2025 National Conference

Register now for our 2025 NPE/NPE Action Conference: Public Schools, Where All Children Are Welcome. We look forward to seeing you, in Columbus, Ohio next April!

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Grassroots Education Network- April 2024 Newsletter

The NPE Grassroots Education Network is a nationwide network of over 195 grassroots organizations that have joined together to preserve, promote, improve, and strengthen our public schools.

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NPE Mourns the Loss of Jeannie Oakes, a Warrior for Equitable Schools

Jeannie never fell for the fashionable neo-liberal reforms. She opposed high-stakes testing. She fought for community schools. Over coffee, she once told NPE Executive Director Carol Burris, “Of course, privatizing public education is about making a profit. It's not about children. That is what capitalism does—it constantly seeks new markets.”