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Join Our TweetChat tomorrow and help us end Willful Defiance in California!
This week, we continue our campaign to end suspensions due to Willful Defiance in California. We invite you to participate in a TweetChat tomorrow with members of various communities who are working to...
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Keeping kids out of court, in school
by Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California, as seen in the Daily Journal What should happen to a teenage girl who keeps getting into fights at school? To a 12-year-old caught selling...
View ArticleAB 420 ends suspensions of young students & school districts show support
As California students go back to school this month, there’s good news for everyone who wants to make sure they stay there. Starting January 1, California became the first state in the nation to...
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Study: Suspending students lowers achievement of non-suspended students
Elementary students in Elk Grove. Source: EGUSD Some people say that if you remove classroom distractions by suspending misbehaving students, other students benefit. A just-published research study...
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California reports suspensions down by 50,000 students
Oakland schools showed major improvements in schools that implemented restorative justice practices. Source: Oakland Unified School District, 2015 California released data today showing school...
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Free Webinar Trainings and Access To Our Archive
Since we started our Fix School Discipline Webinar Series, we’ve gotten a great response from community members and teachers alike. Our new and improved Webinar page offers an easy way to see what...
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Report Says California School Districts Need to Focus on Foster Youth in...
A report released today finds that while the Local Control Funding Formula was intended to help ensure that the unique needs of foster youth were addressed, in the first year of implementation few...
View ArticleOakland Unified Takes Historic Vote to End Suspensions and Transfers for...
On Wednesday night, after months of advocacy by a broad coalition of community groups and civil rights advocates, students, parents and teachers, the Oakland Unified School Board voted unanimously on...
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Trauma and Learning
Peter P., et al. v. Compton Unified School District, et al. is a landmark, first-of-its kind class action complaint addressing a widespread, yet often ignored, public health crisis in America: the...
View ArticleState invests $10.3 million in program to support positive school climate...
In a victory for California students and schools, state lawmakers have passed a $10 million dollar project to train and support teachers and administrators over the next three years on how to use more...
View ArticleFar far away
Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large...
View ArticleCharter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline
The Center For Civil Rights : Charter Schools, Civil Rights and School Discipline (March 2016)
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Student Voices Series – Lizbeth Hernandez
“What’s the point of going to school if all they do is search me?” by: Lizbeth Hernandez Ashleigh Washington Every day in LAUSD schools, administrators have to subject students to mandatory random...
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We Need Change: A school should be like a sanctuary or a safe haven. BY Umar Bavani Ashleigh Washington For communities and advocates, fixing school discipline often focuses on the immediate harm...
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Improving School Safety in LAUSD
Improving School Safety in LAUSD BY Umar Bavani Ashleigh Washington My name is Gloria Gonzalez, and I’m a youth organizer with The Youth Justice Coalition. The topic of random metal detector searches...
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California Advocates Celebrate as Governor Signs Law to Address Overuse of...
SB 419 will help keep students in school, increase student success, and increase high school graduation Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to eliminate suspensions for minor misbehaviors and...
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The Beginning of the End of Random Searches: Students Know What They Need Next
The Beginning of the End of Random Searches: Students Know What They Need Next BY Ashley Ruano The #StudentNotSuspects coalition has long worked in Los Angeles to end the random searches policy that...
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Experiences, Realities, and the Future: What the End of Random Searches Means...
Experiences, Realities, and the Future: What the End of Random Searches Means to Students BY Elvia Perez I am a recent LAUSD graduate and student rights activist. I believe that ending the random...
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Counselors Not Cops – Equity For Youth, Now!
Equity for Youth Now! During this year’s National Week of Action Against School Pushout, we stand with parents, caregivers, and youth who are advocating against school push-out. BY Angela McNair...
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