Our Mission

Led by parents, the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice is organizing a movement to end the inequities in the city’s public school system. We are a collaborative of community-based organizations and unions whose members include culturally diverse parents, community members, students and educators. We are motivated by the urgent need to obtain a quality and well-rounded education for all students. We will mobilize the power of parents and the community to affect policy change and create a more equitable educational system.

Did You Know?

  • Even with recent improvements in student test scores, only half of Black and Latino eighth-graders in New York City can read and write at state standards.
  • Less than a third of Black and Latino students graduate high school in four years with a Regents diploma, which is essential for college, compared to almost two-thirds of White students.
  • Three out of four NYC public school graduates who enter the City University of New York colleges are not ready for college work and have to take remedial courses

What's New

1,400 People Attend CEJ’s Educational Justice Day

CEJ’s 3rd Annual Martin Luther King Day rally was held at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem and hosted by Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III. With CEJ leaders emceeing the rally, and with the CEJ Platform the focal point, the speakers argued that school closings and charter schools were not the primary answer to the city’s educational crisis, that students must keep their free metro cards, and that the NYC Department of Education should respect and recognize the city’s Muslim students’ most important holidays. Read the rest of this entry »

Our Platform

Make All Schools Great Schools!

RE-DESIGN THE SCHOOL DAY

The current school day was designed 100 years ago to prepare students for factory or farm work, not for college and careers. Back then, public schools did not expect all students to graduate and go to college. To meet the challenges of the 21st century, struggling schools must be given the opportunity to reorganize teaching and learning and:

  1. Add More Time to the School Day and Year
  2. Provide a Well-Rounded, College-Preparatory Curriculum for all Students
  3. Attract, Train and Keep the Best Teachers and Principals
  4. Provide Strong, Comprehensive Supports for Every Child
  5. Put the Parents Back in Public Education
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