Nearly half of all educators took out student loans to pay for college, and they still owe $58,700, on average.
– NEA Research
Public school districts owe Wall Street more than half a trillion dollars of debt for common expenses, like facilities.
– US Census
Since 2012 Debt Collective, the nation’s first debtors’ union, has been organizing for debt abolition of all types. And we’ve won billions of dollars in cancellation.
Now, we are asking you to join us in the fight to abolish debt at the PK-12 level all education debt types. This includes individual teachers’ debt, as well as institutional debt at the school district and state levels. Join the union!
Alone our debts are a burden, but together they give us power!
Educators across the country, we welcome you to the union.
Caucus Opportunities
Attend monthly zoom meetings of K-12 educators to talk about debt cancellation
- Trainings on how to follow the money in your school district
- Workshops on crafting impactful questions and insights to ask at school board meetings
- Advice and reportbacks on how to organize campaigns, and even run for school board, using school district debt service as a central issue, alongside racial and environmental justice
- Receive a quarterly newsletter that highlights K-12 debt issues and efforts to abolish K-12 debts
- Have access to all of Debt Collective’s cancellation tools, newsletters, and resources