The Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJ-ROC) at the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools 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 and strategic assistance to education organizing groups.

The NYU Metro Center is a research, policy and field-assistance center committed to increasing educational equity across the country through critical inquiry and research, professional development and technical assistance, community action and collaboration. For more than four decades, NYU Metro Center has been a partner and resource for schools and school districts throughout the U.S. and beyond, including in Detroit, Denver, Houston, Pittsburgh, San Juan, Washington, D.C., and Wilmington. Its professional development programs prepare teachers, school leaders and staff, and parents to improve school culture and climate and better support the needs of traditionally marginalized students. Its research initiatives inform policy and intervention communities on how educational reforms will impact the most vulnerable populations in and beyond our school systems.

Connect with Us

Our expertise may help your organization and our collective mission toward education justice and equity. We prioritize work with grassroots Black and brown-led organizing groups on a wide range of education policy issues. Grant funding allows us to provide some of this support at no charge to community organizations, depending on capacity.

Please contact us for more information on how we can collaborate:
nyu-ejroc@nyu.edu

Filmmaker: Manauvaskar Kublall

Manauvaskar is a filmmaker, photographer, and cultural maverick who creates content with a unique visual aesthetic and compelling stories that spark the imagination and speak truth to power. He started Media Sutra as a vehicle to tell stories that support marginalized and underrepresented communities to be seen, heard and activated. By telling the stories of individuals, organizations and movements through film, photography and design, he inspires and impacts lasting change. Manauvaskar loves to create things that amaze people and make them excited to be recognized. He believes in justice and creativity for all.

The Partnership for the Future of Learning

The Partnership for the Future of Learning is a national network dedicated to an affirmative, equitable, evidence-based vision of a racially-just remodeled public education system. This series advances stories that help create a future of learning together, for all of us.