POLICY PLATFORM
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FUNDING & ACCOUNTABILITY
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Permanent and predictable funding for multilingual learners
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Funding that allows districts to adjust to needs of students who join our schools from outside the United States.
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Transparent and participatory budget practices
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TEACHING, LEARNING, & ACCOUNTABILITY
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Effective teacher and leader evaluations
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Student-centered contract negotiations
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Increased instructional time
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Pipeline of teachers of color
3.
EQUITABLE COLLEGE & CAREER ADVISING
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Smaller student to counselor ratios
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Visible and active K-12 college/career culture in all schools
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Documented college/career program at all RI high schools
4.
ANTI-RACISTS CLASSROOMS & SCHOOLS
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Accountability within union leadership and membership to call out and remove racist teachers from classrooms. Anything less is complicity.
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Ongoing anti-racist and anti-bias professional development that is mandatory for all staff.
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Curriculum and teaching methods that elevate and center the lived experiences of the children served