On December 10, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act that replaces the previous version of the law, No Child Left Behind.

While the bill isn’t all that we had hoped for, it does eliminate some of the most damaging components of the previous law’s high-states testing and accountability regime and gets rid of the School Improvement Grants program, whose school closure, chartering and reconstitution requirements have destabilized Black and Brown communities across the country.

The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools Newsletter
  December 11, 2015

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The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools Newsletter
  November 20, 2015

On Tuesday, The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools will join thousands of workers across the country for a National Day of Action to raise the minimum wage. As parents, teachers, students and community members, we know that to win the schools all our children deserve we must take the fight beyond the classroom and lift families and communities out of poverty. 

We are proud to stand with Fight for $15 in calling for a living wage and the right to join a union. Join the fight and stand with us on Tuesday!