The Right to Remain A Student
A disturbing trend has emerged in California—police officers are stationed in schools and are replacing educators as disciplinarians for minor offenses and student behavior issues.…
Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools
ACLU of Pennsylvania Report offers history of zero tolerance policies, analysis of PA school discipline data and data re: police in schools, and recommendations for…
An Interactive Popular Education Webpage on Counselors Not Cops
This site accompanies DSC's Counselors Not Cops platform. The presence of police in schools has escalated dramatically in the last several decades, and the figures…
DSC Comment Letter on Dept. of Justice Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group July 2016
Here you will find a comment letter submitted by the Dignity in Schools Campaign to the U.S. Department of Justice's Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group’s…
Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Schools Updated 2015
On February 23, 2015 the ACLU of Pennsylvania released the updated version of their report, Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Schools,…
Project Nia: Policing Chicago Public Schools: A Gateway to the School-to-Pipeline
This report details the Summer 2011 proposal for Chicago Public Schools to purchase $7M in surveillance cameras for 14 CPS high schools. It is reported…
Discipline Disparities: A Research-to-Practice Collaborative
Visit the Discipline Disparities Website to see the briefing papers and supplemental reports. Disparities in the use of school discipline by race, gender, and…
Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement
The CSG Justice Center, in partnership with the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University, released a statewide study of nearly 1 million Texas…