We hope that this report can offer insight, vision, and hope at a time when our communities need it most.

New report examines how Reclaim Our Schools LA lifted a vision of “the schools our students deserve” into the public consciousness.
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Friends,

The 2019 Los Angeles teachers’ strike was nothing short of a paradigm shift in the local narrative about public education. The strike mobilized tens of thousands of Angelenos into rainy morning picket lines and onto the streets of Downtown LA in solidarity with teachers.

The strike resulted in a stunning array of substantive victories well beyond the scope of a typical labor agreement. The historic labor/community alliance behind the teachers’ Bargaining for the Common Good platform was the result of many years of Reclaim Our Schools LA organizing parents, students, and teachers to fight together for their common interests.

This resulted in unprecedented wins: more nurses, counselors, and librarians in schools, smaller class sizes, nearly $12 million in funding for the development of Community Schools, reductions in standardized testing, and an end to random searches of students, and many others.

We are proud to release “Building the Power to Reclaim Our Schools” today, which examines how UTLA and Reclaim Our Schools LA lifted a vision of “the schools our students deserve” into the public consciousness. It also breaks down how parent, student, and teacher leaders were trained and supported as they took their fight to some of LA’s most powerful political players—and won.

The strike was one moment in—not the end of—the struggle to defend public education. But the strike, and the campaign leading up to it, can offer critical lessons and serve as a starting point for bringing together parents, students, and teachers. We hope that this report can offer insight, vision, and hope at a time when our communities need it most.

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In Solidarity,

Rudy Gonzalves
Reclaim Our Schools LA Director
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