National Week of Action Media Organizing Toolkits: 2015-2017
The three packets for each year (2015-2017) include tips for using social media, how to generate media coverage, and sample press releases/call scripts to be…
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Racism, School Closures, and Public School Sabatoge
In an effort to document the harm inflicted upon communities of color by corporate education interventions, the Journey for Justice Alliance conducted Grassroots Voice Listening…
The Labor Community Strategy Center—Finally—Gets the Tanks and M-16s Out of the LA School System
This May 2016 Huffington Post Blog from Eric Mann, Director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, details the Strategy Center's “ferocious uphill organizing” that removed military…
Addressing the Out-of-School Suspension Crisis: A Policy Guide for School Board Members
This report from the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign is a good resource for groups wanting to engage their school boards. The report offers strategies…
Ending the School to Prison Pipeline
This eight-page document from the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign provides statistics and graphics framing the school-to-prison pipeline issue and offers talking points for advocacy.…
Proposed Memorandum of Understanding for Districts and Police Departments
This resource compiled by the Advancement Prodject provides sample guidelines and policies for agreements or "Memorandum of Understanding" between police departments and school districts, to…
Education Not Deportation: Impacts of New York City School Safety Policies on South Asian Immigrant Youth
This report from Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) is based on a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project that documents South Asian youths' experiences with…
Demanding Dignity in Our Schools: Calling for Full Implementation of SWPBIS in LAUSD South LA Schools
This report from Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE), Public Counsel Law Center and Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc. reviews Los Angelse Unified School District (LAUSD)…
Redefining Dignity in Our Schools: A Shadow Report on SWPBIS in South LA, 2007-2010
This report from CADRE, Mental Health Advocacy Services and Public Counsel Law Center looks at the degree to which schools in South Los Angeles are…
Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline: Ticketing, Arrest & Use of Force in Schools
Texas Appleseed’s extensive analysis of Texas school discipline data includes analysis of referrals to Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs and ends with recommendations.