School is back in session – and every student deserves to feel safe in their classroom. As a school board member, you have the power to keep ICE off campus and away from student data. Our No Secret Police toolkit shows how. Link in bio. 📚

On Sept. 10, The Kansas City Star's parent company McClatchy laid off six of our union members. These journalists have given their energy and empathy to The Star and its readers, and we want to give back to them. gofundme.com/f/support-laid-…

The economics of doing local news has gotten completely wrecked, whole communities are getting left in the dark, and somebody is finally doing something about it. mattdpearce.substack.com/p/c…

A Plaza deal with KCPS delivers a big incentive package from Port KC, but a school official raises alarm over the process. bizjournals.com/kansascity/n…

From Daniel Dawer and Ruth Kravetz: Nearly 2,000 juniors at 16 high schools in Houston ISD were pulled from Algebra II and placed in remedial math. At some schools, about 70% of juniors were similarly demoted. It wasn't due to poor grades ... texasobserver.org/the-housto…

It's Union School season. @TenantFed's organizing training, this year w 809 trainees from 131 cities across 39 states. Reno to Richmond, El Paso to Ann Arbor, tenants joined w properties ID'd, or ready for an assignment. At minimum, this means we organize 26,250 units by Sept :)

LP School Board Members know - school takeovers are about control. As far-right state legislators back abusive preemption to take authority away from local officials, they also use school takeovers to weaken the powers of school boards, community voices, and local democracy.

North Carolina just lost another 12,000 students from public schools through the Opportunity Scholarship voucher program…draining approximately $97.3 million in state headcount-driven funding from public education. Let’s be honest: public school education may not be working for families because it is not being adequately funded. The state calls vouchers “one of the state's biggest educational investments in recent years.” Imagine if we could instead say: “Increasing teacher salaries has been one of the state's biggest educational investments in recent years.” What if that $97.3 million had been invested in: Raising teacher salaries that remain among the lowest in the nation Addressing the more than $13 billion in school facility needs across North Carolina Removing the outdated 13% cap on Exceptional Children funding while Durham Public Schools serves 16.6% EC scholars Removing the 10.8% cap on English Language Learner funding while DPS serves 22.8% multilingual scholars Removing the 4% cap on AIG funding while DPS serves 21.7% academically/intellectually gifted scholars Public schools educate every child who walks through our doors regardless of need, language, disability, or circumstance. Yet we continue to be asked to do more with less while public dollars are redirected away from the very system that serves the overwhelming majority of North Carolina students. If we truly care about student outcomes and their future, we must fully fund public education which is the bedrock of democracy. We are preparing scholars for the future and the future doesn’t look like a private school education. Our public schools are diverse and represents the real world they will be living in. We will all be ancestors one day. Act accordingly. Contact your legislators and have family members and friends across the state to contact theirs. Demand investment in public schools, not abandonment of them. Our scholars deserve better. Our educators deserve better. DPS deserves better. North Carolina deserves better. wral.com/news/education/oppo…

I had the privilege on working through city problems with visionary future leaders of Ms. Hobbs’ ESL class at East High School this morning. We talked affordable housing, homelessness, potholes, immigration, schools, trash, and road diets!

After 7 years of making power squirm, KC Tenants turns to a new leader | Opinion kansascity.com/opinion/opn-c…

After 7 years of making power squirm, KC Tenants turns to a new leader | Opinion kansascity.com/opinion/opn-c…

Congrats to my friend/organizer Jenay Manley for stepping into the role as Director of THE most powerful tenant union. Thank you to my friend & forever coconspirator Tara Raghuveer for your leadership, sacrifice, & constant commitment to the growth of others. Long live the Union!

We marked 7 years of KC Tenants building power, picking fights, & winning material gains with the people. KCT has empowered thousands who feel tired & beat down to do something about it- to build anyway, to organize anyway & to fight like their lives depend on it because they do.

Following Aspira’s financial problems, the Chicago Board of Education on Thursday revoked the operator’s charter, a dramatic step the board hasn’t taken since 2019. wbez.org/education/2026/03/1…

After 7 years of making power squirm, KC Tenants turns to a new leader | Opinion kansascity.com/opinion/opn-c…

"For years...orgs here worked mostly within the system, mostly politely. They did some good. But they did not build a movement. @kctenants has. The group has been aggressive occasionally, belligerent and ...unbound by the traditional rules of engagement." that's my tenant union❤️‍🔥

Help us call tenants across the Twin Cities and build 10,000 pledges for the March 1st rent strike! We fought ICE out of Minnesota. Now we’re fighting to keep them in their homes. No experience needed. Out of towners welcome. Sign up: twin-cities-tenants.solidari…

The largest rent strike in MN history could start March 1st. Twin City tenants aren't leaving any power on the table. Keep your eyes on Minnesota.

MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @GovTimWalz fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.

BREAKING ‼️135+ state & local electeds across 30 states demand that @GovTimWalz allow Minnesota cities to enact eviction moratoriums. As ICE rips families apart, these leaders say families belong at HOME. localprog.org/LPMNEVLetter