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Requesting Data from Your District
11/22/2018
Every two years, the federal Civil Rights Data Collection gathers data from every public school district, including charter schools, juvenile justice facilities and alternative schools. The latest data available on the CRDC website is from the 2015-2016 school year.… More
Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline: Ticketing, Arrest & Use of Force in Schools
7/30/2018
Texas Appleseed’s extensive analysis of Texas school discipline data includes analysis of referrals to Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs and ends with recommendations. More
Civil Rights Project Online Suspension Data Tool
7/30/2018
This online tool from the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the Civil Rights Project of UCLA includes a searchable database on suspension rates in U.S. schools as well as recent reports and downloadable spreadsheets with data. Visit the website… More
Written Testimony of Texas Appleseed, Hearing: “Ending the School to Prison Pipeline
6/27/2018
Texas Appleseed makes a strong case to policy makers why punitive zero tolerance policies related to discipline don't promote good outcomes for students. They offer well thought out written testimony of real cases of school push out and provide viable alternative… More
USDOE Civil Rights Data Collection Website
5/25/2018
The US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights offers school discipline data statistics which can be referenced in legislative testimony, campaign communications and media interviews. More
Civil Rights Data Collection Webinar Slides
11/16/2017
This resource presents 2014-2018 slides from a CRDC webinar about how to access and analyze federal school discipline data for use in advocacy work. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) conducts the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) to collect data… More
Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools
11/16/2017
ACLU of Pennsylvania Report offers history of zero tolerance policies, analysis of PA school discipline data and data re: police in schools, and recommendations for reform. More
Racial Justice NOW! Ohio Statewide School Discipline Report Card
11/15/2017
This resource is an excellent accountability tool to assess school district racial disparities that directly contribute to the School-to-Prison-Pipeline. With the option of parsing data by individual school districts, Racial Justice Now uses data directly from the Ohio Department of Education’s 2014-2015 statistics. This resource offers a simplistic, yet effective framework for assessing school discipline. More