Read the full statement here -- As the nation continues to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, students, parents and educators are being haphazardly ushered into a “new” reality for public education. As our schools have closed and transitioned to ‘distance learning,’ ‘virtual classrooms’ and the like, this “new” reality is well stocked with decades-old inequities in education access, quality and outcomes. These emerging circumstances are only amplifying pre-coronavirus realities, as we knew they would. None of the institutional power has shifted. Black, Brown, Indigenous, working-class and rural communities were already grappling with under-resourced schools, limited access to technology, over-policing, food deserts and more. No one adjusted to meet their concerns or their needs, and now, as federal and state governments work to organize solutions, under-resourced communities nationwide are pulling off monumental feats to meet the granular needs of their own communities.

The Dignity in Schools Campaign, as a national coalition of over 100 organizations, envisions a public school system situated in a social and political reality that values students, parents and communities as decision-makers with a fundamental human right to shape their lives. As realities change, we must adjust and tailor our work to meet the needs of the people. As students, parents, teachers and education advocates, we are taking action to address community needs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as we continue to organize for fundamental change in our education system and society.

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