New York, NY -- As the nation continues to navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, students, parents and educators are being haphazardly ushered into a “new” reality for public education. As our schools have closed and transitioned to ‘distance… More
Like us, you are likely asking how you can most effectively support life-saving work in our nation’s most vulnerable communities — if so, please read on. Organizations and communities supported by the Schott Foundation come from generations of people grounded… More
For Immediate Release Janurary 21st, 2020 New York, NY -- In December of 2019, Massachusettes Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley introduced The Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-Based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma (or… More
Letter of Solidarity for MILPA: Standing with MILPA in Salinas, Under Political Assault by Law Enforcement Submitted by DSC CA’s Organizational Membership (Dec 2019) By now, you have heard that the MILPA Collective in Salinas has been the target… 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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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
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
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