What Do We Do Now? No Vouchers! Public Funds Are For Public Schools!
Join ELC for the First of Three Not-to-be-Missed Webinars About the Future of Public Education During Trump 2.0: What Do We Do Now? No Vouchers! Public Funds Are For Public Schools!
Education Law Center – which has worked to support public education in states across the country for over 50 years using litigation, research, advocacy, strategic partnerships and communications – invites you to three crucial webinars providing the information you need to defend public education during Trump 2.0:
- What Do We Do Now? No Vouchers! Public Funds Are For Public Schools!
When: Thursday, November 21, 2-3pm
Who: Experts including Professor Josh Cowen, ELC Senior Fellow and author of The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers, and Jessica Levin, ELC Litigation Director and Director of Public Funds Public Schools
What: Donald Trump and Project 2025 want a federal private school voucher program, but on Election Day voters in three different states rejected public funds for private education. ELC’s Public Funds Public Schools was at the forefront of the fight during Trump 1.0 (including beating back Betsy DeVos’s attempt to divert over $1 billion to private schools), and we’ll do the same beginning in 2025. Learn about the new landscape and concrete tools and steps you can take now and in the future to protect public funding for public education.
Register: https://bit.ly/3O7vWk
- What Do We Do Now? Money Matters More Than Ever So States Can Make the Grade!
When: December date TBD
Who: Dr. Danielle Farrie, ELC Research Director, author of Making the Grade, and invited guests
What: Dr. Farrie will unveil Making the Grade 2024, which ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia on school funding. Discussion will also focus on threats to adequate and equitable school funding in the states and from the federal government going forward.
- What Do We Do Now? Students’ Rights Are Civil Rights!
When: January date TBD
Who: Robert Kim, ELC Executive Director, and invited guests
What: ELC has always worked to protect and expand the rights of public school students who face discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, language, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigrant or migrant status, or disability. With threats to students’ rights coming directly from the Trump administration, it’s imperative to discuss what can be done to shield and defend children and young people
Press Contact:
Sharon Krengel
Director of Policy, Strategic Partnerships and Communications
skrengel@edlawcenter.org
973-624-1815, x240