community town hall
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
We’re excited to host our annual Community Town Hall on October 8, 2024, from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM. This is a chance for all of us to come together, connect, and energize around the important work ahead.
OUR VISION
HIGH SCHOOL
SUCCESS
We must build collective power towards insisting that our education system achieve better graduation outcomes and post-secondary achievement for BIPOC youth and youth who have received special education services, experienced houselessness or poverty, navigated the foster system, or experienced incarceration.
RESTORATIVE EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE
We must reduce the harmful impacts of juvenile legal system involvement on young people’s opportunities and eliminate pipelines from K-12 education that push young people into carceral systems. Our efforts to build community-based solutions will be led by those closest to the challenge.
SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
We must create safe and equitable learning environments that cultivate belonging and affirm students’ intersecting identities. We will build the capacity of young people, families, and educators to engage in local policymaking, elections, and advocacy opportunities while deepening our community partnerships.
2024 Champions for Education and Justice
We’re thrilled to share our 2024 election endorsements! These are candidates running for office in Washington who will focus on what’s right for young people rather than what’s politically popular, with the goal of making lasting change for children and families statewide.
Fulfilling The Promise: 2024 Academic Acceleration Policy Progress Report
OUR stories
starting with ninth Grade
Students who pass all their classes at the end of their 9th-grade year are as much as four times more likely to graduate from high school than their off-track peers. Stand for Children’s Center for High School Success partners with high schools committed to becoming communities where all students excel academically and race and socio-economic status do not predict success.
Eliminating juvenile court debt
Stand is committed to reducing the harmful impacts of juvenile legal system involvement on young people’s opportunities. We are proud to be a convener of the Debt Free Youth Justice Washington Coalition alongside our partners from across the state. In 2024, we worked with youth advocates statewide to eliminate and render uncollectable all fines and fees charged to young people moving through the juvenile legal system.
ACADEMIC ACCELERATION HUB
Does your district have an academic acceleration policy, but struggles with identifying other ways to eliminate disparities and encourage enrollment in dual credit courses? Have you implemented innovative strategies in your school or district and want to spread the word? Our resources and events are perfect for you!
In a new brief with EdTrust, we outline recommendations for ways to increase equitable enrollment in dual credit classes and increase the benefits of taking these classes, including saving students time and money by earning college credit.
