In the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Schott President Dr. John H. Jackson writes about the importance of endowing racial justice organizations: The Schott Foundation for Public Education’s team left our workshop at the Association of Black Foundation Executives’ 2022 conference this spring feeling hopeful. The room was filled with people leaning in and reflecting on … Continued
Between April and June of this year, we’ve given $589,710 across ten grantees to support parent, youth, and community organizations working to defend and improve public schools and fight for race and gender justice in their communities — more than $1.5 million in 2022 so far. Our grants this quarter have gone to longtime Schott … Continued
The New York City Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ) is a longtime Schott grantee partner and a citywide collaborative of community-based organizations organizing the power of parents and community to create a more equitable education system. Led by Director Natasha Capers and rooted in the grassroots, CEJ has notched a number of big victories over the past … Continued
Last week, Schott grantee partner Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) reintroduced their Black Girls Bill of Rights: “We, Black girls, women, and gender-expansive youth deserve the right to exist with love, care, and a commitment to our needs. We stand united in our desire to be affirmed and celebrated in our Blackness in our communities and on every … Continued
Schott grantee partner the Dignity in Schools Campaign held a virtual press conference with coalition partners on Tuesday to to discuss what building holistically safe schools requires: This event comes on the heels of Dignity in Schools’ powerful May 31 statement after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas: “As more details emerge from the tragic events in Uvalde, Texas, … Continued
From May 20-22, more than one hundred parent and community organizers from across the country gathered in Baltimore for the Journey for Justice (J4J) National Convening. The biennial conference was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic, so this is the first time in several years that J4J members and allies could gather in the … Continued
“Receivership is a coup! Nobody elected you!” was chanted by parents and advocates through face masks, ringing through the hallways outside this week’s state board of education meeting to determine the future of Massachusetts’ largest school district. In the final months of Governor Charlie Baker’s administration, his appointed board overseeing the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education … Continued
The mass killing of children is primitive and heartbreaking in any society. It is unfathomable that there are some who protect the conditions that make this possible in America in 2022. So once again, children, teachers, families, loved ones in Uvalde, Texas at Robb Elementary School are victims of gun violence. This year alone, students … Continued
The leaked draft Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade is an attack on reproductive rights, health care, and the progress made by increasingly multiracial and intersectional feminist movements over the past several decades. As Schott President & CEO Dr. John H. Jackson wrote, the court “has abandoned decades of constitutional protections. It’s a brazen attack … Continued
Racial justice movements are in for the long haul. Their resources should be too. Using CRT dog whistling to attack racial justice and public education, those stoking racial division and advancing political agendas are attacking the Black, Brown and Indigenous community organizers who have brought liberatory and anti-racist education to districts and states across the … Continued
