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Orleans Parish Juvenile Court ends Fees in Delinquency Cases, Becoming the first Jurisdiction in the South to Take Such Action. Groups Call on other Louisiana Juvenile Courts to Follow Suit.

7/30/2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2018 CONTACTS: Aaron Clark-Rizzio Executive Director Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights 504-658-6852 [email protected] Gina Womack Ahmed Lavalais Executive Director Clinical Teaching Fellow Families and Friends of Policy Advocacy Clinic Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children UC Berkeley School… More

Using CRDC Data in Your Local Work – 2018

6/29/2018

This Webinar provides an excellent overview of CRDC website and what is new for this year, how to access your local data and it also identifies discipline disparities and other issues within the data. Presenters: Harold Jordan - ACLU Pennsylvania… More

Federal Commission on School Safety to Hold Second Listening Session Tomorrow

6/25/2018

Federal Commission on School Safety to Hold Second Listening Session Tomorrow Washington — Representatives from the Federal Commission on School Safety (FCSS) will travel to Lexington, Kentucky, on Tuesday, June 26, for their second listening session. This listening session will… More

Federal Commission on School Safety Hearing -Tweet Storm at 2pm est

6/6/2018

Today the Federal Commission on School Safety will host a public listening session at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington DC, which will be broadcast live at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOHJAk9Indw (LIVE NOW) The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund,… More

Week of Action to Protect the Federal Guidance – March 16th-22nd

3/6/2018

Week of Action to Protect the Federal Guidance March 16th- 22nd Interested in participating? Sign up here,  Listen to this webinar and see below for the full toolkit Suspensions, expulsions, and school-based arrests are used too often in our… More

Statement from DSC, AEJ and J4J on Tragedy at Stoneman Douglas High School

2/16/2018

Youth, Parent, Education and Civil Rights Educational Justice Coalitions Release Statement on Stoneman Douglas High School   In response to the tragedy at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the Alliance for Educational Justice, Dignity… More

DSC Opposes Kenneth Marcus nomination to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the U.S. Department of Education

1/18/2018

New York – On Thursday, January 18, 2018, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) is expected to vote on the nomination of Kenneth Marcus to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights for the U.S. Department… More

DSC Urges U.S. Department of Education to Keep School Discipline Guidance

11/17/2017

The Dignity in Schools Campaign joins our members and allies around the country in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to keep the joint school discipline guidance released by the Departments of Education and Justice in 2014. DSC students,… More

Day 8: Demand an End to Corporal Punishment #No2Paddles

10/28/2017

On Day 8 of the Week of Action, we are promoting our National Demand #6: End paddling and physical punishment in all schools. Share this message on social media today: FACT: Paddling and physical punishment is still legal in 19 states.… More

Day 7: Ensure a Positive School Climate for All!

10/27/2017

Visit our #Storify page for the latest highlights from our 2017 Week of Action so far! Today on social media, we are using the hashtags #DSCWoA2017 #ESSA4SchoolClimate and focusing on National Demand #4:  Make sure states and districts… More