to book bans, educational censorship and attempts at excluding some communities from public school spaces, Learning for Justice’s magazine and publications offer guidance and inspiration on critical issues in education.

Issue 5, Fall 2023

Advocating for Teaching Honest History: What Educators Can Do

Supporting Youth Activism
Teaching Toward Liberation
In our newest Q&A, author and educator Jamilah Pitts shares her thoughts on liberation education and recommendations from her new book, Toward Liberation. Teaching is undeniably difficult, and historically racist educational institutions make it harder. But Pitts offers a vision that leaves space for joy through a teaching practice that is liberatory rather than oppressive.

Teaching Toward Liberation With Love: Q&A With Author Jamilah Pitts

Self-Care in the Movement

Humanity, Healing and Doing the Work
Understanding and Countering Antisemitism and Islamophobia
The rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia in the United States requires us all to help ensure children’s right to an education free from bigotry in an inclusive and supportive environment. Our newest article provides essential overviews of Islamophobia and antisemitism and context for how these forms of hate and bias can manifest in schools. The accompanying toolkit shares practical guidance, strategies and resources for countering bigotry and fostering safer and more inclusive culture in schools and communities.

Understanding and Countering Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Schools

Speak Up at School
