Tafari Melisizwe and Lorraine Wright collaborated on this dynamic interview for our monthly Member Spotlight, InConversation. Meet Khem Irby, President of Parents Across America and recently elected School Board Member, serving Guilford County Schools. Enjoy! [audio mp3="http://dignityinschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KhemIrby.mp3"][/audio] More
Students, parents, educators and advocates call on the city to invest in guidance counselors, social workers and restorative justice Dignity in Schools Campaign-NY and Allied Organizations Call on Mayor de Blasio to Divest from Criminalization and Invest in Support As… More
State of Michigan State Board of Education RESOLUTION ON DIGNITY IN SCHOOLS WHEREAS, Suspensions, expulsions, and school-based arrests are used too often in our schools and may disproportionately impact students based on their race, color, or national origin; sex; LGBTQ… More
Black students in schools across our nation are the targets of surveillance, police violence, and abuse in perpetuity. Some of these assaults are made known to the public, while many go under the radar, further subjecting Black students to…
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Led by parents, the NYC Coalition for Educational Justice is organizing a movement to end the inequities in the city’s public school system. We are a collaborative of community-based organizations and unions whose members include culturally diverse parents, community… More
Black Lives Matter at School is excited to announce the release of their newly produced campaign video! This short primer for the movement gets its subtitle from the words of high school student Israel Presley who says, “All I ever… More
For Immediate Release January 28, 2019 Contacts: Marika Pfefferkorn 612.229.4328, Laura LaBlanc 651.263.0739, Laura Jones 612.322.4300 or Jaylani Hussein 612-406-0070 Coalition to Stop the Cradle to Prison Algorithm Celebrates Hard-Won Victory with the Dissolution of Problematic Data-Sharing Agreement; Coalition asks for better… More
One of our members, the Portland Parent Union is in the midst of organizing and advocating against the Portland Public School Board's proposal to pay Portland Police to be in Portland Public Schools. We invite you to join us… More
From AYA Educational Institute: Don't let others interpret or summarize MLK. Here are excerpts from his speeches that will strengthen our fighting spirit. MLK: "If you've not found something so dear to you that you're willing to die for… More
By Maisie Chin: Despite what feels like the usual last-minute courting of parent support, CADRE parent leaders have elected to stand in solidarity with this strike as an organization. We know that striking teachers and sympathy striking school staff are… More