Like us, you are likely asking how you can most effectively support life-saving work in our nation’s most vulnerable communities — if so, please read on. Organizations and communities supported by the Schott Foundation come from generations of people grounded… More
Still Not Free: Connecting The Dots Of Education Injustice By Peri Stone-Palmquist | February 13th, 2020
Families come to the Student Advocacy Center of Michigan ready to fight for their education in the face of expulsion,…
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Missed Opportunities for Something Special in Special Education By Cheryl Poe | February 13th, 2020 Special Education is one of the most misunderstood and misapplied services in our educational system today as it relates to Black… More
For Immediate Release Janurary 21st, 2020 New York, NY -- In December of 2019, Massachusettes Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley introduced The Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-Based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma (or… More
Please join us in supporting one of our dear members Cherraye Oats and her family as she heals from cancer. Your financial support will help them focus on health and healing in this difficult time. To donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-cherraye039s-healing/donate More
Letter of Solidarity for MILPA: Standing with MILPA in Salinas, Under Political Assault by Law Enforcement Submitted by DSC CA’s Organizational Membership (Dec 2019) By now, you have heard that the MILPA Collective in Salinas has been the target… More
The Schott Foundation and eleven other public education groups, including community groups, education unions, and civil rights organizations, are hosting top Democratic presidential candidates at the “Public Education Forum 2020: Equity and Justice for All” on Saturday, Dec. 14, at… More
Our society is designed to maintain racial and class-based inequity, and schools reflect and perpetuate this status quo. New systems, policies and pedagogy must actively undo this damage. The DSC started in 2006 when local grassroots and advocacy groups fighting… More
APPLY HERE Via our colleagues at the Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing Dear Friends and Allies, We are living through a pivotal historical period full of exciting opportunities for social change as well as grave threats to democracy… More
Today our Week of Action wraps up with a Juvenile Justice Month event in Chicago, IL with MomsRising from 12pm-2pm at Middle Brow Bungalow at 2840 W Armitage Ave. There will be free brunch, coloring books, t-shirts, face painting and… More