When public schools are under attack, what do we do? Fight back!
Our public school students, families and educators need you more than ever!
We’re seeing efforts to gut the U.S. Department of Education, slash billions in special education funding, and push school privatization schemes, while ICE agents invade our neighborhoods, with devastating consequences for the social fabric of our diverse school communities.
CPS is responding by advocating for full and equitable school funding, working to close resource and opportunity gaps for students by income, race, ability and language, defending free speech in our classrooms, and promoting authentic alternatives to standardized testing.
With your support, we’ve fought together with our friends and allies and won significant victories in recent years, including the decisive vote in November 2024 to end the MCAS graduation requirement and the Fair Share amendment to increase funding for education. But we've still got work to do.
Let's fight harder than ever to realize our vision for public education:
- Equitably funded schools for every student.
- Better ways to assess student learning and school quality and engaging, project-based learning.
- Racial and educational justice for all and an end to the school-to-prison pipeline and the negative impact of police in our schools.
Please give whatever you can so we can all stay connected in this fight. Thank you!