DSC-NY Director Kate McDonough and Educator Becca Polk reflect on the impact big data, algorithms and predictive analytics on our students and in our schools. These reflections come after participating the Twin Cities Innovation Alliance's workshop at the
Ashley Sawyer, Director of Policy and Government Relations for Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) joined us for a great conversation about her work. GGE is an intergenerational organization committed to the physical, psychological, social, and economic development of girls… More
In a special segment of "By Any Means Necessary" Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by DSC member Marika Pfefferkorn, Co-Founder Coalition to Stop the Cradle to Prison Algorithm (CPA Coalition) and Twin Cities Innovation Alliance (TCIA) Director… More
Lift Us Up, Don't Push Us Out! features voices from the frontlines of a new movement for educational justice that is growing across the United States. Organizers and Activists recount their journeys to movement building, lift up victories and… More
Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) is a statewide grassroots, multi-generational membership-based organization committed to abolishing all forms of state violence against Black youth -- especially youth in New Orleans -- through transformative organizing, holistic leadership development, and… More
Tafari Melisizwe and Lorraine Wright collaborated on this dynamic interview for our monthly Member Spotlight, InConversation. Meet Khem Irby, President of Parents Across America and recently elected School Board Member, serving Guilford County Schools. Enjoy! [audio mp3="http://dignityinschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KhemIrby.mp3"][/audio] More
Students, parents, educators and advocates call on the city to invest in guidance counselors, social workers and restorative justice Dignity in Schools Campaign-NY and Allied Organizations Call on Mayor de Blasio to Divest from Criminalization and Invest in Support As… More
State of Michigan State Board of Education RESOLUTION ON DIGNITY IN SCHOOLS WHEREAS, Suspensions, expulsions, and school-based arrests are used too often in our schools and may disproportionately impact students based on their race, color, or national origin; sex; LGBTQ… More
Black students in schools across our nation are the targets of surveillance, police violence, and abuse in perpetuity. Some of these assaults are made known to the public, while many go under the radar, further subjecting Black students to…
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Led by parents, the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice is organizing a movement to end the inequities in the city’s public school system. We are a collaborative of community-based organizations and unions whose members include culturally diverse parents, community… More