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Congrats Michigan! Dignity in Schools Resolution

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

#CounselorsNotCops: Black Girl at Pennsylvania high school brutalized in latest assault by a school police officer; Black Lives Matter At School rallies around the country on Feb. 6-7th.

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…

Coalition to Stop the Cradle to Prison Algorithm Celebrates Hard-Won Victory with the Dissolution of Problematic Data-Sharing Agreement

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

Sign the Petition to Keep Portland Police out of Schools!

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

DSC Member CADRE’s Statement on UTLA Strike

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

Delayed and Denied: Rescinded Federal Guidance Threatens Students’ Rights Protections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Contact: Tafari Melisizwe, (612)-532-8835, [email protected]   WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced today that the Federal Guidance on School Discipline has been rescinded. The guidance, released… More

DeVos and Dubious Reasoning: Federal Commission’s Final Report a Major Step in the Wrong Direction

Contact: Tafari Melisizwe, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC - Yesterday the Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety was released. President Trump created the commission in response to the mass shooting in February 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High… More

Federal Commission Responds to Anything But School Safety

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STATEMENT: Federal Commission Responds to Anything But School Safety 

Students of color and community organizations from across the country respond to Federal…

Orleans Parish Juvenile Court ends Fees in Delinquency Cases, Becoming the first Jurisdiction in the South to Take Such Action. Groups Call on other Louisiana Juvenile Courts to Follow Suit.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2018 CONTACTS: Aaron Clark-Rizzio Executive Director Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights 504-658-6852 [email protected] Gina Womack Ahmed Lavalais Executive Director Clinical Teaching Fellow Families and Friends of Policy Advocacy Clinic Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children UC Berkeley School… More

Statement from DSC, AEJ and J4J on Tragedy at Stoneman Douglas High School

Youth, Parent, Education and Civil Rights Educational Justice Coalitions Release Statement on Stoneman Douglas High School   In response to the tragedy at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the Alliance for Educational Justice, Dignity… More