The Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC) brings together researchers, data and policy analysts, and community organizers to provide critical research, data, policy and strategic support for the education justice movement. EJ-ROC builds on the long tradition of movement-driven, community-derived research and uses an explicit racial justice lens in its two main areas of work:

Rapid-Response Research

• On-demand research and data analysis, policy briefs, fact checks, fact sheets and infographics, generated within the fast-moving timeline of organizing campaigns
• Original research driven by parent, youth and community concerns and insights, and tied directly to grassroots organizing campaigns

Strategic Assistance

• Technical support for education organizing groups to employ campaign strategies and leadership development that help win research-based education policies
• Training and support for coalition-building between organized parents, youth, teachers and other education stakeholders

EJ-ROC aims to democratize education data, research and policy, maximize the synergy between research and community organizing, magnify the voices of grassroots communities of color, and advance the capacity of organizing efforts to design solutions, make demands, and sustain policy wins.

For more information, please contact nyu-ejroc@nyu.edu.