The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) offers us the opportunity to look at how we are serving students and what we can do to move toward greater equity and justice for our children—together.

Georgia’s ESSA State Plan was recently approved and now’s the time to make sure all stakeholders are prepared for the coming changes.

Dignity in Schools Campaign members, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Partners for Each and Every Child launched the ESSA Engage for Equity campaign and pre-released its accompanying jointly developed Toolkit. The campaign is designed to empower students, parents and other stakeholders to hold conversations in their local school that can only positively impact education. This Toolkit provides resources to arm youth, parents and other stakeholders with vital information needed to make decisions that impact their schools.

Gwinnett SToPP is workshopping the Toolkit to obtain feedback from folks on the ground.