Tell President Trump: Get Out of Our Classrooms!

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)—first signed into law by Congress in 1965—commits to providing “all children a significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.”

Recent Executive Orders, budget cuts, and policy changes directed by President Trump’s administration have done the opposite: they’ve attacked LGBTQ+ and immigrant students, policed the content of lessons taught in American classrooms, and slashed funding for teacher training programs.

These efforts, among many others, seek to inappropriately—and arguably, illegally—insert the federal government into classrooms while simultaneously declaring an agenda of “small government” and “states’ rights.” Write to your members of Congress and tell them that this is unacceptable and that they must protect students and uphold the laws and funding approved by the United States Congress!

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Subject Tell the President to get out of our classrooms!

Dear [Legislator],

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I am writing as an educator and constituent to strongly oppose the Trump administration’s dangerous efforts to censor the content of lessons in American classrooms, endanger immigrant and LGBTQ+ students, strip funding from “non-compliant” schools, and gut teacher preparation programs that aim to diversify a profession where 79% of the teachers are white, and 66% of students are people of color.

Congress has signed and repeatedly reauthorized education laws that ensure equity of opportunity for all students, regardless of race, income, or disability. It has also enacted laws that protect schools and districts from federal mandates dictating a school’s specific instructional content.

As a member of Congress, I urge you to use any tool at your disposal to hold the President accountable for disregarding official acts—not to mention the power of the purse—executed by the United States Congress. The future of our education system—and our economic and democratic prosperity—depends on it.

Thank you,

[First Name] [Last Name]

Tell President Trump: Get Out of Our Classrooms!

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