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1,379 protestsabout education in the last 12 months

The research record (Crowd Counting Consortium) runs through May 31, 2026; it's published a few months after the fact. Protests since then come from organizers' public listings on Mobilize and community reports, which are less complete and lean toward groups that use Mobilize. About the data

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Protests
1,379About 26 a week
People who turned out
98k–128k Sum of crowd estimates for the 404 protests that have one
States & territories
50 Most in California (164)
Most protested issue
Schools & curriculum Main issue at 802 protests

Week by week

Protests per week, colored by the main issue. Spikes are national days of action.

  • Education

What people protest

Protests per issue. A protest with several demands counts toward each.

Who protests what

Share of each issue's protests whose claims were coded left- or right-leaning, from most left to most right. Lean describes the demands, never the people.

  • Left-leaning
  • Neither or mixed
  • Right-leaning

Where

Number of protests in each state. Switch to per million residents to compare states of different sizes.

Who they target

The agency, company, official or body each protest's demands were aimed at.

Most active organizers

Groups listed as organizers, by number of protests in this view.

OrganizationRelative activityProtests
Dr. Letitia Plummer for Harris County Judge
Education, other
60
Iowa Forward 2026
Education, group
60
The Wisco Project
Education, group
31
Dartmouth New Deal Coalition
Education, coalition
30
Population Connection Action Fund
Education, group
29
Equality Florida Action PAC
Education, group
25
Together We Will Albany Berkeley
Education, group
24
DelCo Visibility Campaign
Education, group
22
Visibility Brigade
Education, group
22
SEIU IL
Education, union
12

How it went, from people who were there

No firsthand reports for these protests yet. When people who were there add a report, how it went (tone, police presence, arrests) shows up here.