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Racially Just Public Schools New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools (RJPS) and our coalition partners have been working to build schools that deserve our students for decades. Discover more Our Vision for Racially Just Public Schools offers a comprehensive and holistic approach to public education that counters any poisonous education policy agenda. previous next Education For Liberation Organize Community Led by parents, students, educators, and advocates Representing the expertise and brilliance of our communities Vision Get familiar with our coalition and reach out for the latest and greatest. Reach Out previous next Whose Schools? Our Schools! Engaged Policy Inclusive Schools Truly Public Schools

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About RJPS

New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools (RJPS) is a citywide education justice coalition aimed at centering racial equity in policy and budget decisions for public education. Led by parents, students, educators, and advocates, we are working to influence the city and state education budget as well as policy decisions regarding schooling. We are paying particular attention to the education narrative and policy agenda for the 2021 Mayoral and City Council elections. The survival, resilience, and transformation of the school system in the midst of our current multiple pandemics will require ongoing visioning, public engagement, organizing and advocacy on a large scale. We are committed to making this possible.

News / Press Releases

RJPS Statement on Anti-Black Racism in NYCPS

As a coalition of numerous organizations from across New York City, RJPS stands in solidarity with Black people and elevates…

New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools Welcomes Education Chair Eric Dinowitz

New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools (RJPS) welcomes Council Member Eric Dinowitz, a former special education teacher and UFT…

New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools Statement on Appointment of Kamar Samuels as NYC Schools Chancellor

We look forward to working with Chancellor Kamar Samuels to build a school system that honors our students, educators, staff,…

New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools Statement on the Election of Zohran Kwame Mamdani

We are proud to welcome Mayor-elect Zohran Kwame Mamdani as the next leader of New York City. Mayor-elect Mamdani’s victory…

New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools Response to ICE Raids  

We stand in unwavering solidarity with our immigrant community. We stand with our partners and coalition members, like the New…

New Yorkers For Racially Just Public Schools (RJPS) Response to Zohran Mamdani’s G&T Plans 

October 6, 2025 – NEW YORK CITY – In a mayoral election and media ecosystem that has devoted an embarrassingly…

Our Why

New Yorkers for Racially Just Public Schools (RJPS)  will engage in citywide visioning, engagement, organizing, and advocacy that is beyond the scope of any single organization alone. The goals of the coalition are to:

  1. Build the collective power to advance racial equity in education, both now and under the next city administration 

  2. Shape the dominant public narrative about racial equity in NYC public schools 

  3. Influence candidates and elected officials to embrace and enact our policy platform for racial equity in education

Our Platform

Safe and Supportive Schools

Fully fund efforts to build nurturing and supportive school communities through culturally responsive mental health services and support. Eliminate policies and practices that criminalize and dehumanize youth.

Culturally Responsive Schools

Ensure all NYC schools use curriculum, pedagogy, assessments and policies that honor and respect the histories, cultures, languages, identities and experiences of NYC students in every grade, every class, every day.

Fully and Equitably Funded Schools

Close the resource gap and provide all students with the small classes, enrichment, hands-on education and care that all young people deserve.

Inclusive and Integrated Schools

Fully fund efforts to build nurturing and supportive school communities through culturally responsive mental health services and support. Eliminate policies and practices that criminalize and dehumanize youth.

Truly Public Schools

Halt the privatization of public schools, the expansion of charter schools. Future-Proofing Human-Centered Public Schools: Protect students and families by securing private data and embracing ethical standards for ed tech and Al usage.

Engaged Schools

Implement a democratic school governance system that leverages the expertise of youth, families, educators, and school staff, as key partners in decision-making at all levels. Phase out Mayoral Control.

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Our Coalition

Alliance for Quality Education
Arab-American Family Support Center
Beam Center
CACF
Cobble Hill Think Tank
Dignity In Schools Campaign
EduColor
El Puente
Girls Who Code
HCHS4D
IncludeNYC

Liberation Spaces

Literacy Assistance

MOSAIC
NYC Alliance for School Integration and Desegregation
NYC Kids Pac
NYU Metro Center
Organizing for Equity NY
PRESS NYC
Parent Supporting Parents NY
Sakhi
South Bronx United
Territorial Empathy
The Gathering for Justice
Youth Over Guns
Apex for Youth
Artistic Noise
Bronx Educators United for Justice
Class Size Matters
D28 Equity Now
District 15 Parents for Middle School Equity
Education Council Consortium
FREE
Girls for Gender Equity
Immigrant Social Services, Inc
Inside Schools
MASA
Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE)
NYC Coalition for Educational Justice
NYC Opt Out
New York Immigration Coalition
PRESS NYC
Parent Action Committee

Parents Supporting Parents NY

Partnership With Children
South Bronx Rising Together

The Circle Keepers 
Teens Take Charge
The Brotherhood-Sister Sol
The New 3Rs
Women for Afghan Women
Youth Power Coalition

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