Policy, Advocacy and Community Engagement

All students deserve to go to excellent, well-funded schools. Policies that base funding on community wealth and ignore the real...

All students deserve safe and welcoming schools that do not use harmful discipline and school police to punish young people. ...

Healthy school districts are diverse, community-centered, and are given the support they need to serve all students. Many systems and...

Public funds should remain in public schools, with oversight from local communities. Policies that funnel much-needed resources to charter schools,...

English learners have the right to excellent schools that support English mastery and develop and honor students’ home languages and...

Access to higher education expands life opportunities. Schools have a responsibility to prepare all students to succeed in college. Policies and...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many of the issues that have impacted students and families for generations, including access to well-funded educational...

The promise of quality education is our nation’s promise not to the privileged few but to all our children. Federal...

To ensure equitable education policies, advocates must play a key role in state-level policymaking. IDRA seeks to change the landscape of...

The Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC) is a collaborative of organizations and individuals with the mission to improve the...