Webinars and Teleconferences

Media Outreach & Communications Webinars

As part of the member support offered to staff and members of the Dignity in Schools Campaign's allied organizations, the DSC offers online and in-person workshops media outreach and communications strategy. The materials listed below, are PDF file versions of the webinars used during these sessions. Please feel free to download and share these resources. If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions or would like to participate in one of our webinars, please contact DSC Communications Coordinator Joao Da Silva at joao@dignityinschools.org or (212) 253 1710 Ext. 317.

Office for Civil Rights (OCR) School Discipline Data Webinar

General overview on OCR data on School Discipline released in June of 2012 and instructions on how to navigate the OCR website and find specific school discipline data for your State and District.

Webinars for the Model Code on Education & Dignity

Introductory webinars to the DSC Model Code on Education Dignity. The Dignity in Schools Campaign's Model Code presents a set of recommended policies to schools, districts and legislators to help end school pushout and protect the human rights to education, dignity, participation and freedom from discrimination. The Code is the culmination of several years of research and dialogue with students, parents, educators, advocates and researchers who came together to envision a school system that supports all children and young people in reaching their full potential.

School Discipline Reform and Reauthorization of ESEA

March 19, 2010

Envisioning a Model School Code

Sep 15, 2009

How Students with Disabilities Are Being Pushed Out of School Part 2

April 07, 2009

Call #2: The Impact of Corporal Punishment, Restraint and Seclusion, and How Education Stimulus Dollars Can Be Used to Solve Part of the Pushout Problem

How Students With Disabilities Are Being Pushed Out of School

Dec 18, 2008

This is the first of a three part series of conference calls on Special Education and Pushout.  Contact Lori Turner if you are interested in participating in the upcoming calls in 2009.

Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline through Human Rights

Sep 18, 2008

A Membership Skills Building Training Call from the US Human Rights Network and the Dignity in Schools Campaign

How Immigrant Students Are Being Pushed Out of School

Jul 24, 2008

Discussion of the unique barriers immigrant students encounter in school settings that push them out of school and how schools can better respond to the needs of immigrant students and their families.

Charter Schools and Push Out: Reflections on the Transformation of Public Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Feb 20, 2008

Discussion of the benefits and potential problems posed by charter schools for meeting the needs of at-risk youth, promoting inclusive schools, and encouraging positive behavior in students.

How Can We Promote Federal Legislation for Positive Approaches to School Discipline: Discussing the Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act

Nov 13, 2007

Discussion about legislation to make No Child Left Behind funds available for Positive Behavior Support programs and other efforts to create a positive school climate. Speakers discussed how advocates can promote this and other national policies to reduce exclusionary discipline and pushout.

Are Alternative Education Programs Being Used to Warehouse Kids Who Have Been Pushed Out

May 29, 2007

Overview of alternative programs and discussion on the strategies for assessing and improving alternative programs. Following the call, the DSC produced the practical guide – Alternative Schools and Pushout: Research and Advocacy Guide.

How Police Presence and School Drug, Gang and Truancy Policies Lead to Pushout

Feb 13, 2007

Discussion about how philosophies of zero tolerance influence school policies beyond student discipline and how the police presence in schools and school drug, gang and truancy policies lead to pushout.

Lessons Learned In the Movement Against Zero Tolerance

Sep 26, 2006

Discussion about whether there is a connection between zero tolerance practices and the pushout & dropout crisis. Speakers presented a history of zero tolerance, the connection between discipline and the dropout crisis, how it has been manifested in New York, and attempts at reforming zero tolerance in Texas.

A Paradigm Shift: Reactive Discipline to Proactive Discipline – A Proposal to Transform Discipline in the Los Angeles Unified School District

May 09, 2006

Discussion of a school district’s attempt to create a proactive discipline policy based on positive behavior supports. Some participants subsequently wrote letters of support to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education.

Alternatives to Zero Tolerance Policies: Discussions Towards a Model School Discipline Code

Dec 01, 2005

Discussion of two alternative perspectives on school discipline: restorative justice and human rights.

  • Nancy Riestenberg, Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning
  • Liz Sullivan, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

IDEA ’04 and School Discipline: Is the use of zero tolerance and school removal appropriate in the discipline of students with special education needs?

Jul 07, 2005

Discussion on the appropriateness of the new law, the legal and practical implications for discipline, and the impact of public comment on the proposed regulations.