EDUCATION ADVOCACY

Public education is the cornerstone of our democracy, providing every child—regardless of race, identity, or background—with the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive.

Right now, we are living through the worst, and most coordinated, attack on students and educators in a generation. Extremists are working to destroy public schools because that’s where kids of different backgrounds learn and grow together across the false divides of race, class and gender. Fully funded public schools that bring our communities together are a threat to people in power that need us to be divided.

Public School Strong exists to meet this moment.

The organization organizes at the school-district level because that is where real change begins. By training everyday people to bring their neighbors together, we are building local power that can stand up to coordinated national attacks.

Click HERE to see what you can do to help our public schools. 

The Trump administration and its allies pushed a federal private school voucher program into last year’s Big Brutal Bill, creating a dangerous new pipeline that could divert as much as $50 billion in taxpayer funds toward K-12 private and religious schools.

Representative Gwen Moore is introducing the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act to repeal this federal voucher program and protect public education funding. 

Public schools educate about 90% of students in this country. They are open to every child. They are accountable to communities, taxpayers, families, and civil rights law. 

Private voucher-funded schools can operate under very different rules. They can deny admission, refuse services, avoid the same public transparency requirements, and discriminate against students who public schools are required to serve. Public dollars should not be used to subsidize institutions that are allowed to exclude children.

Congress can stop it. Passing the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act would repeal the federal private school voucher program and send a clear message that public education dollars must support public schools.

Click HERE to tell your member of Congress to co-sponsor and pass the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act.