Updates

Children's Defense Fund National Conference
05/08/2012

Pursuing Justice for Children and the Poor with Urgency and Persistence A Community and Youth Empowerment Conference

July 22 – 25, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio

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DSC-NY Press Conference at Discipline Code Hearing
05/08/2012

Join the Dignity in Schools Campaign–New York on Tuesday, June 5th  as students, parents, teachers, and advocates from across the city convene a press conference to address the overuse of suspensions and other punitive discipline in New York City’s schools. We need your help in sending a strong message to the DOE that punitive discipline does not work.

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New York City Faces School Arrests and Failing Mental Health Programs in Public Schools
05/05/2012

Before 6-year old Salecia Johnson was handcuffed in a Georgia classroom and escorted to the local police station after a tantrum last month, a 5-year-old autistic boy in Brooklyn was strapped to a stretcher, hauled out of his Brighton Beach classroom and taken in an ambulance to a psych ward on March 6.

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Report Release: A Health Impact Assessment of Exclusionary School Discipline, PBIS, and RJ Policies in Three California School Districts
05/04/2012

CADRE invites you to the report release on a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) project on School Discipline. The event will be a presentation featuring the information found through our yearlong process of this HIA with partners from Oakland, CA and Salinas, CA. The presentation will include project collaborative partners, CADRE parents and staff as well as special guest speakers.

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