#BlackHistoryMonth has too often been reduced to lists of Black Firsts (with no mention of the social context these people and their accomplishments came out of), MLK quotes stripped from the life, action and politics of… More
Over the past 14 years, DSC has partnered with grassroots organizations across the country to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and support a growing movement for education and racial justice. Emerging out of our partnership with the parent-led organization More
The Dignity in Schools Campaign developed a Model Code on Education and Dignity to show how to create schools that keep protecting students' human rights at the center, whether we are facing a pandemic, a climate emergency, social… More
We’ve got another day packed with events part of the Week of Action Against School Pushout. There are at least seven events being hosted by our members, and this evening we are having a virtual event -
Today we take action on social media with our #CounselorsNotCops Twitter Town Hall at 6pm ET / 5pm CT / 4pm MT / 3pm PT. Join us on Twitter @DignityinSchool and share your stories about school during remote learning!… More
In July 2020, ProPublica released records from the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), specifically, closed cases of every active-duty NYPD police officer who has at l east one substantiated misconduct allegation against them. ProPublica’s database includes 1,083 cases where… More
Courtesy of Breakthrough News: The pandemic is ravaging the country and teachers and parents are organizing to prevent dangerous school reopenings. BreakThrough spoke with Frank Lara, an elementary school teacher and executive board member of the United Educators of… More
New York, NY — Exacerbated by the global COVID-19 pandemic, we are starkly reminded that Black people have endured varying progressions of state-sponsored terrorism for centuries. Many classrooms across the United States are microcosms of that history overlaid… More
Over the last month, schools nationwide have transitioned to various forms of online learning. Under the banners of 'remote learning', distance learning, 'home school', and others; students, teachers, parents, and education advocates have all navigated the transition in a multitude… 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