See IDRA’s New Analysis of Project 2025: Five Threats to Public Education in Our States and Communities
IDRA believes every young person should have access to excellent public schools that support students’ academic success and overall well-being and prepare them to succeed in college and life.
There have always been competing ideas about the purpose of public education, what students should learn, who deserves access, and the role of public schools in shaping our society. Currently, there are deep and fundamental differences in these ideas.
IDRA created a new guide to help our community better understand our vision for students and our public education system and to address some of the prominent challenges to that vision, including Project 2025 and similar agendas.
This new explainer gives an overview of some of the major education policy proposals in Project 2025 and their potential impact on students, states and school districts.
For this analysis, we drew upon our deep expertise in school funding, school discipline, access to higher education, culturally-sustaining curriculum and instructional methods, student leadership and family engagement, and educational programs for emergent bilingual (English learner) students.
We hope this document will help students, families, teachers, policymakers and other advocates develop thoughtful strategies for supporting excellent public schools and fighting back against efforts to defund, demonize and privatize our public education system at the expense of our nation’s children.
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Please continue to stay connected with IDRA for more resources in the coming months analyzing the impacts of proposed changes to federal and state education policy. For more information about IDRA’s work, including our federal and state policy advocacy, contact Morgan Craven, IDRA’s National Director of Policy, Advocacy, and Community Engagement, at morgan.craven@idra.org.
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See IDRA’s education policy website for deep expertise
See how we support student leadership
See how IDRA engages with families
See our toolkits for educators on curriculum and instruction
See our SEEN (Southern Education Equity Network) website with advocacy tools, model policies and inclusive classroom lesson plans
