Progress 2025: Education

How Black Parents Got Cops Out of Oakland Schools

After adopting the George Floyd Resolution for Police-Free Schools, Oakland-area schools saw significant reductions in racist criminalization of Black and Brown kids.

Malaika Parker | Jun 6, 2024

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Veterans Push Back Against Military Recruitment in Schools

The branches of the U.S. military have long seen high schools as optimal recruiting grounds. Some veterans are beginning to fight the propaganda and tell students the truth about military service.

Ruben Abrahams Brosbe | Apr 3, 2023

Teachers and Students Respond to Black History Bans

鈥淭he revolution is in the classroom.鈥�

Aina Marzia | Feb 15, 2023

Opinion | Education | Workplace | Work | Progress 2025

To Transform Work, Start With Schools

Centering schools around the well-being of our students (and their teachers) is the most straightforward path to positive change in the workplace.

Ruben Abrahams Brosbe | Aug 15, 2022

Critical Race Theory Opens Up New Opportunities for Student Learning

Amid the heated national controversy about CRT in schools, some Black educators are openly using the framework to help students better understand history and contextualize current events.

Ruth Terry | Mar 8, 2022

How Scholars Are Countering Well-Funded Attacks on Critical Race Theory

There is a long history of right-wing forces fighting against progressive educational curricula. Now, scholars like Robin D. G. Kelley are working to level the playing field against the moneyed political interests behind the attacks.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jan 11, 2022

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