This week, 75 parent activists from the National Parents Union, representing dozens of states, descended on Capitol Hill. They came to tell lawmakers the truth about H.R. 5, dubbed the “Parents Bill...
I live in Lawrence, New Jersey—a middle-class, diverse town, halfway between Princeton and Trenton. For years I was on the school board and was very active in local governance, but over the years...
A new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) finds that enrollment in district public schools dropped 3% from school years 2019-2020 to 2020-2021, the first full year of...
I’ve been a public school teacher for nine years, which is more than long enough to become familiar with the imperfections of the system. From the focus on standardization to the prioritization of...
The National Parents Union believes that education systems must be transformed to eradicate generational institutions of oppression. This sentence was intentionally written into our statement of...
https://www.facebook.com/246491525549550/videos/2701969653401357 Our democratic system suffers without the input of families like yours. This is why we’re doing the #GetEducated Week of Action to...