Power-Building Academy
18 North and West St. Louis City Residents Commit to Advocate for Education Justice
The cohorts emerged to pursue policy reform that decreases racial disparity in K-12 education.
Read MoreNominate an education advocate & your favorite teacher!
Take a moment to reflect and celebrate community members by nominating someone special to apply this spring’s Power-Building Academy.
Read MoreRise 189 Update & Call to Testify at the School Board Meeting
In March Rise 189 members met with Superintendent Culver and testified at the district’s monthly school board meeting.
Read MoreSt. Louis City School Board Candidate Questionnaire
The Better Budgets, Better Schools coalition developed questions to ask the candidates running for two open seats on the Board of Education. Their responses are included here.
Read MoreBetter Budgets Better Schools Policy Solution Case Studies
The Better Budgets Better Schools coalition researched policies and outcomes nationwide when developing their own policy solutions for the city’s school district. We’ve profiled two case studies below.
Read MoreI’m calling on my neighbors to improve our schools, our homes | The St. Louis American
You’re looking at a miracle. I had open heart surgery and two strokes. I wanted to volunteer in retirement, but I never got a chance to because I kept staying sick. So once my youngest grandchild started school, I decided it was time to go do something. I told myself, “I’m not an old lady. I’m 61.”
Read MoreChildren are not problems to be solved, but humans to be loved | The Belleville News-Democrat
There’s the person you are, and then there’s the person people see. And for me growing up, there was always a big gap between one and the other. In school, people knew me for my behavior problems.
Read MoreRise 189 Policy Solution Case Studies
The Rise 189 coalition researched policies and outcomes nationwide when developing their own policy solutions for East St. Louis School District 189. We’ve profiled three case studies—one for each of the Rise 189 policy solutions.
Read MoreWhy I Signed on to the Rise 189 Policy Solutions
When people sign on to our policy solutions, there is a space that says, “This is important to me because…” Here are a few of our favorite responses!
Read MoreSnapshots of the Rise 189 Teach-in in East St. Louis
Couldn’t make it out last Thursday night to the Rise 189 Teach-in? No problem! Scroll down to view beautiful pictures and quotes from the evening. Then, send a letter in support and sign up to volunteer leading up to election day!
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