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 police, school safety officers, and teachers in schools. This report analyzes data collected from a… More
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) discipline data for the 2009-2010 through 2011-2012 school years, along with implementation of School-Wide Positive… More
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 implementing School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) based on existing data and Participatory Action… More
Mississippi 2014 - This Southern Echo resource is an excellent example of a school district “report card” which rates individual schools on academic performance indicators as well as graduation rates. This tool can be used to adopt a similar accountability… More
The School Girls Deserve Report is the result of a participatory action research project (PAR) that was done in collaboration with girls, transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth of color in all five boroughs of New York City. Listening sessions were held with over 100 participants ages 9 – 24 from various racial and ethnic backgrounds. The report documents how girls and TGNC youth of color are pushed out of school, uplifts their visions for the schools that they want and deserve and has policy and practice recommendations that school stakeholders can partake in to create schools that are holistic, safe and affirming for girls and TGNC youth of color. More
Using a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) approach developed with support from a doctoral student from the University of Colorado, members of Power U conducted a survey to capture how young people in MDCPS are experiencing school and provide insight… More
The Advancement Project, Power U Center presentation of survey data in comic form about Miami students' experiences with harsh school discipline. Also brings in research from other sources More
Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) and the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) released the report, Pushed Out, in January 2010. Pushed Out examines current policies and practices in New Orleans and Louisiana public schools that… More
The methodology (starts pg. 165) involves primary data collection and classification and is included more to exemplify the collection and organization of data rather than a direct resource for participatory research. More
New Settlement Parent Action Committee Report outlines findings of a PAR project that seeks insights from parents and students how to sustain changes in school discipline after the Study Safety Act of 2012 More