1.

FUNDING & ACCOUNTABILITY

• Permanent and predictable funding for multilingual learners

• Funding that allows districts to adjust to needs of students who join our schools from outside the United States.

• Transparent and participatory budget practices

2.

TEACHING, LEARNING, & ACCOUNTABILITY

• Effective teacher and leader evaluations

• Student-centered contract negotiations

• Increased instructional time

• Pipeline of teachers of color

3.

EQUITABLE COLLEGE & CAREER ADVISING

• Smaller student to counselor ratios

• Visible and active K-12 college/career culture in all schools

• Documented college/career program at all RI high schools

4.

ANTI-RACISTS CLASSROOMS & SCHOOLS

• Accountability within union leadership and membership to call out and remove racist teachers from classrooms. Anything less is complicity.

• Ongoing anti-racist and anti-bias professional development that is mandatory for all staff.

• Curriculum and teaching methods that elevate and center the lived experiences of the children served