Seattle Planned to Close Up to 21 Public Schools — Here’s How We Stopped Them

From coast to coast, school districts are proposing closures. Yet in a time when budget cuts threaten public education nationwide, Seattle organizers have shown that communities can fight back — and win.

Announcing the Teach Truth Book Tour: Host an Event in Your City!

I’m thrilled to announce the book tour for my new book from Haymarket Books, "Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education"! To book a tour stop or for more information, please contact Speak Out at info@speakoutnow.org.

Save The Date: Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, Feb. 3-7, 2020

The Black Lives Matter at School movement just released its public declaration that it will continue to organize its week of action during the first week of February. From the six-year-old Black girl whose tantrum at a Florida school got her arrested, handcuffed, and taken to the juvenile detention center to have her mugshot taken, …

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