Selling out student privacy to the College Board: oppose SB3099
SB3099 is a bill written to benefit the College Board and ACT, Inc, allowing them to sell or rent sensitive student data that they access through questionnaires administered along with tests like the SAT. RYH Action urges parents and privacy advocates to submit a witness slip to oppose this bill in hearing tomorrow (3/12/2018)
Read moreAction Alert: Ask your state rep to override veto of HB768: charter commission bill
Governor Rauner vetoed HB768, a bill to weaken the state charter commission, last week. HB768 would stop the IL State Charter Commission from overruling local board decisions on opening and closing charter schools, funded with local tax dollars. The IL House will vote on overriding this veto shortly.
Read moreACTION ALERT 2.22.18: CPS doesn’t need more charter schools - help stop another one from opening!
Chicago Classical Academy Charter was rejected by CPS in December but is appealing to the unelected IL state charter commission for approval. The "targeted communities" for Chicago Classical are Bridgeport, Bronzeville, Chinatown, McKinley Park, Pilsen, and South Loop.
There was a hearing conducted by the commission on this appeal Tuesday night in Chinatown. We were live tweeting. The thread of tweets starts here.
Read moreWhere do candidates for IL Governor stand on public ed?
Be informed on critical education stances when you go to the polls on March 20th! Read the responses we received to our questionnaire on public ed policy from candidates running in the primary for Governor of Illinois.
Read moreACTION ALERT 1.29.18: Fund public schools before diverting $ to vouchers
The IL General Assembly is back in session this week, and there's an important bill on the agenda in the Senate Education Committee this Tuesday, Jan. 30th for supporters of public schools and the common good.
Read moreFunding bill with vouchers passes the IL General Assembly
Our statement on the "compromise" school funding bill which contains vouchers.
August 29, 2017
Read more☎️ Monday a.m. hit the phones: Vouchers Are a Deal Breaker!
Can you make a phone call before 11am TODAY, Monday, August 28?
Read moreAction Alert: School funding compromise to include vouchers
Raise Your Hand Action is deeply disturbed to learn that school vouchers will likely be part of a bill that’s supposed to address decades old funding inequities in IL schools. We ask that legislators who actually value public education and believe in the separation of church and state vote against any compromise bill that includes school vouchers. School vouchers have no place in a bill that’s supposed to correct funding inequity, as they will further drain dollars from the public good to private interests.
Read morePublic dollars for public schools: make a call
This Wednesday was to be a big day in Springfield as the House was expected to vote to override Governor Rauner's veto of SB1. But now Wednesday's session has been cancelled because "progress" has been made in talks between the legislative leaders. A compromise bill could include establishment of a voucher program in Illinois. What can you do?
Read moreSB1 is #notabailout
After Gov. Rauner's amendatory veto on Aug 1st, Raise Your Hand Action is in the governor's hometown of Winnetka canvassing to let people know that SB1 is not a CPS bailout.
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