Here in Illinois, we have an urgent literacy crisis. There is a solution: evidence-based literacy instruction in the classroom.

Dedicating funds to address education disparities like learning gaps, academic losses, and chronic absenteeism is critical to lifting students out of poverty.

Every high schooler deserves to have a strong sense of belonging in their school community and to know that adults in the building care about them.

A child’s zip code, income, race, language, or neurodiversity should not determine the quality of their public school. 

Creating a brighter future for us all includes ensuring our juvenile court system is just, fair to everyone, and aimed towards healing.

Stand for Children supports candidates who are committed to fighting for education equity and racial justice to create a brighter future for us all.