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Youth Organizers, Next Gen Leaders of Tomorrow, Call on the Dept. of Education to Recognize Their Voice Today

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Our Turn, a member of the Youth In Gov Coalition, calls on Secretary Cardona to recognize the Raise Your Hand Student Agenda, a BIPOC-responsive plan to address disparities exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

[New York, NY, March 1,...

Our Turn Featured in the 74: Americans Didn’t Vote for Education in 2020. Students Are Determined to Make Sure They Do Next Time

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The American K-12 school system is at a breaking point, enabled, in many ways, by misguided Trump administration policies. Now, with Congress having confirmed the outcome of the presidential election and the Senate holding a confirmation hearing for a new education secretary, new leadership at the U.S. Department of...

39,000 Denver students attend schools that lack adequate mental health staff, study finds

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At a time when the mental health of students and school staff ranks among the top concerns for Colorado education leaders, about 39,000 Denver students go to public schools where there are not enough nurses, social workers and psychologists to meet their needs.

According to a recent...

The 74 Million: Former Teachers and Ed Advocates to Join Biden’s White House Team

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The Department of Education isn’t the only part of the federal government where former teachers and education advocates will have a role in the Biden administration.

At least half a dozen individuals recently appointed to positions in the White House include those with teaching experience and others who have worked...

Our Turn Releases Statement on the Insurrection that Overtook the United States Capitol

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Our Turn Releases Statement on the Insurrection Led by Domestic Terrorists

New York, N.Y. (Jan. 7, 2021)— Our Turn released the following statement in response to the domestic terror event that overtook the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

“Our Turn condemns the violent assault...

Our Turn Releases Statement on President-elect Biden’s Nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary

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December 23, 2020

Our Turn Releases Statement on President-elect Biden’s Nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary

New York, N.Y. (Dec. 23, 2020)— Student organizers at Our Turn released the following statement in response to the nomination of Connecticut Commissioner of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona as the next U.S....

Decolonize the classroom: These teens want to dismantle America's racist history curriculum

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Ritika Sharma is a 17-year-old student attending Denmark High School in Forsyth County, Georgia. As social media became a rallying and organizing outlet for thousands of students in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, Sharma began sharing information on her personal Instagram about the 

Black Protesters Know Exactly What They Want: Radical Anti-Racism

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Our Turn in The News: Inside the Student Campaign That Convinced Minneapolis to Act — and Sparked a Nationwide Trend

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Brianna Phillips’s life was already surreal when she answered a phone call that turned out to be from a reporter in Norway. A sophomore at Minneapolis’s Patrick Henry High School, she lives “over north” — local parlance for a...

The Cut: Minneapolis Public School Board Cancels Contract With Police

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The Minneapolis Public School board is canceling its contract with the city’s police department, following a unanimous vote on Tuesday. It had previously budgeted $1.1 million to employ school resource officers (SROs), according to Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, a program that students and organizers have been challenging for years.

But it was...