ADVOCACY TOOLKIT
Thank you for standing up for your public schools and for your commitment to Nevada students!
Taking action to protect public schools is easier than you think, and this toolkit will help provide steps you can take. Your advocacy matters, and right now, it's needed more than ever.
Share with family, friends, and your community that:
Nevada students deserve better than bottom in funding and the largest classrooms in the country. It is up to us to demand that our state prioritize our students and give them a chance at reaching their full potential.
This toolkit gives you everything you need to take action:
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Facts and figures about our education
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A template letter/email to send to your state representatives.
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A phone call script for a quick, impactful outreach.
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Links to our legislative toolkit
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Opportunities to stay up to date on bills and provide comment.
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Social media resources to help spread the word
Click below to find out who represents you. Sign up for your representatives' email lists and follow them on social media to know what they are working on and to open lines of communication.
Not sure who your representatives are? Find them here
Email/Public Comment Template
This template can help you write an email or draft public comment at town halls or during legislative meetings. You are encouraged to personalize this with real accounts and adjust it for support of specific bills during the legislative session. Throughout the template, we put items in brackets {example} that you should replace with your own information.
Share your story. Be An Advocate.
Your experience is the most important tool in advocacy. Beyond budgets and numbers, we need to know how this impacts your classroom(s) and students. Click below to share your story.
Social Media Graphics and Posts
Facebook/LinkedIn
Nevada's students deserve better and the data makes that clear.📊 Nevada ranks near the bottom in K-12 education funding nationwide.
📚 Nevada has among the largest class sizes in the country.
📉 Nevada consistently receives an "F" for funding effort and funding level — one of only six states with an F in two out of three categories.
🎓 Nevada ranks last in ACT scores in English, Reading, Math, and Science.
This is not a reflection of our students or our educators. It is a reflection of how little we have invested in them.
Our students cannot wait. Nevada's families, educators, and communities are calling for real, sustained investment in public education/What will it take for Nevada to finally put its students first?
#EmpowerNevadasFuture #FundNevadaSchools #NvEd
Nevada's kids are showing up every day ready to learn. Is Nevada showing up for them? 📚
Here's what the data tells us:
🔴 Nevada ranks near the bottom in K-12 education funding
🔴 We have among the largest class sizes in the nation
🔴 We rank near the bottom in student achievement
🔴 We receive an "F" for funding effort and funding levels —one of six states to receive F’s in two or more categories.
🔴 Nevada ranks last in ACT scores across English, Reading, Math, and Science
Our students aren't failing Nevada. Nevada is failing our students.
It's time for our leaders to make a real, lasting investment in our kids and our communities.
#EmpowerNevadasFuture #FundNevadaSchools #NvEd
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